Nearly five years to his SCOTUS tenure, Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch has tablished himself as a morn textualist the mo of Anton Slia. He’s also bee somethg of a nservative wild rd. Will that unpredictabily extend to gay rights?
Contents:
- NEIL GORSUCH REMARKS DURG SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS CASE SPARK CONCERN
- SUPREME COURT PROTECTS WEB SIGNER WHO WON’T DO GAY WEDDG WEBS
- GORSUCH NOT EASY TO PIGEONHOLE ON GAY RIGHTS, FRIENDS SAY
NEIL GORSUCH REMARKS DURG SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS CASE SPARK CONCERN
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It is a watershed moment om an unlikely thor that means gay, lbian and transgenr workers are protected by feral civil rights law.
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SUPREME COURT PROTECTS WEB SIGNER WHO WON’T DO GAY WEDDG WEBS
Democrats and gay rights groups oppose Judge Gorsuch, but terviews wh his iends and legal experts suggt that his views are not so easy to terme. * neil gorsuch gay issues *
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GORSUCH NOT EASY TO PIGEONHOLE ON GAY RIGHTS, FRIENDS SAY
"An employer who fir an dividual for beg homosexual or transgenr fir that person for tras or actns would not have qutned members of a different sex. Jtice Anthony Kennedy's retirement left many wonrg what would happen to gay and transgenr rights.
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