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Obergefell v. Hodges
February 20, 2024
Tori Otten
Samuel Alito Is Mad You Can’t Be Bigoted Toward Gay People Anymore
The Supreme Court justice is back to complaining about LGBTQ people in a recent opinion from the court.
October 31, 2023
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Mike Johnson Has a Dangerous Victim Complex
What links his election denial and his anti-gay policies is his belief that he’s a member of a persecuted minority.
July 25, 2022
Matt Ford
Conservatives Are Pretending They’re Not Coming for Marriage Equality Next. We’ve Heard That Before.
These are the exact same arguments that right-wingers used to attack abortion rights.
April 6, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
The Law Alone Can’t Halt the Christian Right’s Crusade Against Abortion and LGBTQ Rights
Liberals can’t count on the courts to protect against Republican ambitions to roll back civil rights.
August 9, 2021
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Behind the GOP Strategy to Outlaw Trans Youth
Activists are beating back Republicans’ virulent attacks on trans rights. But the battle is costing the trans community.
January 13, 2020
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Culture War in the Workplace
Inside the court battle over trans employment discrimination
January 6, 2016
David H. Gans
How Gay Marriage’s Triumph Could Protect Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment may play a role in its biggest abortion case in decades.
September 2, 2015
Brian Beutler
Throw Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis in Jail
She must be punished severely for denying marriage licenses to gay couples
July 1, 2015
Brian Beutler
Anthony Kennedy’s Same-Sex Marriage Opinion Was a Logical Disaster
It was the correct ruling, but John Roberts's dissent completely outmatched him
June 26, 2015
Brian Beutler
Why Conservatives Should Praise God for the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decision
April 30, 2015
Brianne J. Gorod
Is John Roberts Drifting Left?
April 28, 2015
Cristian Farias
Same-Sex Marriage Will Be Legal. The Supreme Court Just Won't Say How.
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