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• TARGET OPENLY SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL BRIEF
• TARGET FALLY COM OUT IN SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE
• WHY TARGET’S ‘GAY UPLE AD’ IS THE SPOTLIGHT
• TARGET BOYTT MOVEMENT GROWS FOLLOWG DONATN TO SUPPORT "ANTIGAY" CANDIDATE
• CORPORATE CISN RENEWS TARGET GAY RIGHTS NTROVERSY
• SIX TEXAS LAWSUS TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, LGBT RIGHTS AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WAJONATHAN MCHELL, THE LAWYER WHO HELPED WRE THE ABORTN BOUNTY LAW, IS BEHD SEVERAL S THAT ULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LGBT RIGHTS. THE CY OF DALLAS' PRI FLAG (RIGHT) FLI ALONGSI THE TEXAS AND U.S. FLAGS OUTSI OF CY HALL DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 HONOR OF PRI MONTH. TEXAS IS POISED TO BEE A BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBT RIGHTS, AS NO FEWER THAN A HALF DOZEN LAWSUS ON THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE STATE'S FORMER SOLICOR GENERAL OVER THE ISSUE RECENT YEARS. (TOM FOX/THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS)(TOM FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY LREN MCGGHY7:00 AM ON JUL 21, 2022 CDTAUSTIN — IN THE WAKE OF THE TOPPLG OF ROE VS. WA AND WH JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS URGG THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIS LGS ON GAY SEX AND MARRIAGE, TEXAS IS THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL LAWSUS ALG WH LGBT RIGHTS.RIGHT NOW, A HALF DOZEN S ON EVERYTHG OM SURANCE VERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTN TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARE WENDG THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FERAL URTS HERE. THEIR OUT ULD RADILLY ALTER RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNTRY.ADVERTISEMENTTHE LAWSUS ALL HAVE ONE THG MON: FORMER TEXAS SOLICOR GENERAL JONATHAN MCHELL.ADVERTISEMENTBT KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHD THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS TEXANS TO FILE CIVIL LAWSUS AGAST PEOPLE WHO HELP PREGNANT PEOPLE GET ABORTNS, MCHELL OPENED UP A LAW FIRM AT FOUR YEARS AGO WH THE GOAL OF SYSTEMATILLY DISMANTLG S OF URT LGS HE BELIEV PART OM THE U.S. CONSTUTN.BREAKG NEWSGET THE LATT BREAKG NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE DALLAS MORNG NEWS IS TRACKG SIX OF HIS S THAT ORIGATED TEXAS AND AL WH LGBT RIGHTS. HERE’S A SUMMARY OF EACH SE.RELATED:AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND MOREADVERTISEMENTGAY MARRIAGEDIANNE HENSLEY VS. STATE COMMISSN ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT (THIRD COURT OF APPEALS)BRIAN KEH UMPHRS VS. DAVID HALL, ET AL. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS)ADVERTISEMENTSUMMARY: BOTH OF THE S WERE BROUGHT BY TEXAS OFFICIALS WH THE THORY TO PERFORM WEDDGS BUT WHO DO NOT WANT TO OFFER MARRIAG TO SAME-SEX UPL BEE THEY SAY VLAT THEIR RELIG BELIEFS.ADVERTISEMENTONE SE STATE URT, FILED BY MCLENNAN COUNTY JTICE OF THE PEACE DIANNE HENSELY, ARGU THAT MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WHO ARE ERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECE THEMSELV OM PERFORMG CEREMONI FOR GAY UPL IF THE UPL HAVE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTN TO BE WED. THE OTHER SE, FERAL URT AND FILED BY JACK COUNTY JUDGE BRIAN KEH UMPHRS, MAK A SIAR ARGUMENT.BUT THE UMPHRS SE GO FURTHER, ARGUG THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN CLARED GAY MARRIAGE BANS UNNSTUTNAL 2015. IT URG THE URT TO REVIS THAT CISN.“THERE IS NO NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,” THE UMPHRS SE READS. “THE FERAL JUDICIARY HAS NO THORY TO REGNIZE OR VENT ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ NSTUTNAL RIGHTS.”ADVERTISEMENTUMPHRS’ SE IS AWAG A CISN OM THE FERAL APPEALS URT. HENSLEY’S SE IS BEFORE A STATE APPEALS URT AT.OTHER ACTORS: CHAD AND DTY FILLMORE OF FORT WORTH ARE ALSO LISTED AS LAWYERS FOR UMPHRS, AS ARE LAWYERS OM THE PLANO-BASED CHRISTIAN NONPROF LAW FIRM FIRST LIBERTY INSTUTE AND JACKSBORO-BASED FIRM SPILLER & SPILLER.POTENTIAL EFFECTS: IF MCHELL WS EHER SE, ERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WED ONLY OPPOSE-SEX UPL. IF THE UMPHRS SE PROCEEDS, THE QUTN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ULD AGA END UP BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. IN HIS NCURRG OPN THE CISN OVERTURNG ROE LAST MONTH, CLARENCE THOMAS URGED HIS FELLOW JTIC TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF A SE QUTNG THE NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO GAY MARRIAGE PRENTS SELF.RELATED:IF ROE V. WA FALLS, ARE LGBT RIGHTS NEXT? ADVERTISEMENTINSURANCE MANDAT
• CONTRACEPTN, GAY MARRIAGE: CLARENCE THOMAS SIGNALS NEW TARGETS FOR SUPREME URT
• 'THIS IS NOT OVER': HARRIS WARNS SUPREME COURT MAY TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, NTRACEPTN NEXT
• TARGET SELLS GAY ‘WEDDG’ RDS
• TARGET MAK GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT OFFICIAL AFTER GOP DONATN GAFFE
• TARGET AND AMAZON ARE THE OPPOS OF CHICK-FIL-A ON GAY MARRIAGE

