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Justices Thomas and Alito and the Threat to LGBTQ+ Equality

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Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality ruling is making its way through the lower courts. But the statements by Alito and Thomas basically invite one.The imminent danger, civil rights lawyers say, is that the court could chip away at marriage equality — leaving same-sex couples able to have their marriages legally recognized but unable to access some of the rights and responsibilities that traditionally came with it.“Our opponents are actively working to strip away the rights that LGBTQ people have,” says Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign and the first civil rights lawyer to head the organization.Many of these efforts involve religious objections to LGBTQ+ equality.

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