With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to issue its ruling in Lambda Legal’s case challenging Texas’s ‘Homosexual Conduct’ law this month, local events around the nation are being planned for the day the decision is announced—before the end of June. In Illinois, a rally in Chicago is set for 7 p.m. on the day of the decision, at the corner of Halsted and Roscoe. Call Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, (773) 878-3697. See www.LambdaLegal.org/MakingHistory.
The high court did make a mixed ruling on affirmative action, nixing some rules, but allowing others. The ruling was Monday and the analysis is still coming in. Did they strike down race-based admissions? It’s still unclear. They attacked some use of race as an admissions factor, but not entirely.