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Like many of you, I was worried, or terrified even, that once _____ had appointed a conservative, a drunken frat boy rapist, and a Handmaid to the court, we would see LGBTQ+ rights, along with women’s rights, slowly chipped away. But maybe I was worried for nothing? The Supreme Court … _____’s Supreme Court … has declined to take up a case brought by group of transphobic Oregon parents who wanted to exclude transgender students from school locker rooms and restrooms. These so-called parents demanded that trans students only use facilities that correspond with their sex at birth and not the gender with which they identify. And while the court did not give a reason for turning away the appeal, similar lawsuits have been dismissed by lower courts all across the country, and so this decision to decline the case is a big win for transgender students. Even SCOTUS apparently understands that transgender students simply want to pee, and while this is just one case, to see SCOTUS, with the likes of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett, decide this way is kind of a hopeful sign that I hope will continue. |
Monday, December 14, 2020
Did We Worry For Nothing?
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I was encouraged when the court turned down the two ridiculous applications last week to overturn the election; this is yet more good news. Why do people try to persecute trans people? What is wrong with these bigots? They spend too much time reading the vitriolic old testament and too little time reading the new testament.
ReplyDeleteI'm not entirely optimistic about LGBT rights in the future. This was not a "religious liberty" case...and those are more likely to be decided in favor of litigants with "deeply held" religious beliefs. Until a large, vocal contingent of LGBT allies with deeply held religious beliefs can put that issue in proper perspective, we (and our marriages) will be at the mercy of the SCOTUS.
ReplyDeleteI too have been highly surprised, and this is about the third time they have not "come to the aid" of the dump. I was worried too, they wouldn't come to decisions like they should, but so far, they have.There actually doing their job...unlike many republicans.
ReplyDeleteI hear he was NOT happy about Fridays' decision.
It is a step in the right
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xoxo :-)
I second frank. SCOTUS is not there to do the dump's bidding. I read dump wants to fire his 3 SCOTUS picks because they did not rule in his favor with the TX case.
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ReplyDeleteWe'll see what they do with Bigot Baker cases, but this is slightly encouraging.
@Frank
They cannot undo my marriage. Not gonna happen. They might try to make same-sex marriage illegal in the future, but they cannot undo mine. And that's a sticking point for litigation. But this news, as well as them trampling _____'s rants and accusations, is good news.
@MM
He wasn't happy? Then go away!
@TDM
I think so, too.
@AM
Sadly, or not, he cannot fire them. But he's stupid enough to think he can.
Yes, this was a bit encouraging.
ReplyDeleteVery cautiously optimistic.
ReplyDeleteDon't fool yourself. They are all just dying to take on gay marriage. All they need is an 'in'. I put nothing past them and trust them not...
ReplyDeleteI think they'll go all out when it comes to gay marriage. Like Upton says, all they need is an 'in'. Probably related to 'religulous liberty'.
ReplyDeleteXOXO
Even judges that I disagree with, are often faithful to the law, not to political philosophy
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