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Contents:
- SUPREME URT LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE ACROSS THE US – AS HAPPENED
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- SUPREME COURT JTIC ATTACK EACH OTHER OVER GAY WEDDG CASE
- THE SUPREME COURT DECLAR GAY MARRIAGE IS A RIGHT
- ‘IT IS SO ORRED.’ SUPREME COURT JTIC ON GAY MARRIAGE CISN
- TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
- THE SUPREME COURT RULGS THAT HAVE SHAPED GAY RIGHTS AMERI
- WHAT EACH SUPREME COURT JTICE HAS SAID ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
- I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT
- THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
SUPREME URT LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE ACROSS THE US – AS HAPPENED
In a momento day for civil rights, the Supreme Court of the Uned Stat led Friday that the Constutn effectively grants all Amerin cizens the right to get married—cludg same-sex upl. All The Celebri Who Are Thrilled About the Supreme Court's Decisn to Legalize Gay Marriage The 5-to-4 cisn is a landmark w for the gay rights' movement. Prr to the cisn, gay marriage was regnized at the state level 37 stat and the District of Colombia—see a map here. In the majory opn, Jtice Anthony M. Kennedy wr: "No unn is more profound than marriage, for embodi the hight ials of love, fily, votn, sacrifice, and fay. ... [The challengers] ask for equal digny the ey of the law. The Constutn grants them that right." Here's how polis are celebratg on social media: Proud to celebrate a historic victory for marriage equaly—& the urage & termatn of LGBT Amerins who ma possible. -H— Hillary Clton (@HillaryClton) June 26, 2015 Today is a big step our march toward equaly. Gay and lbian upl now have the right to marry, jt like anyone else. #LoveWs— Print Obama (@POTUS) June 26, 2015 Congratulatns to all who * supreme court ruled in favor of gay marriage *
Photograph: Evan Golub/Demotix/CorbisShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to e this featureLive feedKey events26 Jun 2015Summary26 Jun 2015South Dakota issu marriage licens26 Jun 2015Louisiana rists lg, Mississippi backtracks26 Jun 2015Florida, Missouri and Alabama issue licens26 Jun 2015Confn Mississippi26 Jun 2015Texas rists gay marriage lg26 Jun 2015Tennsee to issue same-sex marriage licens26 Jun 2015Kentucky and Arkansas beg issug marriage licens26 Jun 2015Geia to start issug licens26 Jun 2015Obama: 'a victory for Ameri'26 Jun 2015Obergefell: 'our love is equal'26 Jun 2015Supreme urt legaliz gay marriage across USShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to e this featureSummaryWe’re gog to wrap our live verage of the historic supreme urt cisn and the many nsequenc and reactns thereof – as legal same-sex marriag ntue to be issued for the first time many stat around the untry. “As someone who has dited much of my rabbate to the polil and spirual si of same sex marriage, I have a sense of wholens, that fally the pth of the spirual mment is matched by the pth of the legal protectns and rponsibily, ” said Joshua Lser, rabbi for Congregatn Bet Havarim Atlanta, which was formed by gay and lbian Jews 1985. Currie, 25, said he read the book to teach his class a lson tolerance, after one stunt reported beg bullied and lled “gay” as an sult.
The uple n the YouTube channel Jelly and Day, which has more than 120, 000 subscribers, and Contrerars and Perez say they hope to enurage other gay and lbian upl to be fortable showg their love public. “Today’s historic victory on the backs of same-sex upl and advot who have worked for s to dismantle harmful stereotyp and unjt laws the qut for equal treatment, ” said Jam Esseks, director of the ACLU’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and HIV Project. ”Bourbon Street “was still sleepg off a haner” when heard the news om Washgton, Tom Dart reports New Orleans, but the s proud gay muny was ready to celebrate earnt nohels.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
In a historic cisn for the gay right's movement, the Supreme Court led on Friday that the U.S. Constutn grants same-sex upl the right to marry. Jtice Anthony M. Kennedy, who wrote the majory opn, said that gay and lbian upl have a fundamental right to marry. * supreme court ruled in favor of gay marriage *
But half-a-dozen people were Cafe Lafte Exile, one of the bt-known of the clter of gay bars the heart of the French Quarter. ImageLorie Smh said her Christian fah requir her to turn away ctomers seekg servic to celebrate same-sex 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. ’”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 cisn also appeared to suggt that the rights of L.
