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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

ShazzieB

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1. Looking forward to this discussion.

Reply to BrienDoesIt (Original post)

Wed Nov 16, 2022, 05:26 PM

Nov 2022

I'd like to know, too. My gut feeling is that repealing the odious so-called Defense of Marriage Act is a good thing in itself, but I know people have issues with this law, and I'd like to understand better.

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Does this new law allow states to discriminate against gay people? [View all] BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 OP

Looking forward to this discussion. ShazzieB Nov 2022 #1

Here's a decent article on how things could play out. Solly Mack Nov 2022 #2

So it's exactly as I thought - it still allows states to discriminate. BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #5

It offers federal protections but if Obergefell falls, states that want to discriminate can, yes Solly Mack Nov 2022 #6

I think the fed protections are a good thing. Very much so. BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #7

That is one of the many questions - how it plays out on the state level Solly Mack Nov 2022 #8

No one I'm discussing this with gets that. BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #9

You need to look at two cases: 1) as it is now and 2) if the SC over turns same sex marriage rights karynnj Nov 2022 #3

I'm not asking for this law to not go through.... BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #4

It isn't a step backwards. Just a tiny step forward as laws go. ColinC Nov 2022 #10

But isn't it giving states the right to deny you a marriage license? BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #11

It is. Which is how it is already as far as the laws on the books. ColinC Nov 2022 #12

What good is the progress if, in order to be protected by it, I have to take a vacation to get it? BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #14

That's kinda how progress works unfortunately ColinC Nov 2022 #15

You're not wrong. At all. BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #17

It is not a step backwards because it ONLY has consequence if the SC acts karynnj Nov 2022 #13

I guess I don't see it this way. BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #16