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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChicago's lesbian mayor shouted "F**k Clarence Thomas" at Pride rally & the crowd loved it
Out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot summed up what a lot of Americans are thinking about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after he voted to overturn Roe v. Wade last week and wrote a concurring opinion saying that the rights to contraception, marriage equality, and to not be thrown in jail for being gay should be reconsidered as well.
F**k Clarence Thomas, Lightfoot said in video posted to social media by Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt, who said that the clip is going viral in rightwing circles.
The exchange took place at Chicagos Pride festivities this weekend, where Lightfoot addressed the crowd and was bringing up Thomass concurrence in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization where he brought up Obergefell v. Hodges (which legalized marriage equality in all 50 states) and Lawrence v. Texas (which banned states from throwing people in jail for having gay sex) as cases that could be overturned now that Roe has been overturned.
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Lightfoot brought up Thomass concurring opinion at the Chicago Pride event and someone in the crowd interrupted her. Thank you, f**k Clarence Thomas! she shouted back. He thinks that we are going to stand idly by while they take our rights, our right to marry, our right to have children?div]
More: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/chicagos-lesbian-mayor-shouted-fk-clarence-thomas-pride-rally-crowd-loved/
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F**k Clarence Thomas, Lightfoot said in video posted to social media by Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt, who said that the clip is going viral in rightwing circles.
The exchange took place at Chicagos Pride festivities this weekend, where Lightfoot addressed the crowd and was bringing up Thomass concurrence in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization where he brought up Obergefell v. Hodges (which legalized marriage equality in all 50 states) and Lawrence v. Texas (which banned states from throwing people in jail for having gay sex) as cases that could be overturned now that Roe has been overturned.
*snip*
Lightfoot brought up Thomass concurring opinion at the Chicago Pride event and someone in the crowd interrupted her. Thank you, f**k Clarence Thomas! she shouted back. He thinks that we are going to stand idly by while they take our rights, our right to marry, our right to have children?div]
More: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/chicagos-lesbian-mayor-shouted-fk-clarence-thomas-pride-rally-crowd-loved/
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Chicago's lesbian mayor shouted "F**k Clarence Thomas" at Pride rally & the crowd loved it (Original Post)
ShazzieB
Jun 2022
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Jilly_in_VA
(9,983 posts)1. I'm with her. n/t
mucifer
(23,550 posts)2. I voted for her and she has been mostly a disappointment BUT
she got this one right!
summer_in_TX
(2,739 posts)3. The RW has the same vindictiveness as their idol.
If it's going viral in RW circles, Dems should brace for some vicious attacks.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)4. I'm a gay woman, and I can't stand Clarence Thomas.
But this is not what Im looking for in a leader.
Would either of the Clintons do this? The Obamas? The Bidens?
No thank you.