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Eugene

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2. Roe rested on keeping the state out of a person's business.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2023, 09:30 AM

Jan 2023

Obergefell (marriage equality), Griswold (contraception), Lawrence v. Texas (sodomy) and Loving (freedom to marry) rest on principles of privacy now threatened by Dobbs.

Clarence Thomas said the quiet part out loud. Everything is on the table, although he omitted interracial marriages (like his own).

Overturning Roe further emboldened an already militant right. The overall agenda is Christian nationalism, and they argue that there is no privacy from their vengeful god.

First they came for the transwomen...

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i noticed that since roe be wade there has been a attack on transgen rights [View all] AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 OP

Empowerment syndrome lambchopp59 Jan 2023 #1

Roe rested on keeping the state out of a person's business. Eugene Jan 2023 #2

where dose it say in the constitution who can and cant marry? AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 #3

It doesn't say. The court's right-wing majority says that if a right isn't spelled out, Eugene Jan 2023 #4