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What Will Happen To LGBT Rights With Donald Trump As President?
What Will Happen To LGBT Rights With Donald Trump As President?
With Donald Trump as the President-elect of the United States, LGBT activists in the country are gearing up for tough battles in years ahead. Throughout his campaign, Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, made some worrisome claims on LGBT issues.
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For now, at least, marriage is safe. The majority that decided that marriage equality was a constitutional right in 2015 still sits on the Supreme Court - Scalia was opposed to the decision. Trump can't just appoint Supreme Court justices that will overturn the decision because they would need to outnumber those who support it, which they won't, unless one of its supporters dies.
Now, that's a very real possibility. Several of the justices who ruled in favor of the decision on marriage equality are very old, particularly Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 83. But for now at least our rights to marriage are not at direct risk of being taken away from us.
The rest of the advances we have made over the course of the Obama administration are, however.
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/2/donald-trump-holds-high-flag-gay-equality/
wtf does this even mean tho
he's promised to repeal the rights we've already won
Who knows. Cautious optimism that it won't be as scary as it could be. Pence is still a wildcard but who knows what that means, VPs are usually just there for sound bites.
Honestly I think Pence was there to keep impeachment talk at bay.
The problem I have with that line of reasoning is it implies a sense of normalcy that is not characteristic of Trump thus far. The fact that VPs in the past had minimal power may not be as relevant, as Trump has no experience in, nor any seeming interest for governing. What I fear is that Trump essentially becomes a figurehead, and Pence and the cabinet (of whom, none of the prospective names being floated give me much optimism) hold nearly all of the power.
I'm gonna point out the obvious here in this "VPs have minimal power" argument: Dick Cheney.
It's true that Cheney and Bush didn't agree on every policy, but that man had way more power than any VP I can think of in living memory.
I'm with Tholomyes: if Pence is running the country, we will have much to fear. See: Rachel Maddow: http://www.towleroad.com/2016/11/rachel-maddow-mike-pence/
(This article just clarifies how demented and delirious this man is, really, they have to put together so many quotes to arrive to the answer to yes/no questions and he changed his mind so many times)
I'm very scared for all my queer pals in the US, no matter what Trump does effectively, the simple fact he won just telling so many horrible things, basing his whole campaign rising hate against us and other minorities, is terrible and a very dark sign of how far we are from a even vague equality.