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Brooklyn Ricky's avatar

Of course, legislating away basic human rights begins with the smallest population of peaceful people within a nation. Once that governmental superpower is unlocked all of our human rights are in jeopardy.

Let it happen to your neighbor and it’s going to happen to you. It’s called karma.

Defend your neighbors individual liberty as if it were your own: because it is.

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Talia Perkins's avatar

Thank you. Very good briefs on the three cases.

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Ellen Adele Harper's avatar

The decisions in these 3 cases will have impacts far beyond their direct issues. If the decisions negatively impact trans and l g b t q rights, they will signal a green light to attack us from every direction. But if scottish stands behind our rights it may significantly impede the attempts of our fasvist government. Unfortunately. I don't feel very good about this.

It's past time to start making connections within your real time communities. Start attending town council meetings. Link up with anybody who is working to support community rights, and build a support network for the poor the homeless the food insecure and the disabled. Community building is the only way we will survive this.

Sending love and joy to everyone.

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Susan Tuzzolino's avatar

Yes! Connecting with community is essential!! Thanks for this!

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Mike Gelt's avatar

Unfortunately the conservatives on the Supreme Court are nothing more than trump lackey’s and will probably give trump what he wants. I will be extremely surprised if any of these cases will go toward protecting the trans community

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Sandra's avatar

Unfortunately I am not optimistic about any of these cases being resolved in the favor of trans people. It looks bleak. The supreme court has relentlessly done the administration’s bidding lately and there is no reason to think these cases will be different. The passport case is especially worrisome. as a ruling for the administration would essentially green-light open animus against trans people, and it would then tend to extend beyond just federal ID, though that alone is awful enough.

Welcome to the age of open cruelty as public policy. This seems almost surreal, but here we are.

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Liz  Wilcox's avatar

By stating “protecting women…” it’s clearly discriminatory. Don’t the men deserve protection? Why would they be left out? Because it’s all nothing but bullshit. It’s distraction.

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