DrWeb<p><strong>Amy Coney Barrett: A Deep Dive into the Supreme Court’s Conservative Pivot – A Special SCOTUS Series</strong></p>By Joe Ravi, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16959908" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Link</a>, article series…<p><em>Editor’s Note: Recently, I’ve considered a look at SCOTUS more in depth. It’s moving the law in right wing and conservative directions, and changing by fiat the power of the President, diminishing the power of Congress.</em> <em>This is the first article to examine the justices. The last in the series will talk about changes that should and need to be made to our top court. <br>–DrWeb</em></p><p><strong>Amy Coney Barrett: A Deep Dive into the Supreme Court’s Conservative Pivot</strong></p><p> Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has indeed emerged as a <strong>pivotal figure</strong> on the nation’s highest court since her controversial confirmation in October 2020. Her visibility and influence have grown significantly, particularly following her role in landmark decisions affecting abortion rights and other contentious social issues.</p><p><strong>Background and Rise to the Court</strong></p> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Antonin_Scalia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Antonin Scalia</a>, By Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States – Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public Domain</em>. <p>Amy Vivian Coney Barrett, born January 28, 1972, graduated first in her class from Notre Dame Law School in 1997. She clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, whose judicial philosophy of textualism and originalism she has embraced. After serving as a Notre Dame law professor and later as a federal appeals judge on the Seventh Circuit from 2017-2020, Trump nominated her to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat just 38 days before the 2020 election.</p><p>Her confirmation was historically contentious – she became the <strong>first Supreme Court justice in 150 years confirmed without any support from the minority party</strong>, passing by a 52-48 vote with all Democrats opposing. This partisan divide foreshadowed the significant role she would play in reshaping American jurisprudence.</p><p><strong>Understanding Barrett’s Judicial Philosophy:<br>Key Terms Explained</strong></p><p><strong>Textualism</strong></p><p><strong>Textualism</strong> is a method of legal interpretation that focuses exclusively on the plain meaning of statutory and constitutional text as it would have been understood by ordinary readers at the time of enactment. Textualists like Barrett reject consideration of legislative intent, policy outcomes, or evolving social context, instead asking what a “reasonable person” would understand the words to mean in their historical context. As Justice Scalia, Barrett’s mentor, famously illustrated: when a law prohibits “using a firearm” in drug crimes, a textualist would interpret this as using the gun as a weapon, not trading it as barter—because that’s what guns are “normally used for.” While textualism promises objectivity and simplicity by focusing solely on text, critics argue it can oversimplify complex legal issues and ignore how language evolves over time.</p><p><strong>Originalism</strong></p><p><strong>Originalism</strong> is the constitutional interpretation theory holding that the Constitution should be understood according to its “original public meaning”—what the text meant to ordinary readers when it was ratified, not what modern interpreters think it should mean today. Unlike “living constitution” approaches that allow constitutional meaning to evolve with changing times, originalists like Barrett believe constitutional text has a fixed meaning that can only be changed through the formal amendment process, not judicial reinterpretation. This philosophy often leads to conservative outcomes because it anchors legal interpretation in 18th and 19th-century understandings of rights and government power. Barrett has explicitly embraced this approach, arguing that “constitutional text means what it did at the time it was ratified and that this original public meaning is authoritative.” Together, textualism and originalism form the intellectual foundation for Barrett’s approach to cases involving abortion, same-sex marriage, and other contemporary constitutional questions.</p><p><strong>Key Rulings and Voting Record</strong></p><p><strong>Abortion Rights: The Dobbs Decision</strong></p><p>Barrett was indeed <strong>central to overturning Roe v. Wade</strong> in the 2022 <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization</em> decision. In her forthcoming book “Listening to the Law,” she defends this vote, arguing that Roe “bypassed the preferences of the American populace” and that abortion rights were never “deeply entrenched in American history.” She maintains that the court’s role is “to respect choices that people have agreed to, not tell them what they should agree to.”</p><p><strong>Same-Sex Marriage: The Next Target?</strong></p>Via Wikipedia…<p>Barrett’s potential role in reversing same-sex marriage appears well-founded given her judicial record and stated philosophy. Barrett has connections to religious organizations with anti-LGBTQ+ positions and previously endorsed a 2015 letter affirming traditional marriage as “rooted in the unwavering commitment of a man and a woman.” During her confirmation hearings, she controversially referred to LGBTQ+ individuals as having “sexual preference,” later apologizing.</p><p>Several Republican-led state legislatures are currently pushing resolutions urging the Supreme Court to overturn <em>Obergefell v. Hodges</em>, the 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. In her new book, Barrett distinguishes abortion from other rights like marriage, suggesting the “complicated moral debate” around abortion differentiates it from rights that enjoy broader public support.</p><p><strong>Barrett’s Growing Independence and Influence</strong></p><p>Despite her conservative credentials, Barrett has demonstrated <strong>surprising independence</strong> from the court’s conservative bloc in some cases. Legal observers note she’s “striking Sandra Day O’Connor’s path” by being “independent of her conservative brethren on some important questions.” This has made her a <strong>justice to watch</strong>, as Chief Justice Roberts may increasingly need to negotiate with her for crucial fifth votes.</p><p>Her voting statistics reflect her conservative alignment but also show strategic positioning: in the 2023-2024 term, she was in the majority 92% of the time, and averaged 91% majority alignment since joining the court.</p><p><strong>Her New Book: “Listening to the Law”</strong></p><p>Barrett’s memoir <strong>“Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution”</strong> was released on September 9, 2025. The book provides unprecedented insight into Supreme Court operations and her judicial philosophy. Beyond defending the Dobbs decision, she reveals personal struggles with cases she found “distasteful to cast,” particularly regarding capital punishment.</p><p><strong>Barrett’s Writings and Academic Work</strong></p><p>Barrett’s notable works include:</p><ul><li><strong>“Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution”</strong> (September 2025) – her memoir</li><li>Numerous law review articles during her Notre Dame professorship (2002-2017)</li><li>Federal court opinions from her Seventh Circuit tenure (2017-2020)</li><li>Supreme Court opinions since 2020</li></ul><p>Research Note: For comprehensive access to her academic writings, researchers should check Notre Dame Law School’s faculty repository, legal databases like Westlaw or LexisNexis, and Google Scholar for open-access pieces.</p><p><strong>The Broader Implications</strong></p><p>Barrett’s position as the court’s potential swing vote on social issues makes her arguably <strong>the most consequential justice</strong> for the future of American civil rights. At 53, she could serve for decades, shaping law long after current political dynamics change. Her approach of distinguishing between different types of rights based on historical grounding and public acceptance suggests a methodical strategy for rolling back progressive precedents.</p><p>Barrett appears “key” to potential rulings on same-sex marriage, given both her stated judicial philosophy and the current legal landscape where conservative activists are actively challenging <em>Obergefell</em>. Her role in the conservative majority’s systematic dismantling of liberal precedents positions her as one of the most watched and influential justices in modern Supreme Court history.</p> <p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ol><li>Wikipedia Contributors. “Amy Coney Barrett.” <em>Wikipedia</em>, May 7, 2017. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett</a></li><li>CNN. “Exclusive: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book.” <em>CNN Politics</em>, September 2, 2025. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/amy-coney-barrett-book-supreme-court-abortion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/amy-coney-barrett-book-supreme-court-abortion</a></li><li>National Women’s History Museum. “Amy Coney Barrett.” <em>Women’s History Museum</em>, August 31, 2021. <a href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/amy-coney-barrett" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/amy-coney-barrett</a></li><li>Ballotpedia. “Amy Coney Barrett.” <em>Ballotpedia</em>, September 28, 2020. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Amy_Coney_Barrett" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ballotpedia.org/Amy_Coney_Barrett</a></li><li>Reuters. “US Supreme Court’s Barrett defends overturning abortion right in new book.” <em>Reuters Legal</em>, September 2, 2025. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-courts-barrett-defends-overturning-abortion-right-new-book-2025-09-02/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-courts-barrett-defends-overturning-abortion-right-new-book-2025-09-02/</a></li><li>Newsweek. “What Amy Coney Barrett Has Said on Gay Marriage as Republicans Push to End Same-Sex Marriage.” <em>Newsweek</em>, March 14, 2025. <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/what-amy-coney-barrett-has-said-gay-marriage-republicans-push-end-2044855" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.newsweek.com/what-amy-coney-barrett-has-said-gay-marriage-republicans-push-end-2044855</a></li><li>Alliance for Justice. “USA Today: How Amy Coney Barrett emerged as the Supreme Court Justice to Watch.” <em>Alliance for Justice</em>, July 10, 2024. <a href="https://afj.org/article/usa-today-how-amy-coney-barrett-emerged-as-the-supreme-court-justice-to-watch/" rel="nofollow 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<em>2025 National Book Festival</em>, July 7, 2025. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2025-national-book-festival/authors/item/no2020054095/justice-amy-coney-barrett/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/events/2025-national-book-festival/authors/item/no2020054095/justice-amy-coney-barrett/</a></li><li>Empirical SCOTUS. “The Real A.C.B.” <em>Empirical SCOTUS</em>, March 31, 2025. <a href="https://empiricalscotus.com/2025/04/01/the-real-a-c-b/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://empiricalscotus.com/2025/04/01/the-real-a-c-b/</a></li><li>Barnes & Noble. “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution by Amy Coney Barrett.” <em>Barnes & Noble</em>, August 31, 2025. <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/listening-to-the-law-amy-coney-barrett/1147168709" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/listening-to-the-law-amy-coney-barrett/1147168709</a></li><li>Cornell Law School. “Textualism.” <em>Wex Legal Information Institute</em>, July 24, 2016. <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/textualism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/textualism</a></li><li>Wikipedia Contributors. “Textualism.” <em>Wikipedia</em>, November 9, 2005. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textualism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textualism</a></li><li>Pacific Legal Foundation. “Originalism vs. Textualism.” <em>Pacific Legal Foundation</em>, December 13, 2023. <a href="https://pacificlegal.org/originalism-vs-textualism-vs-living-constitutionalism/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pacificlegal.org/originalism-vs-textualism-vs-living-constitutionalism/</a></li><li>EBSCO Research Starters. “Textualism.” <em>EBSCO Research Starters – Law</em>, October 31, 2020. <a href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/textualism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/textualism</a></li></ol> <p><em>Article researched and compiled September 6, 2025</em></p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/abortion-rights/" target="_blank">#AbortionRights</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/ai/" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/amy-coney-barrett/" target="_blank">#AmyConeyBarrett</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/antonin-scalia/" target="_blank">#AntoninScalia</a> <a 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Erik L. Midtsveen ☮︎꩜ૐ<p>I cannot see why it should concern anyone whom two free individuals choose to unite with in love. So long as both are grown and consenting, it is a matter that belongs only to their own lives.</p><p>When society, or the state, presumes to dictate such matters, it is merely another attempt of authority to intrude into the most personal sphere of human liberty, which should be the foundation of any truly free social order.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marriage</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Syndicalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syndicalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/AnarchoSyndicalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnarchoSyndicalism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Belotti responds,</p><p>"Can the Church tell some people that what they’re experiencing is not true, not holy enough, not deep enough, not strong enough to be called love?"</p><p>Imagine the word "love" being uttered in a Christian church. What's the world coming to?</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/homosexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homosexuality</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>After the funeral, some of those attending the funeral told the priest, Don Renzo Cozzi, that speaking of the couple as "friends" erased their years of committed love and partnership. </p><p>Cozzi defends himself by saying — and is he oblivious to the irony ini what he says? — "If I’d talked about love, I’d have gone against ecclesiastical rules."</p><p>The church does not permit me to speak of love….</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/homosexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homosexuality</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Elisa Belotti reports on what happened in early August when the priest presiding at the funeral of Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi in Novaro, Italy, referred to the two as "friends." Though they had been together 25 years and were in a civil union….</p><p>Paglino and Grossi died together in a car crash. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/homosexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homosexuality</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.newwaysministry.org/2025/08/08/a-funeral-that-failed-to-name-love/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newwaysministry.org/2025/08/08</span><span class="invisible">/a-funeral-that-failed-to-name-love/</span></a></p>
KatⓋ🐝 💯% a witch 🪄🧹<p>Why can't these <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascist</span></a> controlling, hateful fuck wads just mind their own fucking business?! 🤬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️🧡💛💚💙💙💜</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPhatesAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOPhatesAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LoveIsLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LoveIsLove</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GayRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GayRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302&fbclid=IwY2xjawMNrRhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnqc0POx78UPN73TjsVVxld5NcPQUAbXc3YyYVc9PBnTWXnv8qAYQnHeXj9B_aem_31YYxHiSq0GAhg4tyrJo_Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/suprem</span><span class="invisible">e-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302&fbclid=IwY2xjawMNrRhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnqc0POx78UPN73TjsVVxld5NcPQUAbXc3YyYVc9PBnTWXnv8qAYQnHeXj9B_aem_31YYxHiSq0GAhg4tyrJo_Q</span></a></p>
Kevin LaRose, 8647<p>I think many would agree that today we find ourselves in a situation where many things we hold dear and thought were settled over the past 75 or even 100 years are now under attack and threatened to be dismantled. I think about me as a person with disabilities. Many employment opportunities available through <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> programs are now gone. Disability rights in general are being weakened because we need to bow to the needs and wants of business. And then there’s <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> nuking <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Roe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roe</span></a> and almost certainly setting their sites on <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> next. And why stop there? Why not get rid of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Miranda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Miranda</span></a> and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gideon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gideon</span></a> while they’re at it? Perhaps even <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Loving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Loving</span></a> to boot? And also decide that maybe the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Confederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confederacy</span></a> was victorious after all? I think I’m in need of lunch and possibly an attitude adjustment.</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>(continued from /6)</p><p>and the many authoritarian (and, let's face it, racist even when they pretended to be otherwise) Catholics outside the South who were enraged when the federal government recognized reproductive rights for women.</p><p>From that history to where we are now with Trump and MAGA is a straight line. These folks have been and are the driving force of the Republican party for years now.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a><br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>This was the genesis of the Religious Right, with Catholic activists then seizing the opportunity to build on the rage of white segregationist Christians in the South by introducing the issue of abortion, about which evangelicals had never cared, to cement an alliance between white Southern evangelicals (continued in /7)</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a><br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>When the federal government began threatening to deny federal funding to church-based schools like Bob Jones University as long as the university refused to abide by civil rights laws, white churches across the South began to organize to "defend" their supposedly violated "religious freedom" to discriminate.