The Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling yesterday that declared “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.”
To the surprise of almost, well, everyone, the 6-3 opinion was penned by Neil Gorsuch, the conservative justice appointed by Donald Trump. Gorsuch was joined by Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, and Roberts.
Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh all dissented.
To be fair, whether this was just boilerplate or not, Kavanaugh did give us a shout-out, acknowledging that our “worked hard for many decades to achieve equal treatment in fact and in law. They have exhibited extraordinary vision, tenacity, and grit, battling often steep odds in the legislative and judicial arenas, not to mention in their daily lives.”
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Yesterday, Kavanaugh, who likes beer and who like other judges refused to say whether he supported same-sex marriage during his confirmation hearing in 2018, was targeted with some pretty harsh criticisms on Twitter.
Brett Kavanaugh might me the only person who consistently lives up to my expectations. #garbage
— Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) June 15, 2020
Turns out, that was just the beginning. Because then came the memes…
Related: Twitter eviscerates Brett Kavanaugh, who likes beer, for siding against LGBTQ rights
Cam
Kavanaugh is such a bigot that he tried to purposely misread printed words so he had an excuse to attack LGBT people. That is who Trump wanted and who Republicans voted for.
kathyjcostello69
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Mister P
Don’t they ever ask themselves if it sounds weird to be for discrimination?
Chrisk
Especially for Thomas. Talk about absolutely no sense of history.
MikeM
Justice Breyer also voted with the majority.
ScottOnEarth
Absolute blatant, shameless bigots. In the supposed “land of the free,” these useless shitstains think it’s ok to fire someone simply for being who they are. Just infuriating….but THANK YOU to the wonderful Justices who voted for humanity.