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> how would anyone look at a Republican administration whose first Supreme Court appointee penned a seminal decision on LGBT employment protections More recent

> how would anyone look at a Republican administration whose first Supreme Court appointee penned a seminal decision on LGBT employment protections More recently, the court seems to be looking to overturn Obergefell. [1] > the current flash point on “women's rights” (Roe) I was referring to the proposed reinstatement of child marriage in TN. [2] 1: https://www.educationviews.org/clarence-thomas-signals-willingness-to-overturn-obergefell-v-hodges/ https://www.educationviews.org/clarence-thomas-signals-willi... 2: https://www.wlbt.com/2022/04/06/proposed-legislation-could-legalize-child-marriage-tennessee/ https://www.wlbt.com/2022/04/06/proposed-legislation-could-l...

rayiner 5y ago
> More recently, the court seems to be looking to overturn Obergefell. [1] This is a complete misreading of that opinion. Note that both Thomas and Alito concurred in the denial of cert. They said nothing of overturning Obergefell, but criticized the process by which it was done—by judicial fiat rather than legislation. Specifically, this meant that the legislature had no ability to consider and address religious objections. Thomas and Alito’s opinion not only didn’t call for Obergefell to be overturned, but are completely mainstream compared to other developed counties. The year after Obergefell, the EU Court of Human Rights ruled that the express right to marriage contained in the European Convention on Human Rights did not cover same sex marriage. EU countries all enacted same sex marriage through legislation—and they included various protections for religious liberty—exactly the process that Alito and Thomas said should have been followed. Switzerland only legalized it last year, and it’s still not legal in Italy. > the current flash point on “women's rights” (Roe) I was referring to the proposed reinstatement of child marriage in TN. Meanwhile Colorado just legalized killing babies right up until birth.
- NoraCodes 5y ago
  > Meanwhile Colorado just legalized killing babies right up until birth. Woah, really? Let's see... https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/politics/colorado-abortion-rights-bill-governor-jared-polis-signs/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/politics/colorado-abortion-ri... > The governor emphasized that the new law "does not make any changes to the current legal framework," saying: "This bill simply maintains this status quo regardless of what happens at the federal level and preserves all existing constitutional rights and obligations."
  - rayiner 5y ago
    That’s not actually what the law does though. It says: > A FERTILIZED EGG, EMBRYO, OR FETUS DOES NOT HAVE INDEPENDENT OR DERIVATIVE RIGHTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE There is no limitation to viability. The defenses I’ve seen of the law (e.g. Politifact’s) mistakenly assume that Roe makes it impermissible to abort fetuses in the third trimester, which is incorrect.

rayiner 5y ago

> More recently, the court seems to be looking to overturn Obergefell. [1] This is a complete misreading of that opinion. Note that both Thomas and Alito concurred in the denial of cert. They said nothing of overturning Obergefell, but criticized the process by which it was done—by judicial fiat rather than legislation. Specifically, this meant that the legislature had no ability to consider and address religious objections. Thomas and Alito’s opinion not only didn’t call for Obergefell to be overturned, but are completely mainstream compared to other developed counties. The year after Obergefell, the EU Court of Human Rights ruled that the express right to marriage contained in the European Convention on Human Rights did not cover same sex marriage. EU countries all enacted same sex marriage through legislation—and they included various protections for religious liberty—exactly the process that Alito and Thomas said should have been followed. Switzerland only legalized it last year, and it’s still not legal in Italy. > the current flash point on “women's rights” (Roe) I was referring to the proposed reinstatement of child marriage in TN. Meanwhile Colorado just legalized killing babies right up until birth.

NoraCodes 5y ago
> Meanwhile Colorado just legalized killing babies right up until birth. Woah, really? Let's see... https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/politics/colorado-abortion-rights-bill-governor-jared-polis-signs/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/politics/colorado-abortion-ri... > The governor emphasized that the new law "does not make any changes to the current legal framework," saying: "This bill simply maintains this status quo regardless of what happens at the federal level and preserves all existing constitutional rights and obligations."
- rayiner 5y ago
  That’s not actually what the law does though. It says: > A FERTILIZED EGG, EMBRYO, OR FETUS DOES NOT HAVE INDEPENDENT OR DERIVATIVE RIGHTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE There is no limitation to viability. The defenses I’ve seen of the law (e.g. Politifact’s) mistakenly assume that Roe makes it impermissible to abort fetuses in the third trimester, which is incorrect.