Roe Vs Wade Overturned

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(08-10-2023, 01:21 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You make sense here, I suppose it could go that way.  But for it to even happen a case on this issue would have to reach the court.  Maybe a case in which a person refuses to issue a marriage license to a same sex couple?  As 6you say, Gorsuch is a likely no vote, and is Roberts.  I think it'd would end up 5-4 in favor again

Thank you for reading what I wrote and evaluating it dispassionately. I appreciate the conversation. Maybe Roberts would vote in favor of gay rights if a second chance came around - he is generally seen as the moderating force of the SC - but it's important to remember that he did vote against gay marriage the first time in 2015. I could see him doing it again. I assume that's what you mean with "likely no vote," as yes vs no would depend on how the case was phrased (in this case, yes would be to ban gay marriage rather than yes, protect gay marriage?)

Quote:I certainly don't want to put words in your mouth, but I see legitimate concerns in the transgender battle.  I don't think it's analogous to same sex marriage at all.  I have zero tolerance for anyone who wants to prevent same sex marriage.  I absolutely understand some of the concerns people have with the current transgender movement.

In my post, I made no judgment or value statement on the transgender topic. At this point, you know my stances fairly well, but that is immaterial to the purpose of my post. I was just pointing out that it is the all-consuming topic and singular focus of conservative activists now that Roe v Wade is over. If the conservatives got a similar ruling as the RvW overturn for transgender rights (perhaps a nation wide ban on HRT? I'm not sure what that ruling would look like, specifically), they will have succeeded on their two most recent focuses. I don't think it's reasonable to think that conservative activists would just dust their hands, call it a job well done and disappear forever. They'd find something else to focus on. And, with trans rights and abortion rights effectively managed (in this hypothetical), I believe the most likely new target would revert back to gay marriage. They'd likely view it as "unfinished business" much like they viewed Roe V Wade.

And if gay marriage were reverted, who knows what they'd target next haha.