SCOTUS decisions increasingly favor males

submitted by WrongToy from (self.GenderCritical)

NBC News logoIn win for Trump, Supreme Court allows plan for religious limits to Obamacare contraceptive coverage

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to give the nation's employers more leeway in refusing to provide free birth control for their workers under the Affordable Care Act.

The ruling is a victory for the administration's plan to greatly expand the kinds of employers who can cite religious or moral objections in declining to include contraceptives in their health care plans.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-BB16u7jT

So let me get this straight here. Two weeks ago, they rule FOR a TIM funerary person dealing with the public who decided he was a woman in his 50s and sprung it on his funeral-director employer that he wanted to wear a skirt instead of pants and be called by a female name. He was among maybe four people in a public facing position and the employer feared, correctly, that in their moment of extremis many families would take the whole operation elsewhere rather than tiptoe around this obvious male and his obvious sex-discordant pronouns.

But now they've sided with guys who don't want women to have birth control.

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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm really worried the direction the Supreme Court is taking us with the birth control ruling. :( However, the ruling about the TIM is actually a good thing for women. The ruling essentially states that women and men cannot be fired for performing behaviors and fashion choices condoned in employees of their opposite sex. Therefore it is sex discrimination to fire, lets say, a butch lesbian whose gender leans toward masculine fashion choices. It was a enforcement of sex-based rights, not a ruling in favor of males.

This ruling on birth control though... I got chills when I saw this when I woke up today. I have a feeling the conservative side of the SC is going to start ramming rulings through because Trump's time is almost up. This may be just the beginning. :(

[–]WrongToy[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I read the opinions and the amicis on the adflegal site. Yes I know they are total fundies but they also are the muscle behind all the SCOTUS and high-level cases fighting TRAs.

The situation wasn't just about Stephens wanting to wear a dress and be called "Aimee." It was about customers not being compelled to accept "Aimee" in their bathroom and worry about what pronouns to use to avoid triggering "her" dainty triggers when in fact someone in their immediate family is dead. The funerary staff's relationship with grieving families is really singular at that point, at that point they're like professional counselors/BFFs and NO I'm not putting up with calling someone who looks like my BF "Aimee" and making little smiley faces at "her" putting on ipstick or adjusting her wig in the bathroom. Or calling me out for a bigot because I don't want this. It is totally legal for me to walk out as a customer, which I suspect many would.

[–]Veneficca 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I have zero problem with what people wear and welcome men in dresses. However, I used to write materials for funeral home clients and they repeatedly stressed that the materials had to be super bland and basic - because grieving people need simplicity as their reading comprehension is typically lower than normal. They can be dazed, in shock, overwhelmed with emotion, unable to make simple choices, and can shut down at the first sign of contention (a family fight or old feud) or any kind of controversy. And they don't want older relatives or children asking loud questions or causing disruption. So funeral home staff tend to master this kind of low-key, gentle assistance where they dress conservatively and speak in low voices. It's the last place for drama and confusion or redirecting attention to a staff member. A reasonable person would grasp that and save "Aimee time" for after hours.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Religious right believes it's "God's will" to punish women via childbirth, servitude, misery, poverty, suffering "due to the fall of Eve". Once you recognize the fact they truly believe this, their behavior "makes sense".

Where are the transwomen in all this? What do they care, it will increase their likelihood to get jobs previously offered to women. Employers won't want to hire women who might get pregnant.

On the other hand, this might allow employers to deny covering sex reassignment treatment .