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Federal Judge in Texas? Dont even need to open the article to know that has to be that fucker in Amarillo.
Damn it I hate this timeline
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Yup. For those who are not aware, they structured that district specifically so that all lawsuits filed in certain zip codes in Amarillo go to this guy. So any time they need a convenient MAGA cout ruling, they find someone in Amarillo to file the lawsuit over it.
Also says something about Amarillo ~~I'm~~ in general that they can always find their plaintiffs there.
Hmm... Sounds blatantly illegal.
Put it on the pile, I guess.
It was a key component of the southern strategy that the Republican Party focused on. Basically, you don’t need to pack every court. Just structure one area in a way that one or two ultra-con judges can rule on everything.
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So any time they need a convenient MAGA cout ruling,
I read this as MAGA cunt ruling
Those two are basically the same now
It will eventually lead to the end of American based hegemony. It is going to take about a decade and a lot of suffering of the American people.
But on the flip side China will have more room to grow wheat.
I had the unpleasant experience of having to stay a night in Amarillo on a road trip. I went to a bar close to my hotel, and every single person including the fucking bartender was smoking.
It was disgusting, I got a large round of drinks for my group and we went to the patio where nobody was and away from the smoke, we did roshambo to determine who had to go back into the cancer room to get more drinks.
I had to go in twice and each time this man was over explaining pool to some woman, over what was probably 30 to 40 minutes I don't think she ever took a shot, and that dude was still talking out his ass.
Also, just like in the movies some guy comes out and walks up to us and says, "y'all aren't from around here", I kinda got anxious, but it turned out he was a nice person and even educated and just desperate for a decent conversation.
Amarillo is a shit hole, and Lubbock is even worse, probably the most toxic air I have ever had to endure, it was nauseating.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk must have a lot of cases to handle since seemingly every far right case is filed in his court. We’re going to have so many judicial reforms to enact to bring back even the semblance of rule of law but add venue shopping to the list.
You have to wonder what this guy gets up to in private. Has anyone checked Grindr in his area?
it's amazing to me how many people take pride in bigotry
I really dont get how you could be anything less than humiliated to take pride in, and belittle others, over something you have absolutely no part in.
While this 2008 bit is about Nationalism, the point is the same.
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Welcome to the beginnings of genocide
LGBTQN+ where N is for "non-fascist"
It's actually just N+ now
Aaaaaaand now it's N+Max
Man these rebrandings are getting out of hand /s
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Seems to me that if you can discriminate on gender identity and sexual orientation, you should be able to discriminate on any basis at all. Maybe next time this asshole goes out to dinner, he should be served like the little bitch he is. Bring his food and drink in pet bowls and remove his silverware.
They would wholeheartedly agree with you because they can buy their way out of discrimination and we can't.
Well, just discriminate the prices then. Mr. fancy pants can afford to be intolerable to everyone else? That'll be 2,000$ for the 100$ meal.
Yeah like would not this mean that we couldst nowen discriminate against cishet people?
Most welcome tidings, twere it not for the inverse of such.
Just wow! I can't even express how dumbstruck I am by idiocy like this.
All people are created equal (terms and conditions apply)
All people are created equal.
Equality subject to change without notice.
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About damn time! These fucking leftists were so mean to me by imposing onto me that I can't harrass people based on their sexuality! Like... what kind of world are we leaving our children if they can't even discriminate others peacefully?
Oh, no! It’s not just harassment!
You can destroy someone’s life and livelihood because you think they’re gay!
Getting fired from a job at a time when the federal gov is actively cutting social supports, and intentionally driving the economy to ruin when most U.S. citizens have meager savings (if any), and are dependent on employer provided health care is an instant path to free fall for most people! Unless those peasants have family that is willing and able to support them, or a high demand skill that will overlook a recent firing (an automatic D/Q on most HR systems), they are going to lose their ability to feed themselves, pay for their housing, and their transportation in this car-poisoned society.
It’s not merely a little ‘fuck you’ but you can end their relationships, destroy their health, prevent them from working in their chosen field, and make them die on the streets! Even barring the most extreme outcomes, the health and financial implications from the stress or loss of income can permanently adjust the trajectory of their life (and the life of everyone that is close to or dependent on them) downward.
Exciting times for soulless bigots!
Why can’t people be punished for being anti-lgbt? There is no non-religious reason to belive so and religion is an invalid reason. Because these people deserve punishment.
LGBTQ should just start their own religion, with blackjack and hookers!
Fr tho lol
Pretty sure that satanic church would welcome them, theyre really great at using the christianity fueled peoples words and rules against them.
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He's not a judge - he's a right wing mouthpiece playing to goddists. What a piece of shit.
How long until straight men will be fired, or at least yelled at, for supposedly being gay for not risking their lives at work?
My work photo is my brother-in-law and I posing in tuxes at his and my sister's wedding
Objectively, I look super gay in the photo
I haven't changed it because I'm waiting for the homophobe to yell at the straight guy for his gay-looking photo
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How Christian of them.
Oh hey, it's this asshole. This guy is the reason I reacted to that news about making all court rulings only apply locally with some humorous positivity. (also because humor helps me cope with general awfulness)
The same for fascists and nazis then too, right?
OoOooOO!! Someone likes a STWONG MAN :3 UwU You gonna suck Trump's dick? That's very LGBTQ+ of you...
Discriminating based on political ideology was always allowed.
It just doesn't matter and isn't a good rebuttal because the fascists and Nazis are the ones with the power, so discrimination against them doesn't hurt them the way their discrimination hurts others.
Many states never agreed with LGBT people having employment at all. Much of the history involves homelessness as a result of not being able to have sustained work because in many states, society would label and sabotage the ability for LGBT or people believed to be LGBT to have employment which is necessary to maintain housing. It was very much a sustained, methodical, approach that was taken. This is true going back to the Lavendar Scare in the Federal Govt, where like rooting out communists during the McCarthy era, they made sure to take all the Govt jobs away from anyone believed to be gay. Discrimination at work is a key means of taking away the right for someone to work.
Now they have many new weapons to enforce this end result in the lives of people living in the states that want to bring this back.
The fuck???? 🖕🇺🇸🖕♾️
Page 21 of the ruling:
First, the Enforcement Guidance contravenes Title VII's plain text by expanding the scope of "sex" beyond the biological binary: male and female. Although Title VII defines "sex" to also include "pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions," §2000e(k), the Enforcement Guidance concludes that "sex" under Title VII "includes 'pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions' and sexual orientation and gender identity." Enforcement Guidance, §I(A)(5) (emphasis added). Notably, the Guidance uses quotation marks around "pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions"—but not "sexual orientation" or "gender identity." Because neither the plain text of Title VII nor Supreme Court precedent defines Title VII "sex" this broadly. Thus, the Enforcement Guidance lacks statutory or jurisprudential authority to expand Title VII's definition of "sex" to include these new categories.
Interestingly, this also seems to provide a legal basis to discriminate against straight people and cis people. It'll be interesting to see how Republicans attempt to close that extra loophole without also closing the loophole for discrimination against LGBTQ people.
You know what isn't protected in the US? Political affiliation.
Start denying MAGA trash employment and service.
Time to break out the combat boots.
Texas can't secede fast enough, maybe we can get a twofer with florida
Violence
average Texas moment
No, they absolutely can help being assholes. But for them it's not enough to win, those they see as "losers" must suffer.
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