LGBT advot fear Brett Kavangh's vot on gay-rights issu - CBS News

Contents:

• BRETT KAVANGH'S OPN ON GAY MARRIAGE IS BACKED BY A NOTOR ANTI-LGBTQ GROUP
• KAVANGH C LANDMARK GAY RIGHTS S ARGUMENT ABOUT ABORTN RTRICTNS
• BRETT KAVANGH'S ANSWER TO THIS QUTN ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE WILL GIVE YOU PSE
• WHAT EACH SUPREME COURT JTICE HAS SAID ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• LGBT ADVOT FEAR BRETT KAVANGH'S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
• WE NEED TO KNOW BRETT KAVANGH'S ROLE IN BH-ERA ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

BRETT KAVANGH'S OPN ON GAY MARRIAGE IS BACKED BY A NOTOR ANTI-LGBTQ GROUP

Tmp's choice has left many LGBTQ advot on edge, and 's no wonr: Brett Kavangh's opn on gay marriage is backed by an anti-LGBTQ group. The Fay Rearch Council is a vol opponent of gay rights and has lled homosexualy "disgtg" and "unnatural. " Kavangh has not aligned himself wh the group's strong anti-LGBTQ stance, and 's unclear what he thks about gay rights.

"Though Kavangh’s rerd on gay rights is a "relatively blank slate, " as The Daily Beast lled , LGBT activists still worry Kavangh uld rtrict or overturn the gay muny's nstutnal right to marriage. While Kavangh's thoughts on same-sex marriage and gay rights are not transparent, you n certaly tell where anti-LGBTQ activists stand.

However, cg two landmark gay rights s — Lawrence v. ”The lawyers who argued favor of gay rights the landmark LGBTQ s offered differg views on the validy of the argument by Kavangh, who was appoted 2018 by then-Print Donald Bonto, who argued on behalf of same-sex upl Obergefell v.

KAVANGH C LANDMARK GAY RIGHTS S ARGUMENT ABOUT ABORTN RTRICTNS

’ The end, ” she advot largely agreed wh Bonto, sayg that the landmark gay rights cisns Obergefell v.

Kavangh to the Supreme Court, gay Amerins have been among those most ncerned about the implitns of his past summer, the Human Rights Campaign lnched a “Stop Kavangh” vio hopg to enurage Amerins to exprs their disapproval of the judge. ), one of the more liberal members of Congrs on gay rights issu, took up their baton on Thursday when she qutned Kavangh about his views on the urt se that extend marriage rights to gay Amerins, known as Obergefell v. ] Breyer and Jtice [Elena] Kagan, the days of discrimatg agast gay and lbian Amerins, or treatg gay and lbian Amerins as ferr digny and worth, are over.

”And other advot for gay rights shared her pot. In some ways, the 2016 printial electn pted whe evangelils and gay-rights activists agast one another, as both sis were hopg to have judg and jtic nomated that terpreted the law ways that protect the rights of their rpective many Amerins, the right to marry seems like settled law. But to the gay muny, fears that the lg is anythg but cid are very real, nsirg the number of people who voted for Tmp wh the hope that he would appot judg who would overturn cisns popular wh more liberal Amerins.

BRETT KAVANGH'S ANSWER TO THIS QUTN ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE WILL GIVE YOU PSE

And many gay Amerins feared that judg would allow for further discrimatn agast gay people unr the guise of relig future is not clear for gay cizens’ abily to share the marriage rights that straight Amerins do.

Kavangh’s non-answer likely reaffirmed the fears of gay Amerins and enuraged the nservative Christians who backed Tmp wh the hope that he would liver the urts to them. Hodg, the 2015 landmark that gave same-sex upl a right to marry, for the proposn that certa bs owners n refe gay upl.

WHAT EACH SUPREME COURT JTICE HAS SAID ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

They sid wh baker Jack Phillips, a vout Christian, who had refed to make a ctom ke for a gay uple and been sanctned. Unr qutng om liberal jtic, Waggoner said that even a basic msage announcg a gay marriage would put Smh a difficult posn. Hodg, the 2015 landmark se which legalized gay marriage.

Asked whether he felt the se was rrectly cid, Brett Kavangh's ments on Obergefell and gay marriage rights revealed ltle about his personal opns on the majory opn on Obergefell was wrten by Jtice Anthony Kennedy, who retired July. In , he wrote that excludg gay and lbian upl legal regnn of marriage was unnstutnal and vlated the Equal Protectn Clse of the 14th Amendment. Ultimately, Kavangh ntued his explanatn to reerate Kennedy's opn that Obergefell served to remove the send-class stat of gay and lbian Amerins.

LGBT ADVOT FEAR BRETT KAVANGH'S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU

"The days of discrimatg agast gay and lbian Amerins, or treatg [them] as ferr digny and worth, are over, " he said. Wh Kavangh's personal opns on gay marriage rights remag somethg of a mystery, some argue that the danger of his nfirmatn li the fact that he will shift the iology of the Supreme Court to the right.

Opposed by many LGBTQ rights group, Kavangh's nomatn uld at the very least create a urt ls outwardly support of gay marriage rights.

ET, September 6, 2018Kavangh won't discs his personal views on gay marriageFrom CNN's David ShortellJudge Brett Kavangh would not reveal his personal views on gay marriage, repeatedly rebuffg the query om Sen.

WE NEED TO KNOW BRETT KAVANGH'S ROLE IN BH-ERA ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

Cory Booker and referrg to Supreme Court also said he had never officiated a gay weddg. Roberts Said About Gay Marriage?

Roberts has sce voted several tim support of the regnn of gay marriage and agast the discrimatn of same-sex 2020, when the Supreme Court led that Tle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ Amerins om workplace discrimatn, the nservative jtice was among the 6 to 3 same year, the Supreme Court apparently unanimoly rejected an appeal om a former Kentucky unty clerk who refed to provi marriage licens to same-sex upl based on her relig beliefs Miller v. What Has Clarence Thomas Said About Gay Marriage? Alo Said About Gay Marriage?

But all Amerins, whatever their thkg on that issue, should worry about what the majory's claim of power portends, " Alo wrote, nouncg that all those who disagreed wh gay marriage ran the risk of "beg labeled as bigots. "In 2020, he was dissent aga after the urt's cisn to ban discrimatn agast gay and transgenr employe the workplace.