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47 Republicans Vote With Democrats to Protect Same-Sex Marriage
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<blockquote data-quote="jayem" data-source="post: 76849691" data-attributes="member: 8344"><p>True. And legally recognized marriage confers other benefits, such as spousal immunity from testifying in court, and medical decision-making if a spouse is lacks decisional capacity.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That may be true in some state laws. But under federal law, LGBTQ persons are only protected under Title VII. Which addresses employment discrimination. Unfortunately, they're not a federally protected class in regard to public accommodations. And federal law overrides state laws. If you recall that wedding cake case in CO, SCOTUS ruled that even though the bakeshop violated the state's non-discrimination law, the bakery owner's religiously based refusal to design and bake a wedding cake for a gay couple was protected under federal law.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayem, post: 76849691, member: 8344"] True. And legally recognized marriage confers other benefits, such as spousal immunity from testifying in court, and medical decision-making if a spouse is lacks decisional capacity. That may be true in some state laws. But under federal law, LGBTQ persons are only protected under Title VII. Which addresses employment discrimination. Unfortunately, they're not a federally protected class in regard to public accommodations. And federal law overrides state laws. If you recall that wedding cake case in CO, SCOTUS ruled that even though the bakeshop violated the state's non-discrimination law, the bakery owner's religiously based refusal to design and bake a wedding cake for a gay couple was protected under federal law. [/QUOTE]
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