The liberal jtic viewed as somethg else entirely — a dispute that threatened societal protectns for gay rights and rolled back some recent 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.
”A Colorado law forbids discrimatn agast gay people by bs open to the public as well as statements announcg such discrimatn.
SUPREME COURT JTIC ATTACK EACH OTHER OVER GAY WEDDG CASE
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Kavangh and Amy Coney Barrett, shifted the urt to the 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 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. A baker refed to make a weddg ke for their receptn on relig 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.
THE SUPREME COURT DECLAR GAY MARRIAGE IS A RIGHT
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Irish-Amerin Gay, Lbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc., a se om 1995 which the urt sid wh the anizers of a veterans para that blocked a group of gay, lbian and bisexual people om marchg the event. Jtice Sotomayor seemed pecially ncerned about the way the urt’s opn would send a disapprovg msage to the public about people who are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr, or who were same-sex relatnships. Addnally, several stat terpret existg laws agast sex discrimatn to apply to bias relatg to sexual orientatn and genr inty, even though they do not have laws explicly forbiddg such stat that do not offer protectns to gay and transgenr people on those grounds, municipal laws ver many Human Rights Campaign, an L.
McCoy for The New York TimThe urt’s cisn favor of a Colorado web signer, Lorie Smh, had an unual feature: It was based on njecture and Smh, who objects to providg weddg-related servic for same-sex marriag, never turned down a gay uple. ETFriday’s lg was another reassurg cisn for relig celebratory moment outsi the Supreme Court on Friday, after the urt livered the latt a strg of judgments favor of relig Zuhaib/Associated PrsConservativ who have moral and theologil objectns to gay marriage saw the Supreme Court’s cisn on Friday as reassurance that they would be able to assert their beliefs a public square that they see as creasgly hostile to a 6-to-3 vote, spl along iologil l, the jtic agreed wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to provi servic for same-sex marriag, spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people.
‘IT IS SO ORRED.’ SUPREME COURT JTIC ON GAY MARRIAGE CISN
”Acrdg to pollg om 2021 by the Public Relign Rearch Instute, majori of most major relig groups — cludg Catholics, Jews and Mlims — oppose allowg small-bs owners to refe to serve gay and lbian people on relig grounds. Smh and her lawyers have emphasized that her objectn is not to workg wh same-sex upl or gay dividuals, but to signg webs for gay weddgs. Several siar s have centered on nservative Christian small bs owners who object to workg on gay weddgs specifilly, cludg a baker Colorado, two vatn signers Arizona and a Kentucky-based a news nference shortly after the lg was issued, Krist Waggoner, general unsel for Alliance Defendg Freedom, which reprented Ms.
” She said her nsiratn acceptg work as a webse signer was the “msage” of the se, not the inty of the Smh’s portfol clus webs for church, real tate pani and polil many nservative Christians hailed the cisn on Friday, drew cricism om some progrsive Christians and terfah groups, cludg those that serve gay people of fah.
“Broad exemptns to allow relig-based discrimatn hurts people of fah, too, ” Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Mistry, which advot for gay Catholics, said a statement. McCoy for The New York TimGay and transgenr rights anizatns on Friday nmned the Supreme Court lg backg a Colorado webse signer’s bid to refe to provi servic for same-sex marriag, llg the cisn a dangero backslidg on L. ETHere’s how urt battl over servg same-sex upl have played out the Cote for The New York TimIn the latt se volvg same-sex marriage rights, relig eedom and discrimatn, the Supreme Court on Friday led favor of a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right not to provi servic for same-sex marriag spe a state law that bans discrimatn agast gay ’s a brief look at some of the most proment s before Friday’s:A Colorado baker ws urtIn June 2018, the Supreme Court led favor of a Colorado baker who refed to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple.
TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
Kennedy wrote that the missn’s members had acted wh “clear and impermissible hostily” to people wh scerely held relig Bra, a kemaker prevailsBra’s Supreme Court led favor of a bakery October 2018 that had refed to make a ke bearg the slogan “Support Gay Marriage, ” sayg the refal was not discrimatory. The urt’s cisn mak easier for bs Bra to cle ctomer requts that are at odds wh their dispute began 2014, when Gareth Lee, a gay rights activist Northern Ireland, sought to buy a ke for a party om Ashers Bakg Company Belfast that showed two “Same Street” characters, Bert and Ernie; a logo for his group, QueerSpace; and the slogan supportg gay marriage. A florist Washgton State says her rights were vlatedIn 2013, Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of a flower shop the small cy of Richland, southeastern Washgton, refed to create floral arrangements for a gay uple’s two grooms, Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, had prevly bought flowers at her store, Arlene’s Flowers.