TARGET OPENLY SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL BRIEF

Target announced s support for gay marriage Tuday by signg onto an amic brief a se before a feral appeals urt, after years of cricism for s ntraly on the issue. The retail giant jos a group of natnal pani signg onto an amic brief filed Wisns’s appeal of a lower urt cisn that stck down that state’s gay marriage ban.

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TARGET FALLY COM OUT IN SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE

Shows one of the T-shirts target is sellg to raise money for a group workg to feat a gay marriage ban Mnota. Angered gay marriage supporters wh a polil donatn that benefed a fiery gay marriage opponent seekg the ernor's office, the retailer is now upsettg same-sex marriage opponents by sellg T-shirts to raise money for a group workg to feat a gay marriage ban Mneapolis-based retailer is takg heat s home state, where voters will ci this November whether to put a gay marriage ban to the state nstutn.

One anizer of gay marriage opponents warned that their displeasure uld spread to 32 other stat where voters have banned gay marriage. "Target's move two years after endured a backlash om gay rights supporters for givg $150, 000 to a mpaign group backg the nservative Republin ndidate for Mnota ernor, Tom Emmer, who narrowly lost to Democrat Mark Dayton a race that went to an tomatic reunt.

Supporters of gay marriage see Mnota as havg the potential to halt their long losg streak statewi T-shirt promotn will raise up to $120, 000 for the Fay Equaly Council, a Washgton-based group that is part of a Mnota aln phg to feat the nstutnal amendment. Spokwoman Molly Snyr said the T-shirt promotn was anized by a group of gay Target employe and their alli. "Target is pleased to be able to brg our guts products they want while, turn, helpg support the LGBT muny through the donatn of 100 percent of the purchase price to the Fay Equaly Council, " the pany said a statement notg s long-standg support of the gay muny.

