Considering LGBTQ+ is a protected group in the USA, surely the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s comments are tantamount to criminal harassment if not hate motivated harassment.
Considering LGBTQ+ is a protected group in the USA
[citation needed]
As far as I understand, the US “Equality Act” fizzled out the last time it tried to make its way through the US parliament. That would codify LGBTQ+ protections into actual law in the US. The closest thing I can find is a Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ protections are covered under the Civil Rights Act in Bostock v. Clayton County, but the Supreme Court is a fickle beast, and I doubt they would rule the same way today if it were challenged again.
We don’t have hate crimes. That’s not a concept that exists legally. As for harrassment, I don’t think it’d stand in court, and good luck suing the Speaker of the House
Considering LGBTQ+ is a protected group in the USA, surely the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s comments are tantamount to criminal harassment if not hate motivated harassment.
[citation needed]
As far as I understand, the US “Equality Act” fizzled out the last time it tried to make its way through the US parliament. That would codify LGBTQ+ protections into actual law in the US. The closest thing I can find is a Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ protections are covered under the Civil Rights Act in Bostock v. Clayton County, but the Supreme Court is a fickle beast, and I doubt they would rule the same way today if it were challenged again.
We don’t have hate crimes. That’s not a concept that exists legally. As for harrassment, I don’t think it’d stand in court, and good luck suing the Speaker of the House
https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/learn-about-hate-crimes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard_and_James_Byrd_Jr._Hate_Crimes_Prevention_Act