Contents:
- CLARENCE THOMAS: COURT ‘SHOULD RENSIR’ GAY MARRIAGE, BIRTH NTROL
- END OF ROE THREATENS GAY MARRIAGE, BIRTH CONTROL ACCS: THE 14TH AMENDMENT, EXPLAED
- IN CONCURRG OPN, JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS WR COURT 'SHOULD RENSIR' RULGS LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE AND BIRTH CONTROL
- GAY MARRIAGE, OTHER RIGHTS AT RISK AFTER U.S. SUPREME COURT ABORTN MOVE
- ROE AND PRIVACY RIGHTS: THE RISK TO BIRTH CONTROL, GAY MARRIAGE, AND MORE
CLARENCE THOMAS: COURT ‘SHOULD RENSIR’ GAY MARRIAGE, BIRTH NTROL
Supreme Court Jtice Clarence Thomas lled for his lleagu to re-exame and potentially overturn lgs that protect gay marriage and accs to birth ntrol an opn ncurrg wh Friday’s landmark cisn endg feral abortn rights. Texas, that forbids stat om outlawg nsensual gay sex, and Obergefell v.
Hodg cisn legalized gay marriage Photo/Cliff Owen). Supreme Court's cisn allowg stat to ban abortn immediately stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advot, who feared that the lg uld someday allow a rollback of legal protectns for gay relatnships, cludg the right for same-sex upl to marry, other matters based on the right to privacy.
How is abortn nnected to gay rights and birth ntrol, legally speakg?
END OF ROE THREATENS GAY MARRIAGE, BIRTH CONTROL ACCS: THE 14TH AMENDMENT, EXPLAED
In a separate ncurrg opn, Jtice Clarence Thomas said the urt should review other precents, cludg s 2015 cisn legalizg same-sex marriage, a 2003 cisn strikg down laws crimalizg gay sex and a 1965 cisn clarg that married upl have a right to e ntraceptn. Hodg, which legalized gay marriage. Will the Supreme Court overturn gay marriage, birth ntrol accs and other rights?
IN CONCURRG OPN, JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS WR COURT 'SHOULD RENSIR' RULGS LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE AND BIRTH CONTROL
He warned that the lg uld unrme rights to ntraceptn and gay marriage: “This is an extreme and dangero path. Jt a ago, Democratic Vice Print Joe Bin got stigated for announcg his support for gay marriage before the stg print, Barack Obama, had announced his own views on the issue.
"I thk gay marriage is right on the heels of this" terms of potential legal challeng and legislative proposals, said Kierra Johnson, executive director of the Natnal LGBTQ Task Force, a natnal LGBTQ rights anizatn. Connecticut, which prohibed stat om banng gay marriage and ntraceptn, rpectively. But the urt’s newly nstcted 6-to-3 majory — seen as the most nservative nearly a century — offers the tantalizg possibily for opponents of gay marriage that the lg uld also be vot uld put Republin senators a difficult posn, wh Senate Mory Lear Mch McConnell seekg to downplay cultural hot button issu where his party is at odds wh public opn orr to protect GOP ndidat the fall midterm many Republin senators are wary of alienatg their culturally nservative base, which is disillned by the pace of social change the Uned Stat and has ltle tert seeg their elected reprentativ dify those rights.