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There are now seven different cases implicating LGBTQ rights sitting before the Supreme Court. While the conservative-majority Court has not yet agreed to hear any of them, a circuit split between two of the cases and the fact that President Trumps transgender military ban is at the heart of another strongly suggest at least one of them will advance to oral arguments.
The cases span a variety of different issues, including employment, education, military service, and public discrimination. At the heart at most of them is a question about whether discrimination against LGBTQ people counts as discrimination on the basis of sex. If the Court rules against queer people in just one of them, it could set a precedent that hinders LGBTQ equality across all of the different issues.
Such a decision would be the largest blow to queer rights since the Court upheld sodomy laws 32 years ago.
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Just a Weirdo
(488 posts)He better vote for equality. Fuck Boof and Gorsuck.
shanny
(6,709 posts)but not Roberts. Gorsuch--I dunno. They are all pro-corporate/business but some are less socially conservative than others...esp. if it comes down to reversing previous decisions.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)as possible. Basically, republicans hate humanity!
Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)Also, by attacking GLBT rights, they are less likely to face severe backlash, but it will also allow for them to start chipping away at the rights of other groups.
lancelyons
(988 posts)we took it back.
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)Fear for my LBGQT friends and family. I also am often, very angry.
I plan on staying that way.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)I worry everyday for the people I love. Trump becoming president has potentially changed so very muchfor the worse we've all been fighting for for our entire lives.