If Roe vs Wade is overturned, LGBTQ rights could be next

A LGBT+ flag being waved during a celebration in front of the United States Supreme Court upon the announcement of the Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right under the 14th Amendment.
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In a blessed savage move, Politico exposed that the human time capsules of American wrongdoing in the Supreme Court voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. So it looks like the only real hidden agenda in politics is that of a bigot Supreme Court Justice.

Think again if you wrongfully assumed that a Democratic presidency meant the gays were safe. The information leaked from an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by the media company. 

Long (sexist) story, short: If the preliminary vote materializes into law, a half-century guarantee of federal constitutional protection of abortion rights for women will cease to exist nationwide. Politico noted that justices can and sometimes change their votes as draft opinions circulate, and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, sometimes until days before a decision is unveiled.  

The end may seem near, but it’s still not too late. And let’s be clear — the war on abortion is a fight against gay rights, especially considering it also directly impacts queer women (and trans folks who’ve yet to achieve federal protection).

Marriage equality created the illusion of securing a future founded on equal rights. The prejudice-breathing dragon that acts as the GOP is only beginning to scratch rights off their target list. If they succeed with abortion, what’s to stop them from reverting the rights of…

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