MSNBC’s Velshi Warns Trump SCOTUS Pick Could Destroy LGBT Rights: ‘I’d Be Panicked’

‘All of these rights that heterosexual couples take for granted could be nullified with one Supreme Court vote’

‘I’d be panicked’: MSNBC’s Ali Velshi warns Trump court pick could destroy LGBT rights (Raw Story)

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi said he’s worried that LGBT Americans could see their civil rights stripped away by President Donald Trump’s replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Velshi warned a newly conservative high court could undo the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling to legalize same-sex marriage, and he said LGBT people could find themselves at the mercy of state laws.

“If you live in one of the states that either bans gay marriage or largely doesn’t issue licenses, it’s unclear whether it would be grandfathered in,” Velshi said. “If it were not grandfathered in, or you weren’t yet married, you’d lose a raft of protections throughout life with your partner.”

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