The Uned Stat Constutn And Gay Rights – Robert Clifton Robson

Contents:

• THE UNED STAT CONSTUTN AND GAY RIGHTS
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• NIGERIAN POLICE ARRT MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE AT GAY WEDDG
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• THE EQUALY CLSE: GAY RIGHTS AND THE CONSTUTN

THE UNED STAT CONSTUTN AND GAY RIGHTS

Evans, 1 the Supreme Court stck down a state nstutnal amendment that both overturned lol ordanc prohibg discrimatn agast homosexuals, lbians, or bisexuals, and prohibed any state or lol ernmental actn to eher remedy discrimatn or to grant preferenc based on sexual orientatn.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

The Court cled to adopt the analysis of the Supreme Court of Colorado, which had held that the amendment ged on gays’ and lbians’ fundamental right to participate the polil procs. 18 In reachg that ncln, the Court noted that, jt as evolvg societal norms rm the liberty rights of same-sex upl, so too do “new sights and societal unrstandgs” about homosexualy reveal “unjtified equaly” wh rpect to tradnal ncepts of the stutn of marriage.

NIGERIAN POLICE ARRT MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE AT GAY WEDDG

Texas: “The Texas statute mak homosexuals unequal the ey of the law by makg particular nduct—and only that nduct—subject to crimal sanctn... ImageLorie Smh said her Christian fah requir her to turn away ctomers seekg servic to celebrate same-sex unns.Cred...Rachel Woolf for The New York TimThe Supreme Court sid on Friday wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to sign weddg webs for same-sex upl spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people.Jtice Neil M. “Those servic are no ls protected speech today bee they are nveyed wh a ‘voice that ronat farther than uld om any soapbox.’”The se, though amed as a clash between ee speech and gay rights, was the latt a seri of cisns favor of relig people and groups, notably nservative Christians.The cisn also appeared to suggt that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

The liberal jtic viewed as somethg else entirely — a dispute that threatened societal protectns for gay rights and rolled back some recent progrs.In an impassned dissent, Jtice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the oute signaled a return to a time when people of lor and other mory groups faced open discrimatn. “More broadly, today’s cisn weakens longstandg laws that protect all Amerins agast discrimatn public acmodatns — cludg people of lor, people wh disabili, people of fah, and women.”A Colorado law forbids discrimatn agast gay people by bs open to the public as well as statements announcg such discrimatn. “Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (L.G.B.T.) people, no ls than anyone else, serve that digny and eedom.”Jtice Gorsuch rpond directly to the dissent the majory opn, wrg that the two sis looked at the same se and saw totally different issu.“It is difficult to read the dissent and nclu we are lookg at the same se,” he wrote.

The dissentg jtic, he wrote, foced on “the stris gay Amerins have ma towards securg equal jtice unr law.”But the nservative jtic did not see the se through that lens, he said, wrg that “none of this answers the qutn we face today: Can a state force someone who provis her own exprsive servic to abandon her nscience and speak s preferred msage stead?”When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the se, 303 Creative L.L.C.

THE EQUALY CLSE: GAY RIGHTS AND THE CONSTUTN

Kavangh and Amy Coney Barrett, shifted the urt to the right.Lower urts have generally sid wh gay and lbian upl who were refed service by bakeri, florists and others, lg that potential ctomers are entled to equal treatment, at least parts of the untry wh laws forbiddg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn.The owners of bs challengg those laws have argued that the ernment should not force them to choose between the requirements of their fahs and their livelihoods. ETBefore the hypothetil gay weddg se, he was at the center of a real one over a ke.ImageCharlie Craig, left, and David Mulls at their home Denver 2017.

A baker refed to make a weddg ke for their receptn on relig grounds.Cred...Nick Cote for The New York TimHad there been an actual gay person who was refed a weddg-related service at the center of 303 Creative L.L.C.

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