Same-Sex Marriage and Contraception Should Be Next on Chopping Block: Clarence Thomas

[dalton99a]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/same-sex-marriage-contraception-roe-v-wade-decision-1373759/

Same-Sex Marriage and Contraception Should Be Next on Chopping Block: Clarence Thomas
The Supreme Court has officially struck down Roe v. Wade, and the court’s conservatives may not be done restricting the rights of Americans
By Nikki McCann Ramirez

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court stripped American women of their right to reproductive autonomy. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday determined that states can restrict or outright ban abortion at any point during a pregnancy. The decision overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 case that established a constitutional right to abortion services.

In a concurring opinion, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas indicated that the Supreme Court should reconsider previous rulings that established the right to contraception, same-sex marriage, and protections for same-sex relationships.

“We should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergfell,” Thomas wrote.

The three cases are fundamental rulings that established key reproductive, sexual, and civic rights for Americans. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) established the right of married couples to purchase contraception without government restriction. Lawrence v. Texas (2003) established that criminal punishments for those who commit “sodomy” were unconstitutional. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ruled that the right to marriage was guaranteed to same-sex couples. The targeting of these decisions by Thomas indicates claims by conservatives that the interpretation of the due process clause and “right to privacy” used to overturn Roe v. Wade will be limited to rulings on abortion access are not to be believed.

[CincyDem]

1. Why stop there Clarence. Go after Loving too...oh...wait...vested interest you say? n/r

[Beachnutt]

3. And interracial marriage

Clarence.

[RKP5637]

5. Yes, don't forget that, Clarence. March us right back and include yourself too!!! n/t

[wnylib]

8. Psst. That's what the Loving case was about,

interracial marriage.

[RKP5637]

2. Yep, marching right on to a shit hole fascist nation in a dystopian society. n/t

[Texaswitchy]

4. But Hillary was horrible.

What horrible things would she had done.


When women can't get birth control will that be enough.

This is not the 1700's.

[RKP5637]

6. Oh, but those emails. Those emails! Those emails! n/t

[wryter2000]

7. Odd he leaves out Loving

So predictable

[wnylib]

9. I belong to a church, but my church does not

forbid abortion. I am not Catholic, so why should I be governed by canon law?

Right wingers love to scare people about the dangers of Sharia law, but we Americans have much more to fear from Canon law. And from the fundamentalist Evangicals who side with the Catholic Church.

Freedom of religion is being violated by the SC.

[Crowman2009]

10. I hope voter backlash and more empty pews come back to haunt them.

I anticipate people finally getting fed up with their pro-life church and will just leave.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. But wait, I was ASSURED by "allies" this wouldn't come to pass?!

How can this be?! Sure, it hasn't happened yet....but Roe V. Wade also wasn't going to be overturned either.



The rights of all minorities are under assault and it is time for people to realize this, come together, stop with petty bickering and KEEP the Congress and TAKE BACK the states!

These foul, shitstains will NEVER stop with one group, they will always go after another and another. Nazi Germany didn't start with the Jews, but they sure as fuck didn't stop with us either!