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a><br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>White evangelical Christians, especially in the South, had long taught that "God" chose to make the races separate, with Black people consigned by God to serve white people.</p><p>When the federal government recognized the rights of people of color, there was a huge hullabaloo among white Southern evangelicals, who claimed that their religious freedom (to discriminate) was being violated, trampled on. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>This cabal has shown great sympathy with the argument that "Christians" are being "oppressed" when minority groups receive rights that "Christians" do not want to accept.</p><p>Though many of us want to forget this or haven't chosen to learn it in the first place, this all began with huge white evangelical hostility to civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s recognizing basic rights of African Americans.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a><br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>This is the core of the argument that Republicans want to drive to the Supreme Court, because they know that if the case makes it to the Supreme docket, the right-wing cabal controlling the court will likely side with them.</p><p>That cabal is made up entirely of right-wing Catholics (except Gorsuch, raised Catholic but now Episcopalian), many affiliated with the secretive theocratic Catholic cult Opus Dei.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Since the moment the Obergefell decision was handed down, Republicans have toyed with the broader argument that the mere fact of same-sex marriage’s existence inherently oppresses Christians by making them feel bad."</p><p>~ Amanda Marcotte</p><p>I'm a Christian. And when you are given the fake "right" to "marry," I am being oppressed. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KimDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimDavis</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/08/13/the-christian-right-claims-marriage-equality-is-persecution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/08/13/the-chris</span><span class="invisible">tian-right-claims-marriage-equality-is-persecution/</span></a></p>
Daniel Cooper<p>If you have anything to say about same-sex marriage (for or against [but not homophobic]) please send me a Direct Message.</p><p>I'm spending my week writing a kinda essay against (same-sex) marriage and for a new way to celebrate queer love.</p><p>I'll try to make it published in the next <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://asso.lgbt/@PdRevue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PdRevue</span></a></span> (PD La Revue = french for "Fag the Mag") which theme is "Party in tension"</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gay</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbian</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/SameSex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSex</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marriage</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Litterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Litterature</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Fanzine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fanzine</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zine</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@drrjv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>drrjv</span></a></span> I'd not be surprised if people.flee in droves amidst that risk.</p><ul><li>Given <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>'s constitutional pritection of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> and ban on forced divorce and seperation against the consent of the couple, I wounder if <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bundesregierung</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bamf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bamf</span></a></span> will acknowledge this as the <em>political prosecution</em> it is.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"All over the civilized world LGBTQ+ rights are expanding. Thailand, Estonia, Greece, and Lichtenstein have all legalized same-sex marriage within the past year or so, and Japan is getting closer.</p><p>And now here we are in America, with a religious minority of hypocritical evangelical cultists who cannot mind their own fucking business to save their lives, dragging everybody backwards with all their might."</p><p>~ Marcie Jones</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <br>/9</p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/same-sex-marriage-gets-closer-to" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/same-sex-marria</span><span class="invisible">ge-gets-closer-to</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Yes, they're coming for same-sex marriage. This was always part of the right-wing plan. And it won't stop here."</p><p>~ Jill Filipovic</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Obergefell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obergefell</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BirthControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthControl</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <br>/7</p><p><a href="https://jill.substack.com/p/yes-theyre-coming-for-same-sex-marriage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jill.substack.com/p/yes-theyre</span><span class="invisible">-coming-for-same-sex-marriage</span></a></p>
IamSheilaat91<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thejessiekirk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thejessiekirk</span></a></span> And after they overturn same-sex marriage they'll overturn "mixed marriages," which Clarence will vote for because when he looks in the mirror he sees a white man. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/samesexmarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samesexmarriage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/clarencethomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clarencethomas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Mikasa4231<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Faces Decision on Case Urging Overturn of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a> - Newsweek</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-faces-decision-same-sex-marriages-2111822" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/supreme-court-fac</span><span class="invisible">es-decision-same-sex-marriages-2111822</span></a></p>
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