SCOTUS ruled today (6-3) that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status constitutes discrimination "because of . . . sex" under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Justice Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion. Justices Alito and Thomas wrote a shared dissent; Justice Kavanaugh wrote his own dissent.
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Should have been 9-0 but glad to see it passed.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Originally posted by DMT View PostShould have been 9-0 but glad to see it passed."Looks like I picked a bad day to give up sniffing glue.
- Steven McCrosky (Lloyd Bridges) in Airplane
i have epiphanies like that all the time. for example i was watching a basketball game today and realized pom poms are like a pair of tits. there's 2 of them. they're round. they shake. women play with them. thus instead of having two, cheerleaders have four boobs.
- nullnor, speaking on immigration law in AZ.
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Originally posted by DMT View PostShould have been 9-0 but glad to see it passed.I'm just here for the baseball.
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Originally posted by chancellor View PostWhile I agree with you in concept, I also understand the dissent that was best worded by Kavanaugh - it's patently clear the intent of the original legislation was to provide equal rights for women, and not the expanded rights argued before the Court. Kavanaugh pretty clearly states to change legislation is the responsibility of Congress and not SCOTUS.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Originally posted by In the Corn View PostYup. Trump has to be pissed about Gorsuch on this one.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Originally posted by DMT View PostAnd Kavanaugh is making a valid point, but the underlying idea of Title VII is outlawing discrimination in the workplace against any group of people based on who they are, so requiring new statutes that specifically focus on LGBT individuals to wind their way through the courts before coming to the same result is a waste of everyone's time.I'm just here for the baseball.
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Two key religious liberty rulings settled today - both 7-2 rulings, with Breyer and Kagan ruling with the majority. A lot of the media noise is on the Little Sisters of the Poor case, but it's a narrow ruling on an issue that was likely going to be a loss anyway. The second ruling - Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey-Berru - is huge and much more wide reaching; it's a major expansion of the ministerial exception relative to discrimination lawsuits.I'm just here for the baseball.
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Originally posted by chancellor View PostTwo key religious liberty rulings settled today - both 7-2 rulings, with Breyer and Kagan ruling with the majority. A lot of the media noise is on the Little Sisters of the Poor case, but it's a narrow ruling on an issue that was likely going to be a loss anyway. The second ruling - Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey-Berru - is huge and much more wide reaching; it's a major expansion of the ministerial exception relative to discrimination lawsuits.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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