Alphonso David (born 1970) is an American attorney and LGBT civil rights leader. In August 2019, he became the president of the Human Rights Campaign. He is the first civil rights lawyer and first person of color to serve as president of the organization.
Supreme Court Rules Against LGBTQ+ Rights in Foster Services Case
The New York Times noted that the decision is just the latest example of religious groups winning in the current court.LGBTQ+ rights lawyers and advocates took to Twitter to discuss the ruling after it came out Thursday morning.Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union wrote that the “good news” of the case was that “it is very narrow and fact-specific.” Josh Block of the ACLU said that the “bottom line” was that the case applied to this specific contract and not to civil rights laws.
The president of the Human Rights Campaign, Alphonso David, posted that the ruling was a time to celebrate LGBTQ+ families who have provided homes to children in need and those in the foster care system and to continue to work against.
