No evidence, that is, until shortly after Kavanaugh testified as to his personalized definition of the term. If “devil’s triangle” is a game that, indeed, involves bouncing coins into cups, there was, as of Thursday afternoon, seemingly no evidence of this on the internet, when people watching Kavanaugh’s hearing, inevitably, checked. “Three glasses in a triangle,” Kavanaugh said. “Devil’s triangle,” he insisted, was merely a drinking game. Kavanaugh, however, told the committee that his definition of the term was different. Republicans have a majority in the Senate and it’s unlikely any of them will side with Democrats to vote against Kavanaugh’s confirmation.On Thursday, the testimony delivered by Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate Judiciary Committee took a turn that was at once unexpected and, the past week being what it has been, deeply predictable: Sheldon Whitehouse, the senator from Rhode Island, used a portion of his allotted questioning time to ask the Supreme Court nominee about the definition of the “ devil’s triangle.” For most Americans who came of age in the same rough decades as Brett Kavanaugh, the term-included, along with his self-identification as a “Renate Alumnius” and references to kegs and ralphing and boofing, on Kavanaugh’s yearbook page-would seem an obvious reference to a sexual act. Still, Kavanaugh is expected to make it to the Supreme Court bench.
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Kavanaugh didn’t really get into specifics about his thoughts on a number of hot button issues including abortion, gun laws, and presidential authority. Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg refused to make such an assertion during her hearings, and she was confirmed 96-3.”īut it wasn’t just gay rights. Angelo, President of Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights organization for conservatives, said “A Supreme Court nominee who declares ‘the days of discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans are over’ is someone every LGBT American should celebrate - without exception. Kavanaugh said he didn’t want to weigh in because there are court cases pending in the states dealing with this issue.īut not every LGBTQ rights group blasted Kavanaugh.
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Cory Booker asked Kavanaugh whether or not it would be legally acceptable for an employer to fire a worker for being gay. Related Story New Kavanaugh Emails Shed Light On His Thoughts About Abortion, Raceĭemocratic Sen. Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD tweeted “With the world watching, Kavanaugh refused to tell LGBTQ Americans that we deserve equal protections under the law and Congress should take action before appointing him to a lifetime position where he will no doubt work to undermine our basic rights to liberty and justice.”
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If this nominee cannot so much as affirm that or the fundamental equality of LGBTQ people and our families, he should not and must not be granted a lifetime appointment to our nation’s highest court,” he said.
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Kavanaugh’s sidestepping is troubling for many gay rights activists who are worries that a more conservative Supreme Court could overturn landmark rulings protecting the LGBTQ community - including the 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage.Ĭhad Griffin, President of The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ civil rights group in America, said in a statement that Kavanaugh’s response was “unacceptable.” Kavanaugh declined to give his opinion, saying all of the eight sitting Supreme Court Justices have done the same when asked about gay marriage. “The days of discriminating against gay and lesbian Americans or treating gay and lesbian Americans as inferior in dignity and worth are over,'" Kavanaugh said. "In 'Masterpiece Cakeshop,'Justice Kennedy wrote…. Kamala Harris asked whether he believed the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage was correctly decided. Kavanaugh was less than forthcoming when Democratic Sen. LGBTQ groups are raising red flags after President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh dodged questions from senators this week about his thoughts on gay rights.