The majory opn the Supreme Court's gay rights se was wrten by Print Donald Tmp's first Supreme Court appotee — Neil Gorsuch.
Contents:
- KAVANGH C LANDMARK GAY RIGHTS S ARGUMENT ABOUT ABORTN RTRICTNS
- BRETT KAVANGH'S OPN ON GAY MARRIAGE IS BACKED BY A NOTOR ANTI-LGBTQ GROUP
- DEMS E KAVANGH DISSENT GAY RIGHTS SE TO RENEW CRICISM OF SEN. COLLS
- LGBT ADVOT FEAR BRETT KAVANGH'S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
- SUPREME COURT BACKS CATHOLIC AGENCY CASE ON GAY RIGHTS AND FOSTER CARE
- LGBTQ ADVOT FEAR KAVANGH’S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
- LGBT ADVOT FEAR KAVANGH’S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
- ABORTN, RACE, GAY RIGHTS, ATH PENALTY: SUPREME COURT NOMEE BRETT KAVANGH ULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
KAVANGH C LANDMARK GAY RIGHTS S ARGUMENT ABOUT ABORTN RTRICTNS
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’ The end, ” she advot largely agreed wh Bonto, sayg that the landmark gay rights cisns Obergefell v. The US Supreme Court voted on Monday to protect LGBTQ Amerins om workplace discrimatn a landmark lg that has stunned jt about everybody a untry where gay and transgenr rights are unr attack om the extraordary 6-3 lg meant once aga meant Brett Kavangh, who dissented, faced loathg on the Inter, and the surprisg "hero" of the day was Neil Gorsuch — a nservative judge recently appoted by real champns were, of urse, the activists and lawyers at the centre of the cisn. Here’s a breakdown of everythg you should know about this groundbreakg se and s nsequenc: The cisnThe top urt the US led that employers who fire workers for beg gay or transgenr are breakg the untry's civil rights laws.
BRETT KAVANGH'S OPN ON GAY MARRIAGE IS BACKED BY A NOTOR ANTI-LGBTQ GROUP
Five years after the US Supreme Court clared a fundamental right for same-sex upl to marry, the jtic produced another landmark for the gay rights movement by lg that feral anti-bias law vers lns of gay, lbian and transgenr workers. * kavanaugh on gay rights *
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DEMS E KAVANGH DISSENT GAY RIGHTS SE TO RENEW CRICISM OF SEN. COLLS
Crics of Sen. San Colls, R-Mae, renewed their attacks Monday on the perpetual swg-vote senator after Supreme Court Jtice Brett Kavangh -- whom she helped nfirm -- dissented on a cisn that effectively rporated gay and transgenr people to a protected class unr the Civil Rights Act of 1964. * kavanaugh on gay rights *
Five years after the US Supreme Court clared a fundamental right for same-sex upl to marry, the jtic produced another landmark for the gay rights movement by lg that feral anti-bias law vers lns of gay, lbian and transgenr workers. The lg jos the annals of high urt cisns over the last quarter century that have helped drive gay progrs on myriad onts, cludg the 2003 cisn strikg down statut that crimalized sodomy and a 2013 actn that validated a feral law that nied married same-sex upl the Social Secury and other benefs given oppose-sex married upl.
LGBT ADVOT FEAR BRETT KAVANGH'S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
The jtic nsired whether a cy may exclu a Catholic social servic agency om s foster re system bee ref to work wh gay upl. * kavanaugh on gay rights *
Equally signifint, the cisn was joed by Chief Jtice John Roberts, who had never signed an opn endorsg gay rights. Gorsuch said the “msage” of the law is “simple and momento: An dividual’s homosexualy or transgenr stat is not relevant to employment cisns.
SUPREME COURT BACKS CATHOLIC AGENCY CASE ON GAY RIGHTS AND FOSTER CARE
* kavanaugh on gay rights *
That’s bee is impossible to discrimate agast a person for beg homosexual or transgenr whout discrimatg agast that dividual based on sex. More than 7 ln people the US intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, acrdg to the Williams Instute at UCLA.
In his 15 years as chief jtice, Roberts’ dissent the 2015 gay marriage se marked his first and only oral dissent om the bench. Jtice Brett Kavangh, dissentg, tried to emphasize that he was not agast gay rights and noted the historic nature of the cisn.
LGBTQ ADVOT FEAR KAVANGH’S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
“This Court has prevly stated, and I fully agree, that gay and lbian Amerins ‘nnot be treated as social outsts or as ferr digny and worth.
The Tmp admistratn had argued agast Monday’s oute, and the lg may have seemed improbable after the 2018 retirement of Jtice Anthony Kennedy, who had been the thor of all gay rights opns datg to 1996 and was often the cidg vote on a bench riven on the cultural dilemma. They were brought on behalf of two gay men fired om their jobs, as a skydivg stctor and a child welfare servic ordator, and on behalf of a transgenr woman who lost her posn as a funeral home director.
The employers argued that firg gay or transgenr dividuals did not vlate Tle VII.
LGBT ADVOT FEAR KAVANGH’S VOT ON GAY-RIGHTS ISSU
He acknowledged that Congrs likely would not have anticipated Monday’s rult when passed the law 1964, but he said the prohibn on discrimatn “bee of sex” necsarily vers people who face bias bee of they are gay, lbian or transgenr.
We do not hate to regnize today a necsary nsequence of that legislative choice: An employer who fir an dividual merely for beg gay or transgenr fi the law. The Supreme Court divid 5–4 a clash over relig liberty and LGBTQ equaly on Wednday, forcg Yhiva Universy to stop discrimatg agast a gay rights group on mp.
Chief Jtice John Roberts and Jtice Brett Kavangh did not si wh the three liberals agast the universy bee they thk gay stunts serve equal treatment. ” (It’s unclear how requirg Yhiva to grant equal regnn to a gay stunt club forc to “stct s stunts” on anythg. In 1987, for stance, the District of Columbia’s hight urt orred Geetown Universy, a Catholic school, to provi equal benefs to a gay stunt group.
ABORTN, RACE, GAY RIGHTS, ATH PENALTY: SUPREME COURT NOMEE BRETT KAVANGH ULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
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.