 So one thing that I think is really important to note with regard to the post-row era that we will soon be entering in is that it Is the case that women in blue states will still enjoy bodily autonomy the problem However, is that the GOP has already vocalized their intent to make that right? Temporary now prior to the row leak the GOP made it clear that they're not satisfied with abortion being a state's rights issue And they fully intend on introducing a federal six-week abortion ban once they retake power now This isn't something that they can do in the short term if they take back the house They can introduce and pass a bill but Biden can still veto that but in 2024 if they're able to win back the White House and have control over Congress well, they can pass a federal six-week abortion ban and Assuming these blue states challenge it which they will it can go all the way to the Supreme Court And do you know what the Supreme Court can do they can say yeah This federal six-week abortion ban is indeed constitutional They are very ambitious, and it doesn't stop with rights for women because that's just really the tip of the iceberg when it comes to marriage equality in this Opinion Alito said very clearly That he's targeting Obergefell v. Hodges and Lawrence v. Texas now for those of you who don't know Obergefell v. Hodges was the case that claimed there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriages Lawrence v. Texas Just claimed that it's legal for consenting adults to have sex with each other even if they're of the same sex In this draft opinion Alito made it very clear Not for long as Jennifer Bender and Igor Bobick of HuffPost right Conservative justice Samuel Alito who offered the draft opinion also specifically Criticizes the landmark civil rights cases that legalized marriage equality Obergefell v. Hodges and that legalized private consensual sex Lawrence v. Texas Referencing these two cases Alito eerily says that like abortion rights None of these rights has any claim to being deeply rooted in history both Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas have already publicly called for revisiting same-sex couples constitutional right to marry in October of 2020 they described the courts 2015 decision on marriage equality as Putting a novel constitutional right over the religious liberty interests explicitly protected in the first amendment by doing so Undemocratically the court has created a problem that only it can fix Alito and Thomas said at the time until then Obergefell will continue to have ruinous consequences for religious liberty that Alito is now tying his Criticisms of marriage equality to an actual draft court opinion to overturn a 50-year precedent on abortion rights Should be a blurring siren for anyone concerned about constitutionally protected lgbtq rights So they're very very clear don't be surprised when marriage equality gets overturned now Journalist Mark Joseph Stern pointed to the provision in this draft where it lays that out He says Alito's draft opinion explicitly criticizes Lawrence v. Texas legalizing sodomy and Obergefell v. Hodges Legalizing same-sex marriage. He says that like abortion these decisions protect phony rights that are not deeply rooted in history So the ultimate goal isn't just to make same-sex marriages illegal again, but it's also to make sure That being gay in and of itself is illegal because now more people are out than ever So before with Lawrence v. Texas it was difficult to enforce these anti sodomy laws You know because how can you tell if? Consenting adults are doing something that's illegal in the privacy of their own homes But now we've progressed in society same-sex couples are married so they can easily become targets if sodomy is Outlawed and just to be very clear sodomy isn't just anal sex. It also refers to oral sex This is something that would affect stray people potentially as well But we all know that that's not the way that this will be enforced It's exclusively going to be enforced against same-sex couples they want to make sure that gay people go back into the closet and They do this by making them afraid to come out knowing that they could be prosecuted in the event Somebody says that they're having consensual sex. That's where we're at in 2022 But it's not just same-sex marriage and gay people who they want to eradicate from existence as Chase Strangio points out If you are out here saying marriage equality is next Please do keep in mind that at least one state has made care for trans youth felony right now And is currently in court defending that law There was no next the horror is now and if that case makes it to the supreme court take a guess as to what way data rule and um, you know in texas currently Republicans in that state who are in control have made it so that way if you have sought out gender from and care for your Trans child they're going to treat you like a child abuser and potentially take your kid away from you There have been parents who've gotten knocks on their doors from child protective services because They were public about their advocacy for their trans child. They love their trans child and for that they're being treated as criminals Understand that this isn't just the social conservatism that we saw before. This is an outright witch hunt Against marginalized people against women. This is fascism and it's come to america. It's not coming to america It's here right now and the fascists are in control. They control the supreme court for a generation or two So anything that republicans want to pass when they retake control of the white house and the house and the senate That can be affirmed as constitutional by the supreme court So this is just the beginning. It's going to get a lot worse And for now you're protected if you live in a blue in a blue state But that's not going to be the case Forever because they have long term ambitions, but if you're in a red state I don't know what to even say. I mean, I want to tell you to move if you can but Moving is something that requires capital. It requires money So it's it's easier said than done to just pick up and move Because your government is doing a witch hunt against you and your kid Of course these people would want to move if they had the ability to do that But they can't do that So I don't know what has to take place There has to be some sort of a network that we set up so we can fund These families to get the fuck out of these red states that are now hunting them down Because we are in a fascist state and it's not stopping there Don't be surprised if they start targeting loving the virginia next GOP senator mike brun accidentally quote quote accidentally claimed Interracial marriages should be a states rights issue So that was the first signal now he talked about how he misspoke Maybe he was just testing the water. I'm not sure But don't be surprised if the logic that they use to repeal women's rights Marriage equality trans rights is also applied to Undo interracial marriages as well and you know people online conservatives are pointing out Oh, well, why would clarence thomas do this? He's in an interracial marriage with a white woman. I mean first and foremost clarence thomas is a psychopath So I actually believe that he would literally vote to end interracial marriage even if that You know hurts his marriage like I actually think he's that psychopathic not even kidding about that But additionally they have you know a six vote majority so thomas can abstain he could not vote in that And he could still go through like you have no idea how low they will go Remember when we were wondering how when they talked about making america great again What era they were specifically referring to we're getting a better sense now as to what era they want to go back to And you know, this would all Be an issue in and of itself if we had strong opposition But the democratic party has vocalized their intent to do nothing. I mean some of them are saying yes, let's codify Let's codify roe v. Wade and that's really important, right? But for the most part You still have them saying make sure you vote in 2022. You're in control now use every Power imaginable everything that you have the bully pulpit media power carrot stick throw everything at the kitchen sink You can't just tell people to vote after they did that and you have a majority now Yes, you have kirsten cinema and joe mansion and they're effectively republicans But that's why you fight you don't just say man Really hope we uh Widen our majority in the senate so we can do something know you do something right now But we have factless leadership joe biden's response has been pathetic So, you know republicans continue to take our country back Make it more ruthless and barbaric as other countries are progressing forward And democrats do fuck all about it. So we are in such a terrible situation I don't know how we go forward as a country. We're looking at two different americas blue america and red america where red america resembles gilead from the television show handmaid's tale and blue states are comparable to uh I guess other developed countries excluding the universal healthcare and whatnot But I mean, how do we go forward as a country when we have this fringe minority? Imposing their will on all of us in every single state including red states People support the right to an abortion and still the supreme court in a giant fuck you and a dismissal of 50 years worth of precedent decided to undo that do the unthinkable It is going to get very bad and scary in this country And so buckle up We're going to have to take to the streets Even if it's frustrating because as the george floyd protests kind of proved to us all You know, even if you catalyze this worldwide movement and you you know You march for months and people across the world march still nothing might not happen But I mean if they're going to make our lives hell We've got to at least make their lives hell and protest every single fucking day because there's nothing left that we can do a minority of Religious fundamentalists have taken over and they are imposing their theocratic Fascistic will on all of us and I'm not going to take that shit lying down. Fuck that