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Mat Staver: Trump’s Judicial Appointees Will Overturn Marriage Equality

Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel, a fervent anti-LGBT legal advocacy group has that represented far-right icons like Kentucky clerk Kim Davis and now-suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, appeared on WorldNetDaily’s “Radio America” yesterday(link is external) to address President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on “60 Minutes” that marriage equality is “settled.”

Staver said that Trump’s personal view about same-sex marriage is far less important than the kind of judges he will nominate to the bench. He noted that Trump has pledged(link is external) to(link is external) appoint(link is external) right-wing jurists who will rule against LGBT rights.

“Just give the opportunity to fill those seats with someone who respects the Constitution and this razor-thin 5-4 decision on same-sex marriage, I think, will be in the same trash bin of history that Dred Scott found itself to be in when people began to wake up and have some common sense,” he said.