WHY TARGET’S ‘GAY UPLE AD’ IS THE SPOTLIGHT

She add that Target, a longtime sponsor of the Tw Ci gay pri ftival, is now sponsorg Fay Equaly Council retreats for gay fai Massachetts and California. "Although the ad is jt one of several photos of upl the mpaign, (one uple featur a black man and woman, another shows a young, whe uple) bloggers and reporters are wonrg if the same-sex uple ad is proof that the Mnota-based retailer is support of gay marriage. Others speculate that the ad is a way to bat the negative feedback Target received last year when donated $150, 000 to a polil actn group opposg gay, others are wonrg if the retailer is tryg to "pull a Chick-fil-A, " hopg to garner some of the attentn the rtrant has received sce s CEO ma public the pany's stance agast gay marriage.

TARGET BOYTT MOVEMENT GROWS FOLLOWG DONATN TO SUPPORT "ANTIGAY" CANDIDATE

It may fly the face of everythg we know about PR for a bs to purposely put self the middle of a ntroversial issue, but the sal creas Chick-fil-A has enjoyed sce s CEO ma public the pany's stance agast gay marriage n't be nied. Maybe Target is lookg for a ltle sal lift om the lbian and gay muny, however, uld be alienatg s more nservative dience at the same Target support gay marriage?

Target isn't the first retailer to feature gay-iendly ads — J. Penney and Gap both have n siar mpaigns — and they probably won't be the last, nsirg NYC Mayor Bloomberg's statement this week about how the state's passage of gay marriage last year has already generated $259 ln for the you believe Snyr's statement, Target was tryg to do nothg more than market to some of s diverse nsumers, and the fact that the ad mpaign also featured heterosexual upl backs that claim. Groups such as this one - "Boytt Target Until They Cease Fundg Anti-Gay Polics" - have sprg up on Facebook, where those upset wh the donatn are enuraged to ntact Target to let them know what they thk.

Meanwhile, a woman by the name of Randi Rean, who has a gay son, has posted a vio to YouTube showg her cuttg up her Target rd and returng merchandise prott. "The Target I know was a Target that embraced s gay employe, " she says the vio before discsg how she told a store manager about why she returned the ems she had purchased.

CORPORATE CISN RENEWS TARGET GAY RIGHTS NTROVERSY

"The ems were for my grandchildren, and they love their uncle Jake so much, and Jake is gay, and they wouldn't want to have thgs g om a store that ntribut to a mpaign that would have a ernor ndidate wh the antigay views that Tom Emmer has. Gave the group $100, 000 - but has been the primary target of anger large part bee has long been seen as an ally by the gay rights movement.

"A lot of people feel betrayed by this place where everybody go to shop and you get to see them at Pri and you feel good that you're supportg a rporatn that's givg back to the muny, " Moni Meyer, terim head of the gay rights group OutFront Mnota, told the Associated Prs. Angered gay marriage supporters wh a polil donatn that benefed a fiery gay marriage opponent seekg the ernor's office, the retailer is now upsettg same-sex marriage has cid to sell T-shirts to raise money for a group workg to feat a gay marriage ban Mneapolis-based retailer is takg heat s home state, where voters will ci this November whether to put a gay marriage ban to the state anizer of gay marriage opponents warned that their displeasure uld spread to 32 other stat where voters have banned gay marriage. "Target's move two years after endured a backlash om gay rights supporters for givg $150, 000 to a mpaign group backg the nservative Republin ndidate for Mnota ernor, Tom Emmer, who narrowly lost to Democrat Mark Dayton a race that went to an tomatic donatn set off protts and lls for a boytt om a nstuency that had seen Target as an ally.

