From the Cato Institute: In a 6-3 decision delivered today, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law prohibiting consensual sex between partners of the same sex. The Cato Institute filed an amicus brief in January in support of the…
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From Exodus, June 26, 2003 Exodus encourages fellow Christians to respond with compassion and reason on this historic turn in public policy regarding homosexuality. While many Christians and conservatives express shock and dismay over today’s ruling, ex-gays are not surprised….
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From the Family Research Council: By extending legal protections to homosexual behavior, the court majority not only struck down the 1986 precedent in Bowers v. Hardwick that upheld Georgia’s anti-sodomy law; the court also demolished the legal foundation of marriage….
From Soulforce, a national interfaith organization: “This is a fantastic day for all people because the Supreme Court has recognized that our government has no place in our bedrooms, nor a right to selectively single out people of minority sexual…
FRC’s Ken Connor describes the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, including no less than five conservatives, as “judicial activists” and “unelected warriors wearing black robes.” “Once again judicial activists have used their fertile imagination to create rights that simply…
JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting. I join JUSTICE SCALIA’s dissenting opinion. I write separately to note that the law before the Court today ‘is … uncommonly silly.’ Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U. S. 479, 527 (1965) (Stewart, J., dissenting). If I were…
From the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: This court case epitomizes the sorry state of legal rights for gay people in this country. In 2003, it’s appalling that states would still argue that there’s nothing wrong with the police…
From the Family Pride Coalition: “Today, the Supreme Court ruled for fairness for all Americans,” said Aimee Gelnaw, executive director of the Family Pride Coalition. “After years of this antiquated law being applied with prejudice to gay and lesbian Americans,…
From the Religious Action Council of Reform Judaism: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Central Conference of American Rabbis are committed to the belief that all citizens are entitled to equal protection under the law and, therefore, oppose…