Joe.My.God. LGBT News
The Dallas Morning News reports:
In the wake of the toppling of Roe v. Wade and with Justice Clarence Thomas urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit rulings on gay sex and marriage, Texas is the stage for several lawsuits dealing with LGBT rights. Right now, a half dozen cases on everything from insurance coverage for HIV prevention to employment discrimination and same-sex marriage are wending their way through state and federal courts here. Their outcomes could radically alter rights for LGBTQ people in Texas and across the country.
The lawsuits all have one thing in common: former Texas solicitor general Jonathan Mitchell. Best known as the man behind the state law that allows Texans to file civil lawsuits against people who help pregnant people get abortions, Mitchell opened up a law firm in Austin four years ago with the goal of systematically dismantling decades of court rulings he believes depart from the U.S. Constitution.
Read the full article. There’s a breakdown of each lawsuit.
If Jonathan Mitchell were a comic book character, he would be drawn holding a lawbook in one hand and in the other, a sledgehammer.
Read about the six lawsuits the former Texas solicitor general has filed targeting the future of #LGBT rights.https://t.co/bSLbfF7bfw #txlege
— ? Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) July 21, 2022
2/ Two of the lawsuits seek to create religious carve out for government officials who perform weddings.
One of these goes further, asking the Supreme Court to reconsider the ruling making gay marriage legal in Texas and elsewhere. https://t.co/bSLbfF7bfw #txlege #lgbt #lgbtq
— ? Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) July 21, 2022
3/ The other lawsuits deal target employment discrimination protections for LGBT people, library book bans that have targeted black and transgender authors and the so-called “Save @ChickfilA” law. https://t.co/bSLbfF7bfw #txlege #lgbt #lgbtq
— ? Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) July 21, 2022