SIX TEXAS LAWSUS TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, LGBT RIGHTS AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WAJONATHAN MCHELL, THE LAWYER WHO HELPED WRE THE ABORTN BOUNTY LAW, IS BEHD SEVERAL S THAT ULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LGBT RIGHTS. THE CY OF DALLAS' PRI FLAG (RIGHT) FLI ALONGSI THE TEXAS AND U.S. FLAGS OUTSI OF CY HALL DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 HONOR OF PRI MONTH. TEXAS IS POISED TO BEE A BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBT RIGHTS, AS NO FEWER THAN A HALF DOZEN LAWSUS ON THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE STATE'S FORMER SOLICOR GENERAL OVER THE ISSUE RECENT YEARS. (TOM FOX/THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS)(TOM FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY LREN MCGGHY7:00 AM ON JUL 21, 2022 CDTAUSTIN — IN THE WAKE OF THE TOPPLG OF ROE VS. WA AND WH JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS URGG THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIS LGS ON GAY SEX AND MARRIAGE, TEXAS IS THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL LAWSUS ALG WH LGBT RIGHTS.RIGHT NOW, A HALF DOZEN S ON EVERYTHG OM SURANCE VERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTN TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARE WENDG THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FERAL URTS HERE. THEIR OUT ULD RADILLY ALTER RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNTRY.ADVERTISEMENTTHE LAWSUS ALL HAVE ONE THG MON: FORMER TEXAS SOLICOR GENERAL JONATHAN MCHELL.ADVERTISEMENTBT KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHD THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS TEXANS TO FILE CIVIL LAWSUS AGAST PEOPLE WHO HELP PREGNANT PEOPLE GET ABORTNS, MCHELL OPENED UP A LAW FIRM AT FOUR YEARS AGO WH THE GOAL OF SYSTEMATILLY DISMANTLG S OF URT LGS HE BELIEV PART OM THE U.S. CONSTUTN.BREAKG NEWSGET THE LATT BREAKG NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE DALLAS MORNG NEWS IS TRACKG SIX OF HIS S THAT ORIGATED TEXAS AND AL WH LGBT RIGHTS. HERE’S A SUMMARY OF EACH SE.RELATED:AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND MOREADVERTISEMENTGAY MARRIAGEDIANNE HENSLEY VS. STATE COMMISSN ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT (THIRD COURT OF APPEALS)BRIAN KEH UMPHRS VS. DAVID HALL, ET AL. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS)ADVERTISEMENTSUMMARY: BOTH OF THE S WERE BROUGHT BY TEXAS OFFICIALS WH THE THORY TO PERFORM WEDDGS BUT WHO DO NOT WANT TO OFFER MARRIAG TO SAME-SEX UPL BEE THEY SAY VLAT THEIR RELIG BELIEFS.ADVERTISEMENTONE SE STATE URT, FILED BY MCLENNAN COUNTY JTICE OF THE PEACE DIANNE HENSELY, ARGU THAT MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WHO ARE ERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECE THEMSELV OM PERFORMG CEREMONI FOR GAY UPL IF THE UPL HAVE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTN TO BE WED. THE OTHER SE, FERAL URT AND FILED BY JACK COUNTY JUDGE BRIAN KEH UMPHRS, MAK A SIAR ARGUMENT.BUT THE UMPHRS SE GO FURTHER, ARGUG THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN CLARED GAY MARRIAGE BANS UNNSTUTNAL 2015. IT URG THE URT TO REVIS THAT CISN.“THERE IS NO NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,” THE UMPHRS SE READS. “THE FERAL JUDICIARY HAS NO THORY TO REGNIZE OR VENT ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ NSTUTNAL RIGHTS.”ADVERTISEMENTUMPHRS’ SE IS AWAG A CISN OM THE FERAL APPEALS URT. HENSLEY’S SE IS BEFORE A STATE APPEALS URT AT.OTHER ACTORS: CHAD AND DTY FILLMORE OF FORT WORTH ARE ALSO LISTED AS LAWYERS FOR UMPHRS, AS ARE LAWYERS OM THE PLANO-BASED CHRISTIAN NONPROF LAW FIRM FIRST LIBERTY INSTUTE AND JACKSBORO-BASED FIRM SPILLER & SPILLER.POTENTIAL EFFECTS: IF MCHELL WS EHER SE, ERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WED ONLY OPPOSE-SEX UPL. IF THE UMPHRS SE PROCEEDS, THE QUTN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ULD AGA END UP BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. IN HIS NCURRG OPN THE CISN OVERTURNG ROE LAST MONTH, CLARENCE THOMAS URGED HIS FELLOW JTIC TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF A SE QUTNG THE NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO GAY MARRIAGE PRENTS SELF.RELATED:IF ROE V. WA FALLS, ARE LGBT RIGHTS NEXT? ADVERTISEMENTINSURANCE MANDAT

