{"id":505982,"date":"2017-01-25T17:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/neil-gorsuch\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:55:13","slug":"neil-gorsuch","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/neil-gorsuch\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Gorsuch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014With<\/a> marriage equality opponents Alito and Thomas, wrote dissent in Pavan v. Smith<\/em>, a case that grants married same-sex couples equal treatment in the issuing of birth certificates.<\/p>\n

\u2014Has argued<\/a> that certain minority civil rights issues, like marriage equality, should be settled through elections or legislatures, not the courts.<\/p>\n

\u2014Wrote<\/a> concurrence in Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters of the Poor cases, allowing religious employers to avoid following federal law based on religious belief: \u201cFor some, religion provides an essential source of guidance both about what constitutes wrongful conduct and the degree to which those who assist others in committing wrongful conduct themselves bear moral culpability.\u201d Those religious beliefs, he concluded, justified allowing the individuals, and not just the corporations, to challenge the government\u2019s rules for employer-sponsored health insurance plans.<\/p>\n

\u2014Ruled<\/a> numerous times against the transgender community, including a refusal to provide health care to a transgender woman who was incarcerated and against a transgender woman who filed an employment discrimination lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u2014Once described LGBT rights<\/a> as merely part of liberals\u2019 social agenda: \u201cAmerican liberals have become addicted to the courtroom, relying on judges and lawyers rather than elected leaders and the ballot box, as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide..\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014SCOTUSBlog describes him as<\/a> \u201can ardent defender of religious liberties and pluralistic accommodations for religious adherents\u201d and \u201ca natural successor to Scalia in adopting a pro-religion conception of the establishment clause.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Endorsed<\/a> by and \u201cgood friends\u201d with National Organization for Marriage co-founder Prof. Robert George.<\/p>\n

\u2014Endorsed<\/a> by author of Colorado\u2019s same-sex marriage ban, former ADF Senior Counsel Mike Norton who said, \u201cHe\u2019d be great for America.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Endorsed<\/a> by ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence, \u201cI think if the president nominates him, it would be good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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