HRC: Neil Gorsuch’s Anti-Equality Record Is Disqualifying
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HRC Legal Director
Gorsuch has a long and troubling career opposing civil rights, including for LGBTQ people:
* Gorsuch called marriage equality part of the liberal social agenda, saying. "American liberals have become addicted to the courtroom... as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide..."
* He joined the Tenth Circuit's decision in
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* In 2015, Gorsuch joined a ruling against a transgender woman who was denied consistent access to hormone therapy while incarcerated. The ruling dismissed the prisoner's claims that the denial of care amounted to cruel and unusual punishment under the
* He has advocated for eliminating
Given this record, HRC has taken the extraordinary step of opposing this
So many of the LGBTQ community's hard-fought rights have been secured in the nation's highest court:
* Romer v. Evans (1996) which stopped states from forbidding nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people
* Lawrence v. Texas (2003) invalidated laws criminalizing same-sex relationships
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* Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) brought nationwide marriage equality to every state
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