Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, Slammed as ‘Homophobes’ at VMAs

Gay actor Billy Eichner angrily attacked the Supreme Court and conservative Justice Clarence Thomas as “homophobes” who are stuck in the past during an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Aug. 28.

Eichner made the comments at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., as he promoted “Bros,” a movie slated for release at the end of September. Eichner stars in and co-wrote the film, which is centered on a romantic relationship between two men.

“‘Bros’ is making history as the first gay rom-com [i.e. romantic comedy] ever made by a major studio and the first where every role is played by an openly LGBTQ actor,” Eichner said.

“I need you all there on Sept. 30 because we need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas and all the homophobes on the Supreme Court that we want gay love stories,” the actor said without offering any evidence the justices are hostile to gays or their rights.

“And we support LGBTQ people, and we are not letting them drag us into the last century, because they are in the past and ‘Bros’ is in the future,” he added.

Eichner didn’t explain why he thought Thomas and the justices were homophobic but left-wing activists lashed out at Thomas for what he wrote in the recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling that overturned abortion precedent Roe v. Wade. In a concurring opinion, Thomas reiterated his long-held view that the court should revisit all “demonstrably erroneous” court rulings.

After the Dobbs ruling was handed down June 24, Eichner took to Twitter to lash out at the Supreme Court.

“GET YOUR FICTIONAL HATEFUL BIBLE STORIES AND YOUR FAKE FICTIONAL RELIGIOUS [expletive] OUT OF OUR [expletive] LIVES[,]” he wrote in all capital letters.

In his statement, Thomas wrote “we should reconsider all

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