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With a final vote of 12-0, on Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of the conservative judge to the Supreme Court.
"Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They're children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it," Pope Francis said in a new documentary film that debuted at the Rome Film Festival today.
Experts and activists have proposed gender rights as a solution to the violence afflicting the island, but the predominance of conservative values is at odds with the idea.
“They are violating us, they are hunting us, and they are murdering us while Vázquez and her government look the other way."
An estimated 3,859 violent and property offenses are committed against LGBTQ persons in Miami-Dade annually. Fear keeps most victims from reporting the incidents.
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"Without her influence and legacy, none of those landmark rulings would have ever been possible."
The court is now split between five conservative jurists and three liberal justices. Whoever fills Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacancy will affect the makeup of the Supreme Court.
