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
and i think all your guests have said this. elections really do matter in terms of, are we a country that expands freedom and opportunity and justice and the sense we re all in it together or is it now going to be who has the power and who doesn t? rachel, it is so interesting to break it down. i mean, the court is on the other side of 80% of americans that want gun safety, the kinds of things they struck down earlier in the year. 65% to 70% of americans think choice is a better way to exist as a country. marriage equality, 71% of all americans think that should be the law of the land. clearly under assault. you go down the line. and the supreme court doesn t even represent the whole of the republican party. that is inaccurate. the supreme court is extreme, the most extreme republican party that s existed in my lifetime. what is the conversation about and they hate when that is said, so let me say it again.
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
you can t help a student but you can help a millionaire and have your debt for given? my ife plan would have been life chaining and good for the american economy. 3 million americans. more homes would have been bought, more businesses would have been started, more would have had the confidence to start a family. millions would have felt they could get on with their lives. and now they are shamelessly pushing to advance a bill in the coming weekses that gives hundreds of billions of tax breaks and handouts to the wealthiest americans. they still haven t given up on making it permanent a $2 trillion tax cut that they never paid for. never paid for. $2 trillion. so let me be clear. republicans in congress, this is not about reducing the deficit. it is not about fairness. it is only about forgiving loans that they have to pay.
lgbtq community, what does it lead to. you already have a supreme court justice, justice thomas, who has not only hinted at but sortthro should consider bergfeld. so what does it mean for the lgbt rights in the country. an imaginable place to be. and you have a lot of demand on your time. but one more question. polls range from 70% to 80% of all americans support marriage equality. there it is, 71%. it is even higher than the dobbs decision. after dobbs i think more people support safe abortion thousand. these kinds of decisions and putting in to law policies and lawyers that make discrimination part of the policy structure is so wildly unpopular.