THE SUPREME COURT IS ATTACKING LGBTQ+ RIGHTS AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS

As legislative attacks on trans people escalate and right-wing leaders and media deploy increasingly homophobic rhetoric, anti-LGBTQ+ groups are renewing their efforts to strike down anti-discrimination statutes — this time under the guise of free speech. In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court could make it easier for businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ Americans.

More broadly, it could pave the way to eliminating state-level anti-discrimination laws across the country that protect people from race-based, gender-based, or disability-based discrimination. An adverse ruling has the possibility of greenlighting just about any business in the country barring LGBTQ+ people by claiming that letting them in the door amounts to a government-compelled “expression” of support, and could snowball into a new wave of broader attacks on civil rights and civil liberties. Our memo shows just what is at stake for LGBTQ+ people and our civil rights:

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/