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Contents:

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS AT THE SUPREME COURT
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• SUPREME COURT HEARS SE OF COLORADO WEDDG WEBSE REFG GAY MARRIAGE WORK
• GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• A SECRET AL BETWEEN JTIC JOHN ROBERTS AND ANTHONY KENNEDY ON GAY RIGHTS AND WHAT MEANS TODAY

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS AT THE SUPREME COURT

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In 2020, Gorsuch livered a massive w to the LGBTQ muny when he livered the majory opn a se that extend feral protectns to gay, lbian and transgenr workers. Supreme Court livered a monumental victory for gay rights, requirg that all stat license marriag between people of the same sex. A police officer Geia observed a man havg nsensual homosexual sex his own bedroom, an act which was then illegal there.

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.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

The Boy Suts oted a former Eagle Sut om his posn as an assistant sutmaster when the anizatn found out that he was gay. Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate.

Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support. Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights. It is the only member of the Group of 7 natns that has not legalized same-sex month, the Japane Parliament passed a bill that outlawed “unfair discrimatn” and promoted “unrstandg” of gay and transgenr people, a measure that rights advot emed sufficient and watered down om a bill submted natn’s urts have been more sympathetic to gay and transgenr rights.

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SUPREME COURT HEARS SE OF COLORADO WEDDG WEBSE REFG GAY MARRIAGE WORK

(Kent Nishimura / Los Angel Tim) To the edor: I wonr if the LGBTQ+ muny realiz that the Supreme Court lg favor of a webse signer who didn’t want to create weddg s for gay upl n work our favor as well. (“How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative cisn uld swamp civil rights, ” Opn, July 12)As a gay man, I am always ncerned if the bs where I spend my money are supportive of my muny. No one n predict the future, but the Supreme Court — this very nservative Supreme Court — may have given Democrats a gift for moment the urt renred the fal three cisns of s term — on affirmative actn, stunt bt relief and relig rights over gay rights — my first thought was that not only helps Democrats, but also hurts Republins, at least the near, gave Democrats the opportuny to mpaign on three issu next year’s electn to galvanize voters much the way the Dobbs cisn overturng a natnal right to abortn rallied voters the 2022 three issu are central to the terts of three key mocratic votg blocs: mori, the LGBTQ muny and young people (who have nsistently been ls enthiastic about Print Joe Bin).

GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

This year’s grantg of relig exemptns to people who oppose gay marriage, as well as undog affirmative actn and revokg stunt bt relief, may produce a siar only issue Republins seem to have now is their latt a long le of bogeymen: anti-“woke” culture wars.

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

" Jtice Sonia Sotomayor asked Kristen Waggoner, the lawyer for pany owner Lorie Smh, an evangelil Christian opposed to gay marriage.

Now that the legal door has been opened to anti-LGBTQ+ bigots or racists, there’s jt no tellg how far the Supreme Court’s license to discrimate will month, the urt’s nservative majory led that a webse signer Colorado would not vlate the state’s antidiscrimatn law if she refed to create weddg webs for gay you, Lorie Smh, the proprietor of 303 Creative, was not actually creatg weddg webs at that pot, but she wanted to know advance whether would be OK to turn away gay people bee she abhors same-sex marriage.

A SECRET AL BETWEEN JTIC JOHN ROBERTS AND ANTHONY KENNEDY ON GAY RIGHTS AND WHAT MEANS TODAY

’ ” Fair for reports that Smh ma up the gay uple she claimed had ntacted her for weddg webse servic (even though she hadn’t lnched that bs yet, hmmmm), Chemersky said no longer matters whether they existed or not. ”It will e as no surprise that the Alliance Defendg Freedom also reprented the Colorado baker who won a limed Supreme Court victory 2018 after he refed to make a weddg ke for a gay uple.

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