A Brief History Of Gay Rights At The Supreme Court | FiveThirtyEight

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• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS AT THE SUPREME COURT
• THE MAN NAMED THE SUPREME COURT’S GAY RIGHTS LG SAYS HE DIDN’T REQUT A WEDDG WEBSE
• GAY UPLE CED BY CHRISTIAN WEB SIGNER WHO WON SUPREME COURT SE MAY NOT EXIST
• I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT
• JUDGE DISMISS CASE AGAST 47 MEN CHARGED UNR NIGERIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS AT THE SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court livered a monumental victory for gay rights, requirg that all stat license marriag between people of the same sex. As recently as 1986, for example, the urt found no nstutnal protectn agast laws banng nsensual homosexual sex.

Here is a brief history of gay-rights cisns at the urt. A Los Angel postmaster clared ONE: The Homosexual Magaze to be obscene and refed to liver .

THE MAN NAMED THE SUPREME COURT’S GAY RIGHTS LG SAYS HE DIDN’T REQUT A WEDDG WEBSE

This was the first Supreme Court se to al wh homosexualy, and also the first victory there for gay rights. A police officer Geia observed a man havg nsensual homosexual sex his own bedroom, an act which was then illegal there.

GAY UPLE CED BY CHRISTIAN WEB SIGNER WHO WON SUPREME COURT SE MAY NOT EXIST

The man was charged, and his se ma to the Supreme Court, where, a 5-4 loss for gay rights, the urt found no nstutnal protectn for acts of sodomy. After Colorado rints voted for a state nstutnal amendment precludg any laws protectg dividuals based on sexual orientatn, homosexuals and other groups sued.

I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT

The Boy Suts oted a former Eagle Sut om his posn as an assistant sutmaster when the anizatn found out that he was gay.

JUDGE DISMISS CASE AGAST 47 MEN CHARGED UNR NIGERIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW

Kennedy, by this pot a well-known champn of gay rights, aga livered the opn of the urt.