{"id":505961,"date":"2017-01-05T19:27:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T19:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/diane-sykes\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","slug":"diane-sykes","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/diane-sykes\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Sykes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Argued against<\/a> parental rights for same-sex couples from the bench: \u201cYou can\u2019t overcome biology. If the state defines parenthood by virtue of biology, no argument under the Equal Protection Clause or the substantive due process clause can overcome that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Ruled<\/a> that anti-gay groups can receive public funding even if they engage in discrimination.<\/p>\n

\u2014The extremely anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council (in a piece penned by FRC director and Trump transition team member Ken Klukowski) describes<\/a> Sykes as \u201cstaunchly conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Has twice served as guest lecturer for the \u201cMoral Foundations of Law\u201d seminar<\/a>, an annual event hosted by the anti-LGBTQ Witherspoon Institute (confounded by National Organization For Marriage founder and Federal Marriage Amendment author Robert George). According to court documents<\/a> involving another anti-LGBTQ justice who attended the seminar, her 2015 speech focused on the aftermath of the Supreme Court\u2019s marriage equality decision (Audio\/video\/transcripts not readily available).<\/p>\n

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