SCOTUS justices called to recuse themselves from LGBTQ cases after meeting with antigay hate group

An activist group is calling on two SCOTUS justices to recuse themselves from the LGBTQ rights cases currently under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Take Back The Court is demanding Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito recuse themselves from all pending LGBTQ rights cases after they met with leaders from the antigay hate group International Organization for the Family (IOF) last month.

A photo of the two justices smiling gleefully alongside IOF’s leader Brian Brown was circulated on Twitter on October 29, causing alarm bells to go off among many members of the LGBTQ community and their allies.

Newsweek reports:

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in multiple cases that could have serious implications for LGBT employment rights. NOM has filed an amicus brief in at least one of the cases, urging the court to rule against LGBT rights. NOM advocates for what they claim is “traditional marriage,” and hope to take marriage rights away from same sex couples. The group’s president is Brian Brown, who boasted of a “great day at the US Supreme Court” when posting the contentious photo to his Twitter account on October 29. Brown is also the president of the World Congress of Families, which has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Brown himself has called LGBTQ rights “invented concepts,” sponsored an anti-trans bus tour of America, accused President Obama of “normalizing pedophilia” for his support of LGBTQ equality, and advocated against same-sex couples adopting…

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