{"id":59183,"date":"2017-12-13T18:10:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T23:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-will-not-be-confirmed-following-months-of-opposition-from-hrc\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T18:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T23:10:28","slug":"breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-will-not-be-confirmed-following-months-of-opposition-from-hrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-will-not-be-confirmed-following-months-of-opposition-from-hrc\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets2.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/https_assets2.hrc.org\/files\/images\/blog\/Jeff_Mateer_1600x900_640_360.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Today, HRC claimed victory as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/two-controversial-federal-judge-nominees-will-not-be-confirmed-senate-republican-says\/2017\/12\/13\/e3876ffa-e02e-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?utm_term=.13902034315f\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that Jeff Mateer, a radical anti-LGBTQ judicial nominee, would not be confirmed for a seat on the federal bench. Since the day the Trump-Pence administration announced their intent to nominate Mateer to a lifetime judicial appointment, HRC worked diligently to expose his shameful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and the danger his nomination posed to our judicial system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeff Mateer\u2019s extreme rhetoric and hateful comments are disqualifying for any public official and should have prevented Donald Trump from nominating him to begin with,\u201d said HRC President Chad Griffin. \u201cWe thank the Senators who expressed concern about this dangerous nominee and the many supporters who joined us to #StopJeffMateer. We will continue to fight back against the Trump-Pence administration\u2019s attempt to appoint extremists across our judicial system and roll back our progress towards equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump nominated Jeff Mateer to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. In a 2015 speech titled \u201cThe Church and Homosexuality,\u201d Mateer objected to a transgender student using a restroom consistent with her gender identity, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/20\/politics\/kfile-jeff-mateer-lgbt-remarks\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">saying<\/a> \u201cI mean it just really shows you how Satan&#8217;s plan is working and the destruction that&#8217;s going on.\u201d He <a href=\"http:\/\/monicaboyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/LibertyInstituteLegalAnalysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">defended<\/a> then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence\u2019s \u2018license-to-discriminate\u2019 bill and objected to efforts to alter the legislation. Mateer fought against non-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community in Plano and San Antonio, Texas, and he even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/20\/politics\/kfile-jeff-mateer-lgbt-remarks\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">supports<\/a> the dangerous and debunked practice of so-called \u201cconversion therapy.\u201d Mateer also claimed that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/20\/politics\/kfile-jeff-mateer-lgbt-remarks\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">marriage equality will lead to bestiality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>HRC lead a robust campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/videos\/donald-trump-nominates-anti-lgbtq-extremist-jeff-mateer\" target=\"_blank\">#StopJeffMateer<\/a> and expose his shameful history of attacking LGBTQ people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9WXRCzfz8hM\" target=\"_blank\">HRC joined a rally<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/932352790755606528\" target=\"_blank\">parents of LGBTQ kids<\/a>, Senators, civil rights organizations, and LGBTQ organizations at the U.S. Capitol<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-calls-on-donald-trump-to-withdraw-anti-lgbtq-nominee-jeff-mateer\" target=\"_blank\">HRC Calls on Trump to Withdraw Anti-LGBTQ Nominee Jeff Mateer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/among-trump-pences-anti-lgbtq-nominees-hrc-highlights-five-who-represent-gr\" target=\"_blank\">Among Scores of Trump-Pence\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Nominees, HRC Spotlights Five Who Represent Greatest Threat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/920070965027049472\" target=\"_blank\">HRC joined a letter with 35 LGBTQ organizations urging senators to oppose Mateer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9WXRCzfz8hM\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah McBride: Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Jeff Mateer Cannot Provide Equal Justice Under the Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WATCH:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BkyqWHCSOR4\" target=\"_blank\"> Mom&#8217;s Choice Words for Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Jeff Mateer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-jeff-mateer-will-not-be-confirmed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-jeff-mateer-will-not-be-confirmed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC Today, HRC claimed victory as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced that Jeff Mateer, a radical anti-LGBTQ judicial nominee, would not be confirmed for a seat on the federal bench. Since the day the Trump-Pence administration announced their intent to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-will-not-be-confirmed-following-months-of-opposition-from-hrc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/breaking-anti-lgbtq-judicial-nominee-will-not-be-confirmed-following-months-of-opposition-from-hrc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BREAKING: Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Will Not Be Confirmed Following Months of Opposition from HRC Today, HRC claimed victory as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced that Jeff Mateer, a radical anti-LGBTQ judicial nominee, would not be confirmed for a seat on the federal bench. 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