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Gorsuch on SCOTUS bench is in line with Trump Administration's goal to erase LGBTQ people from the USA<\/b><\/p>\n

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Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, the world\u2019s LGBTQ media advocacy organization, released the following statement after the United States Senate used the \u201cnuclear option\u201d \u2013 a move bypassing traditional U.S. Senate procedures \u2013 to confirm Neil Gorsuch to be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans in the Senate just destroyed a steadfast American tradition for the purpose of confirming a person to the U.S. Supreme Court who will most certainly vote in opposition to the safety and well-being of the LGBTQ community, and many marginalized groups for his entire career on the bench. With his history of siding against transgender Americans and arguing against marriage equality, Neil Gorsuch is yet another reprehensible pawn in the Trump Administration\u2019s goal of erasing the LGBTQ community from the fabric of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: What a Justice Neil Gorsuch Would Mean for LGBTQ Americans<\/strong><\/p>\n