Many Americans were surprised when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ employment protections on June 15 — especially because Neil Gorsuch, one of the more conservative Supreme Court justices, authored the majority opinion.
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That same day, self-described “conservative-libertarian journalist” Brad Polumbo tweeted that he ordered an “I’m Gay for Gorsuch!” T-shirt, which is currently available on Redbubble.
ORDERED pic.twitter.com/FIaU7IWlQF
— Brad Polumbo ?? ???? (@brad_polumbo) June 15, 2020
“Omg where did you buy this shirt?!” one commenter wrote. “I so want one!”
How about we take this to the next level?
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But others weren’t amused.
our father who art in hell deliver us from our transgressions https://t.co/8Eqek4kZLx
— tarachara | local trap (@taracharamod) June 15, 2020
elites recognize one (1) modicum of humanity for queer and trans folks and y'all do….this? nope. https://t.co/5KKUnduEA7
— air conditioning fan account (@saymthreetimes) June 15, 2020
Reaching Mariana Sea Trench levels of despair pic.twitter.com/XsiTbyYWNb
— sam from above (@samcorb) June 15, 2020
this is a felony https://t.co/eVEMdZ3lsR
— carolyn freeman (@carolynrfreeman) June 15, 2020
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For anyone feeling such Gorsuch idolatry, please consider his judicial record. In 2013, he voted in favor of Hobby Lobby and other corporations that raise religious objections to paying for contraception under health plans. In 2015, he joined an opinion rejecting a transgender woman’s argument that the Oklahoma Department of Corrections violated her constitutional rights by denying her medically necessary hormone treatment. And in 2017, he dissented when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision to deny same-sex married parents the same right to appear on a birth certificate.
Or, as Lambda Legal said in a 2017 headline, Gorsuch “has an unacceptable, hostile record towards LGBT people.”
Evji108
What a great advertisement for this lovely Gay Gorsnitch Tee Shit Thanks for providing the convenient link. I’m ordering one for all my friends and family., Queerty really understands the Barbara Streisand Effect.
TonyPSP
Gorsuch is no friend to the gay community.
mudgeguy
And yet he voted in our favour? Not saying I understand why but…
andyinchicago
Gorsuch voted against the dreamers. Those Gays for Gorsuch, are they for deporting their neighbors? For telling nurses and doctors on our front lines that they’re not American enough? If you see someone with a Gays for Gorsuch shirt, it’s a giant red flag.
DavidIntl
Although I tire of saying it (and then getting accused of being some sort of paid troll, since apparently being gay means that I have given up my right to think independently), being gay does NOT necessarily mean one has to agree with every ‘progressive’ issue-du-jour. As a – mostly – libertarian, and a rather committed agnostic, there are many rulings from Gorsuch with which I can take serious issue. But there are even more rulings from Sonia Sotomayor with which I disagree vehemently. For now, I am quite content that Gorsuch has shown that he is not going to be an unthinking rubber stamp vote for a fundamentalist social-conservative world view.
Karlis
I personally think that this is cute. Snowflakes need to grow up.
Kangol2
Gorsuch’s vote and ruling infuriated the right, but it was right. Good that he did the correct thing. He’s otherwise a super-conservative justice whose rulings I have not agreed with, so I won’t be wearing a t-shirt honoring him.