Mark Joseph Stern
Mark Joseph Stern is a writer for Slate. He covers science, the law, and LGBTQ issues.
Supreme Court Dispatches
Jan. 22 2015 11:25 AMScalia to the Rescue?The Fair Housing Act might just find redemption from the unlikeliest justice.Mark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 20 2015 9:57 PMTransgender and Bisexual Join Gay in the State of the Union Speech for the First Time EverMark Joseph Stern and J. Bryan Lowder
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Jan. 19 2015 9:00 AMPastor Stops Lesbian’s Funeral, Demands All Pictures of Her Wife Be RemovedMark Joseph Stern
Slate Picks
Jan. 16 2015 3:30 AMWhat Happened at Slate This Week?An insuppressibly exuberant reading list from Mark Joseph Stern.Mark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 14 2015 2:19 PMSaks Doubles Down, Insists It Can Legally Discriminate Against Trans EmployeesMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
Jan. 12 2015 2:53 PMOklahoma Republican Proposes Bill Banning Hoodies in PublicMark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 8 2015 12:19 PMA New Virginia Bill Would Let Schools, Hotels, Restaurants, and Hospitals Turn Gays AwayMark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 6 2015 11:23 AMWatch a Joyous, Tearful Video of the Very First Same-Sex Marriage in FloridaMark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 2 2015 12:02 PMLaw Firm Issues Bogus Advice to Clerks About Gay Marriage Licenses, Gets Slapped DownMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
Dec. 29 2014 1:32 PMThe 10 Worst Civil Liberties Violations of 2014It’s been an exceptionally awful year.Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
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Dec. 22 2014 12:11 PMBeautiful Tylenol Ad Puts a Lesbian Family in a Norman Rockwell PaintingMark Joseph Stern
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Dec. 15 2014 2:06 PMLatest “Religious Liberty” Fraud: Gay Rights in the Military as a “Threat” to ChristianityMark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 22 2015 3:28 PMMike Huckabee Just Can’t Stop Sounding Like Segregationist Orval FaubusMark Joseph Stern
Supreme Court Dispatches
Jan. 21 2015 11:29 AMJudicial IndignityThe Supreme Court ponders judges’ freedom to panhandle.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
Jan. 20 2015 11:51 AMAmerican LiarWhy Jesse Ventura is likely to collect millions from Chris Kyle’s American Sniper.Mark Joseph Stern
Future Tense
Jan. 15 2015 10:54 AMYour Mail App May Be Changing Your Name to “Holidays in United States”Mark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 13 2015 3:15 PMTexas, South Carolina Consider Denying Pay to Judges Who Rule for Marriage EqualityMark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 9 2015 10:18 AMSaks Claims a Legal Right to Discriminate Against Trans EmployeesMark Joseph Stern
Future Tense
Jan. 7 2015 11:24 AMThe Supreme Court Came Alarmingly Close to Allowing Video Game CensorshipMark Joseph Stern
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Jan. 2 2015 3:35 PMFlorida Clerks Cancel All Courthouse Weddings to Avoid Performing Gay CeremoniesMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
Dec. 30 2014 11:49 AMFederalist Rolling PapersTwo states’ rights advocates are pursuing a silly lawsuit to the Supreme Court that could undermine states’ rights.Mark Joseph Stern
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Dec. 23 2014 1:22 PMFDA to Revise Blood Ban, Allow Gay Men to Donate—if They’re Celibate Mark Joseph Stern
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Dec. 16 2014 2:01 PMForcing Porn Stars to Wear Condoms Violates the First Amendment Mark Joseph Stern