{"id":15228,"date":"2015-03-02T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/eric-holder-calls-lgbt-equality-the-defining-civil-rights-struggle-of-our-time-in-new-op-ed-on-marriage\/"},"modified":"2015-03-02T14:02:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:02:38","slug":"eric-holder-calls-lgbt-equality-the-defining-civil-rights-struggle-of-our-time-in-new-op-ed-on-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/eric-holder-calls-lgbt-equality-the-defining-civil-rights-struggle-of-our-time-in-new-op-ed-on-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Holder Calls LGBT Equality &#039;The Defining Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time&#039; In New Op-Ed on Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Eric Holder Calls LGBT Equality &#039;The Defining Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time&#039; In New Op-Ed on Marriage<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c757937f970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Holder\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c757937f970b-500wi\" title=\"Holder\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Supreme Court&#8217;s hearing on the issue later this year, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/03\/02\/same-sex-marriage-eric-holder-column\/24225305\/\" target=\"_blank\">speaking out<\/a> on marriage equality in a USA Today op-ed:<\/p>\n<p>Writes the outgoing AG:<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Justice Department&nbsp;will file a brief&nbsp;setting forth our position that state bans on same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage violate the fundamental constitutional guarantee of &#8220;equal protection of the laws.&#8221; It is clear that the time has come to recognize that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> people deserve robust protection from discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing justifies excluding same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> from the institution of marriage. Denying them the right to marry serves only to demean them and their children, to degrade the dignity of their families and to deny them the full, free and equal participation in American life to which every citizen is entitled.<\/p>\n<p>Marriage bans inflict concrete harms that touch nearly every aspect of daily life for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>. The bans&nbsp;intersect with issues&nbsp;as varied as workers&#8217; compensation, taxation and inheritance, posing challenges to basic financial security. Same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> living in states with bans too often face&nbsp;obstacles&nbsp;to adopting and raising children together. And&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;on medical decision-making and hospital visitation impose devastating burdens during the moments when a partner is needed most.<\/p>\n<p>The mental and emotional injuries are just as acute. A marriage ban written into state law broadcasts the state&#8217;s view that same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> and their children are second-class families, undeserving of the rights and protections offered to opposite-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>.&nbsp;It creates a stigma that pervades society, encouraging individuals to harass or belittle even their loved ones because of pressures brought by their community. And it harms relationships between family members by perpetuating a destructive notion that some individuals &mdash; and some children &mdash; should be shown less love and support simply because of who they are. That is a view the Department of Justice flatly rejects. And with our brief, we will make clear that the United States stands firmly on the side of equality.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full op-ed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/03\/02\/same-sex-marriage-eric-holder-column\/24225305\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch President Obama highlight Holder&#8217;s longstanding support for LGBT equality at a goodbye ceremony last Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/holderoped.html%20\" target=\"_blank\">AFTER THE JUMP<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=owbsFjiuvjI:NNtSvyKey1o:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/owbsFjiuvjI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nKyler Geoffroy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/holderoped.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/holderoped.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Holder Calls LGBT Equality &#039;The Defining Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time&#039; 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