THE FIGHT SOCAL’S MONTHLY LGBTQ MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2017

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<strong>THE</strong>ROSTOWREPORT IT’S NOW OR NEVER I know I tend to fixate on Supreme Court news, but you know what? It’s exciting, it’s complicated and it can be scary...an irresistible combination (kind of like Scandinavian noir on Netflix). Our big Masterpiece Cakeshop case is officially scheduled for oral arguments on Tuesday, December 5, so we’ll see what we will see. By the way, I’ve read that Neil Gorsuch is so obnoxious, he may even be alienating his conservative colleagues on the Court. Would that they decide to tip the balance on an important issue out of sheer spite. I know that’s not likely, but there are other scenarios in which his fellow justices could stall or disrupt his various vanity projects. Seriously! Even Chief Justice Roberts reportedly can’t stand the pomposity of the man. I know I’ve mentioned a few of the petitions we’re watching. These, of course, are cases that have been appealed to the High Court, but (unlike the Masterpiece Cakeshop lawsuit) not yet accepted or denied. One of these petitions was lodged by a Washington florist, who claims, like the Colorado Masterpiece Cakeshop baker, that she has a constitutional right to ignore state anti-discrimination laws based on freedom of religion and freedom of speech. The good news is that at this late date it seems the Court will not be accepting review. That’s excellent, because while baker Jack Philips has a pretty terrible case (for reasons I won’t repeat again!) the florist had a slightly better argument (for reasons I won’t drag you into). Let’s just say that it’s good that she appears to be out of the legal picture. I’ve already mentioned the big Title VII discrimination case, the one that pits a Georgia GOVERNOR ROY COOPER lesbian against the hospital where she worked. This case, or one like it, could lead to the most important High Court ruling we can imagine—one that confirms sexual orientation is on par with race and religion as a protected, and morally neutral, minority status. Then there’s Ash Whitaker, the transgender high school student who won his Title IX discrimination case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit earlier this year. Recall that the Supreme Court accepted review of a similar case last session, before sending it back to the Fourth Circuit on something of a technicality after the election. Will they take this suit instead, or are they >> BY ANN ROSTOW
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