”Invatn signers sue the cy of PhoenixThe Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments January after two Christian vatn signers said they would refe to create weddg vatns for same-sex upl if Da and Breanna Koski, evangelil Christians and the owners of Bsh & Nib Stud, sued the cy of Phoenix 2016, sayg they feared legal retributn if they did not fulfill requts om gay or lbian upl. The duo, who create handma artwork for weddgs and other events, ntend that creatg vatns for gay or lbian upl would be tantamount to endorsg same-sex far, Ms. Colorado Civil Rights Cote for The New York TimThe Supreme Court’s cisn on Friday favor of a Colorado web signer has echo of a 2018 se about a baker who had turned away a gay uple seekg a weddg that cisn, Masterpiece Cakhop v.
THE SUPREME COURT RULGS THAT HAVE SHAPED GAY RIGHTS AMERI
Kennedy, who wrote the majory opn the 7-to-2 cisn 2018, seemed unable to choose between two of his re mments: He was the thor of every major Supreme Court cisn protectg gay rights unr the Constutn and also the urt’s most arnt fenr of ee speech.
“The oute of s like this other circumstanc mt awa further elaboratn the urts, ” he wrote, “all the ntext of regnizg that the disput mt be rolved wh tolerance, whout undue disrpect to scere relig beliefs, and whout subjectg gay persons to digni when they seek goods and servic an open market. After the 2020 electn, Colorado bee a center of electn nspiraci, a e embraced by some of s state is “a nice enpsulatn on what lims have been placed on the Christian right and what power and fluence they n still yield, ” William Schultz, a historian at the Universy of Chigo Divy School who is workg on a book about Christian culture Colorado Sprgs, said last 1992, voters the state passed what was nsired at the time to be an unual ballot iative prohibg Colorado om regnizg gay, lbian and bisexual people as a protected class.
That statute was the subject of a siar high-profile se, which a baker om Lakewood, Colo., Jack Phillips, cled to make a weddg ke for a gay 2018, the Supreme Court led favor of Mr. Smh have said they would serve gay people as dividual clients but object to providg servic for a same-sex 30, 2023, 11:44 a.
WHAT EACH SUPREME COURT JTICE HAS SAID ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
PetersCoverg the media's tersectn wh polics, culture and lawThe Alliance Defendg Freedom is a drivg force s to lim gay rights. PetersCoverg the media's tersectn wh polics, culture and lawThe majory opn by Jtice Neil Gorsuch c a major ee speech cisn volvg gay rights: Boy Suts of Ameri v.
I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT
Dale, a 2000 se which the urt led 5-4 that the Boy Suts uld exclu gay sutmasters bee opposn to homosexualy is part of the anizatn’s “exprsive msage. Activists like Ana Bryant, Jerry Falwell and Jam Dobson characterized homosexualy as a threat to tradnal fay the Supreme Court led Obergefell v.
Another poll by Pew found that almost half of whe evangelils born after 1964 favored same-sex marriage 2017, pared to about a quarter of olr whe fah groups that have tradnally opposed gay rights now support some acmodatns for same-sex marriage.
THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
PetersCoverg the media's tersectn wh polics, culture and lawThree years ago, Jtice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote today's opn favor of the webse signer who oppos same-sex marriage, was the thor of a very different opn om the urt, lg that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgenr employe om workplace discrimatn. Jtice Gorsuch wrote that would be impossible “to discrimate agast a person for beg homosexual or transgenr whout discrimatg agast that dividual based on sex.
Emphasizg her view that prohibg bs om discrimatg agast gay people is a regulatn of nduct, not speech, she wr: “The majory’s repeated votn of this Orwellian thought policg is revealg of jt how much misunrstands this se. The New Republic published an article reportg that the Colorado webse signer who oppos same-sex marriage, and whose challenge to Colorado’s antidiscrimatn law took this se to the Supreme Court, may not have received an actual requt om a gay uple to create a weddg 30, 2023, 10:17 a.
ET Ruth GrahamCoverg relignThe Alliance Defendg Freedom, which reprented the Colorado signer who did not want to make a webse celebratg gay marriage, praised the lg.