i am jonathan capehart. exactly seven years ago today, june 26 2015, the supreme court handed down the historic ruling in which gave same-sex couples a constitutional right to marry. an amazing leap for equality five decades after the stonewall riots upheld the modern gay rights movement, just a half hour from the i-seven. later this evening, in unprecedented display of acceptance, the white house was emblazoned with rainbow colors of lgbtq pride. but if this is a high-water mark of its nation living up to its ideals, what do we call it happened on friday, when the supreme court s conservative supermajority overturned roe v. wade? as a result, abortion will soon be illegal in as many as 26 states. in louisiana, abortion is illegal after federalization. and kentucky, it is now a felony to perform, or attempt to, perform an abortion. and in one clinic, abortion serves as immediately, stranding woman in rating rooms. what does the of roe, have to do with lgbtq rights? ever
not just new york, it is los angeles, honolulu, all those places. you can carry concealed weapons in public they say, but you have a special need for it, private investigator, or history being abused by your spouse et cetera. you have to demonstrate that need, and with the ruling basically said is, the city of new york cannot do that. the basically he wants to carry a gun in public will be able to do so. i have written a book, dying of whiteness, which shows the horrific effects of overturning perma-lies. i looked at kansas city and missouri, the minute they did away with the seemingly arcane law in missouri. flooding into the city and the state. officials cannot really do anything about it. it came to the point where, james the mayor of california, said, somebody please help us. we need gun laws. but because there is no way we can do anything about it, it basically limited the ability to stop that, and they cannot
court never even asked. and so, on that point, maria teresa, democrats have been trying to get the base motivated, the young people motivated on the issue of judges and courts and then failed miserably. do you think that this supreme court ruling, and what s cecile just mentioned, it will be motivation enough to get people to the polls in november? jonathan, thank you so much. and it is wonderful to see you live at the gate parade, showing my people what happens when people come together we fight for our rights, seek equality. i have to share with you that oftentimes, people say young people do not care. but if i looked into the tea leaves of what happened in the past, in 2018, we saw a large uptick in young people coming out, voting in 2020, even more, close to 23% increase in their numbers. but many of them are still sitting out. here is where the opportunity lies. i will share with you, we are expecting 6 million more young