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GLAAD: Trump Administration Pushes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination at the Supreme Court Today<\/b><\/p>\n

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This morning the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission<\/p>\n

Anti-LGBTQ hate group, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), alongside Jeff Sessions\u2019 Department of Justice, are arguing to undermine LGBTQ non-discrimination protections<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 <\/strong>GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, responded to today\u2019s oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission<\/em>, in which the Jeff Sessions\u2019 Department of Justice is scheduled to speak in support of a Colorado baker who denied to serve an LGBTQ couple<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Justice will pretend that this case is not about discrimination as they argue in front of the Supreme Court today, but that could not be further from the truth. While freedom of religion is paramount to our nation\u2019s success, it does not give anyone the right to impose their beliefs on others, to harm others, or to discriminate,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cThere is no sugar-coating the blatant and ugly agenda to discriminate against LGBTQ people at the core of this case, which is about seeking religious exemptions from non-discrimination laws for the singular purpose of refusing service to people simply because who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has close ties with the ADF, which the Southern Poverty Law Center designates as an anti-LGBTQ hate group<\/a>. The Department of Justice is joining the ADF to argue in favor of the defendant in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.<\/em> This follows Sessions speaking at a closed door ADF Summit<\/a> as Attorney General and being listed as a contributor<\/a> to their monthly magazine. Additionally, Sessions has an extensive anti-LGBTQ record of his own<\/a> that is documented in GLAAD\u2019s Trump Accountably Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In advance of oral arguments, GLAAD released resources for journalists<\/a> covering the case which debunk inaccurate narratives that ADF actively pushes to press outlets. GLAAD also released an open letter to the media<\/a>, together with more than 40 organizations, calling for accurate reporting around religious exemptions.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Jeff Sessions\u2019 Ties to the Alliance Defending Freedom and Anti-LGBTQ Record<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ties to the Alliance Defending Freedom:<\/em><\/p>\n