USA – Why Same-Sex Marriage Wins and Abortion Keeps Losing

It’s all about family values.

Judith Levine
December 12 2022

ON DECEMBER 8, President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which codifies federal protection of same-sex and interracial marriages and requires every state to extend “full faith and credit” to such licenses granted by other states. The bill passed with bipartisan support: 39 Republican representatives and 12 Republican senators joined all the Democrats to vote yea.

A USA Today op-ed by Evan Wolfson, leader of the Freedom to Marry campaign, called the Respect for Marriage Act “a triumph for families [and] freedom.”

Continued: https://theintercept.com/2022/12/12/abortion-same-sex-marriage-rma/


Scotland – SRC forced to affiliate anti-choice group after threat of lawsuit

SRC forced to affiliate anti-choice group after threat of lawsuit

Published 20 March, 2019
Laurie Clarke, Editor

The SRC have no option but to affiliate the anti-choice society Glasgow Students for Life following threats of legal action. The anti-abortion society threatened to sue the SRC for discrimination after they were denied affiliation in December 2018. The SRC have since sought legal advice to defend their decision, but have been advised that as anti-choice beliefs are considered a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, there is no legal basis to fight the lawsuit.

SRC affiliation entitles societies to apply for SRC funding and use SRC promotional materials, but it is not required to allow societies to meet and speak on campus, and the decision not to affiliate GSL did not constitute a ban. The SRC voted against affiliation in an overwhelming majority, 29 council members voting against affiliation and three members abstaining.

Continued: https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2019/03/20/src-forced-to-affiliate-anti-choice-group-after-threat-of-lawsuit/