John,

“Sexual preference”

This is the phrase Judge Amy Coney Barrett used when discussing her views on marriage equality during her confirmation hearings this week. A phrase our community knows all too well — a dog whistle used by anti-LGBTQ opponents to stigmatize us.

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But it isn’t just what Judge Barrett said this week that caused alarm, it’s what she refused to say that brings us even greater worry:

• She refused to admit racial discrimination in voting exists.
• She refused to affirm climate change is real and caused by humans.
• She refused to say if, in her opinion, landmark LGBTQ rights cases Obergefell v. Hodges or Lawrence v. Texas were correctly decided.

If Judge Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, facts are at risk.

With her addition to an increasingly hostile Supreme Court, it's more important than ever to defend and expand the critical protections we've won in states across the country.

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Pro-equality voters like you will determine the outcome of this election and the direction of the country moving forward. We all must do our part these last few weeks to elect leaders who believe racism is systematic, climate change is real, and our marriages are not up for debate.

Together,


Ian Palmquist
Senior Director of Programs
Equality Federation