How logic fuels Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court opinion protecting gays and transgender people

How logic fuels Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court opinion protecting gays and transgender people

ByJosh Bernoff

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on sex. But in a 6-3 Supreme Court opinion published yesterday, Justice Neil Gorsuch, usually a reliable conservative, joined Chief Justice John Roberts and four liberal justices to show that the law also prohibits discrimination against gay and transgender people. Let’s look at parts of his…

Are Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie gay? A dialogue.

Are Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie gay? A dialogue.

ByJosh Bernoff

News broke this week that a writer at Sesame Street said the popular characters Bert and Ernie, two single guys who live together, are gay. The shows producers denied it. Who’s right? Here’s a dialogue between representatives of both perspectives, to help us all understand the crucial issues at stake. Of course they are: It’s…