{"id":1961729,"date":"2023-06-30T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-claims-pulse-shooting-was-anti-lgbt-hate-crime-in-dissent\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:05:26","slug":"sotomayor-claims-pulse-shooting-was-anti-lgbt-hate-crime-in-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-claims-pulse-shooting-was-anti-lgbt-hate-crime-in-dissent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotomayor asserts Pulse shooting as anti-LGBT hate crime in dissent."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsotomayor-claims-pulse-shooting-was-anti-lgbt-hate-crime-in-dissent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s Controversial Dissent Opinion<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent dissent opinion, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor made bold claims about the Pulse nightclub shooting, falsely asserting that it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-host-guest-struggle-with-club-q-shooters-non-binary-identity-thats-a-man\/\" title=\"CNN Host, Guest Struggle With Club Q Shooter\u2019s Non-Binary Identity: \u2018That\u2019s A Man\u2019\">targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-in-nyc-arrested-for-a-string-of-attacks-on-women\/\" title=\"Man in NYC arrested for a string of attacks on women\">hate crime<\/a><\/a> against the LGBT community. This opinion was delivered during the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, where the Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Christian website owner&#8217;s right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-claims-pulse-shooting-was-anti-lgbt-hate-crime-in-dissent\/\" title=\"Sotomayor asserts Pulse shooting as anti-LGBT hate crime in dissent.\">refuse making wedding websites<\/a> for gay couples.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class,&#8221; Sotomayor wrote, expressing her dissent. She further argued that this ruling reflects a &#8220;backlash to the movement for liberty and equality for gender and sexual minorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sotomayor then proceeded to provide examples of what she considered to be backlash against the LGBT community, including the Pulse nightclub shooting. However, it is important to note that subsequent investigations and the trial of the shooter&#8217;s widow revealed that the attack was not motivated by anti-LGBT sentiments.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Or the Pulse nightclub massacre, the second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-police-say-door-to-uvalde-elementary-school-was-unlocked-when-gunman-entered\/\" title=\"Texas Police Say Door to Uvalde Elementary School Was Unlocked When Gunman Entered\">-deadliest mass shooting<\/a> in U.S. history?&#8221; Sotomayor questioned, implying that it was a result of America&#8217;s &#8220;social system of discrimination&#8221; that endangered LGBT individuals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Contrary to Sotomayor&#8217;s claim, it was established that the shooter was unaware that Pulse was a gay club and chose the target randomly after his initial plan to attack Disney fell through. The Huffington Post reported that the shooter had never been to Pulse before and even asked about the whereabouts of women shortly before the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor also referenced the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard as an example of anti-LGBT hatred. However, journalist Stephen Jimenez&#8217;s extensive research concluded that Shepard&#8217;s death was not a hate crime but rather the result of a drug deal gone wrong. Jimenez&#8217;s book, The Book of Matt, revealed that Shepard had previous sexual encounters with one of his killers.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch strongly criticized Sotomayor&#8217;s dissent, stating that it completely distorted the facts of the case. &#8220;It is difficult to read the dissent and conclude we are looking at the same case,&#8221; Gorsuch remarked.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s dissent opinion falsely asserted that the Pulse nightclub shooting was a hate crime targeting the LGBT community. In a 6-3 majority ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court stated that a Christian website owner was not legally bound to create wedding websites, in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. 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