Supporters of gay marriage see Mnota as havg the potential to halt their long losg streak statewi T-shirt promotn will raise up to $120, 000 for the Fay Equaly Council, a Washgton-based group that is part of a Mnota aln phg to feat the nstutnal $12. Spokwoman Molly Snyr said the T-shirt promotn was anized by a group of gay Target employe and their said is Target's send promotn to benef a specific first, durg last year's holiday season, raised money for St. Another statement om the retailer not "a broad range of strongly held views" on the marriage issue and urg employe to Equaly Council director Jennifer Chrisler said the T-shirt proceeds will fund her group's work around the untry, rangg om muny buildg to polil add that Target, a longtime sponsor of the Tw Ci gay pri ftival, is now sponsorg Fay Equaly Council retreats for gay fai Massachetts and California.

CONTRACEPTN, GAY MARRIAGE: CLARENCE THOMAS SIGNALS NEW TARGETS FOR SUPREME URT

Supreme Court to revis lgs on gay sex and marriage, Texas is the stage for several lawsus alg wh LGBT now, a half dozen s on everythg om surance verage for HIV preventn to employment discrimatn and same-sex marriage are wendg their way through state and feral urts here.

'THIS IS NOT OVER': HARRIS WARNS SUPREME COURT MAY TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, NTRACEPTN NEXT

Their out uld radilly alter rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Texas and across the lawsus all have one thg mon: former Texas solicor general Jonathan known as the man behd the state law that allows Texans to file civil lawsus agast people who help pregnant people get abortns, Mchell opened up a law firm At four years ago wh the goal of systematilly dismantlg s of urt lgs he believ part om the U.

Related:After Roe, archect of Texas abortn law sets sights on gay marriage and moreGay marriageDianne Hensley vs.

TARGET SELLS GAY ‘WEDDG’ RDS

(Northern District of Texas)Summary: Both of the s were brought by Texas officials wh the thory to perform weddgs but who do not want to offer marriag to same-sex upl bee they say vlat their relig se state urt, filed by McLennan County Jtice of the Peace Dianne Hensely, argu that marriage officiants who are ernment officials should be able to rece themselv om performg ceremoni for gay upl if the upl have a viable alternative optn to be wed. Supreme Court erred when clared gay marriage bans unnstutnal 2015.

TARGET MAK GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT OFFICIAL AFTER GOP DONATN GAFFE

In his ncurrg opn the cisn overturng Roe last month, Clarence Thomas urged his fellow jtic to take up the issue if a se qutng the nstutnal right to gay marriage prents self. ” The su also targets the Affordable Care Act’s mechanisms for cidg which re private surers mt ver, argug giv the feral agenci and other unelected bodi undue ntrol over cisns that should rema wh su specifilly mentns ntraceptn and the HIV preventn dgs known as PreP, which the platiffs say “facilate and enurage homosexual behavr, prostutn, sexual promiscuy, and traveno dg e.

TARGET AND AMAZON ARE THE OPPOS OF CHICK-FIL-A ON GAY MARRIAGE

(Photo: Jay Reed)Target publicly announced s support of gay marriage by signg an amic brief last Tuday, only years after the pany experienced media attentn and severe opposn om the gay activist muny for supportg a Repbulin who opposed gay brief oppos the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and specifilly s lack of feral benef protectn to LGBT upl.

"In 2010, Target received cricism om the LGBT muny for donatg large sums of money to an anizatn that supported Tom Emmer, a Republin who was strongly agast gay marriage and was nng for Mnota's ernor at the time.