Gay ‘marriage’ leaders: ‘LGBT rights and abortion rights are inseparable’
While some in the pro-life movement do not see a connection between the right to life and the struggle to preserve traditional sexual morality, those on the other side see how the efforts coincide quite clearly. The plaintiffs in the case to force California to redefine marriage say the LGBT political movement and actions to expand abortion “are inseparable.” John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney, a homosexual couple, won a California Supreme Court decision in 2008 stating that refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is a form of discrimination that violates the state constitution. They went on to join Marriage Equality USA , fighting to overturn voter-approved constitutional marriage protection amendments nationwide. Now, they're weighing in on another pending court case: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt , the U.S. Supreme Court case testing a Texas law requiring abortionists to meet the same health and safety standards as other ambulatory surgical cen