Markey, Pappas Mark Equality Day With Legislation to Ban Use of LGBTQ+ Panic Defense in Federal Courts
June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023:
Today, on Equality Day, commemorating a slate of Supreme Court decisions - including Lawrence v. Texas, United States v. Windsor, and Obergefell v. Hodges - which reaffirm LGBTQ+ rights across the United States, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the reintroduction of the LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act, legislation t . . .
Today, on Equality Day, commemorating a slate of Supreme Court decisions - including Lawrence v. Texas, United States v. Windsor, and Obergefell v. Hodges - which reaffirm LGBTQ+ rights across the United States, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the reintroduction of the LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act, legislation t . . .