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"The stakes for LGBTQ+ Americans are still high. Jonathan Mitchell, one of the architects of SB 8, Texas' draconian six-week abortion ban, filed an amicus brief in Dobbs on behalf of Texas Right to Life, inviting the court to overrule not only Roe v. Wade but also Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld Roe in 1992. Notably, however, the brief also invites the court to reverse Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2003 and 2015 decisions that decriminalized sodomy and granted marriage equality, respectively.

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"The connection between abortion rights and access and LGBTQ+ rights was clear back when I was defending patients in front of clinics, and it should be clear to us now.

"It's about who gets autonomy over their body. Who is granted access to the health care they need. Which citizens and denizens get rights. Whose safety matters. Who gets agency. Who has power. Who is in control. Who decides what freedom is. Who gets dignity. Who gets wholeness. Whose life counts. Who is disposable. Who decides. Who is decided for."

-- Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (TheRaDR), "Why Mississippi’s anti-abortion law is also an assault on LGBTQ+ rights", 2021-12-01, Religion News Service (RNS)

[Today is the first day of Yule, which runs through 1 January. It is also Frank Zappa's birthday, and the winter solstice.]

Today is Gregorian: 2021 December 21 -- winter solstice, first day of Yule, fifth day of Saturnalia, birthday of Frank Zappa
Julian: 2021 December 08
Hebrew: 5782 Teveth 17
Islamic: 1443 Jumada al-awwal 16
Persian: 1400 Azae 30
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.9.2.7
Indian: 1943 Agrahayana 30
Coptic: 1738 Koiak 12