it is topsy-turvy live news event kind of day. case in point, in a matter of about two minutes, we expect to hear from president biden. he will address the nation live on a number of topics, not the least of which is the abrupt stepback our country took today away from fairness and progress toward intolerance and discrimination. the conservative supreme court ruled 6-3 in favor of a colorado web designer, an evangelical named lori smith who refused to work on same sex weddings. the court said that the first amendment protected her from punishment. and it is a turning point decision that will flip the state of equal protections on its head and allow business owners to likewise evade punishment under similar laws in 29 states. and in the longer term, it could again signal a threat to the landmark decision of the 2015 case establishing the case of same sex couples to marry. and if you are wondering of the same sex couple, what they are doing, after being denied basic human decen
the united states supreme court today is more extreme than the most extreme version of the republican party that s existed in my lifetime. they will give speeches. they will complain about attacks on legitimacy. their legitimacy is under attack because they stand with about 20% of all americans. i think that s important to point out. we are amidst changing demographics in the country, right? there has been a 40% decline in one generation in america in white christians, for example. i think the ultraconservative block of the supreme court is siding with these white christian nationalists who are raging against the dying of their privilege. that absolutely explains some of what is happening right now. so i think one of the important things to point out, voting 100% so important. and so is recommitting as a nation to keep church and state