Gay marriage being overturned
At a convention for Southern Baptist church members in early June, delegates endorsed legislation calling for a ban on same-sex marriage and urged legislators to support them in this goal.
Although same-sex marriage is currently protected in all 50 states due to the ruling in Obergefell vs. Hodges in , Justice Clarence Thomas has said he would love to "reconsider" that judgment if a similar case were ever to before the court again.
He also said he would be open to reconsidering Lawrence vs. Texas which legalized gay sex, and Griswold vs. Connecticut which legalized access to contraception, as these cases were built on similar case rule to Roe vs. Wade, which legalized the right to an abortion nationwide, was overturned in
Why It Matters
The Southern Baptist church is the U.S.' largest protestant denomination, and their endorsement of political causes has sway with GOP politicians, as they are a consistent Republican-voting base. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is one of the country's most powerful Southern Baptists.
This call to eliminate lgbtq+ marriage comes amid an existing push from President Donald Trump's administration to remove transgender people from publ
A decade after the U.S. legalized gay marriage, Jim Obergefell says the clash isn't over
Over the past several months, Republican lawmakers in at least 10 states have introduced measures aimed at undermining queer marriage rights. These measures, many of which were crafted with the aid of the anti-marriage equality group MassResistance, seek to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell.
MassResistance told NBC News that while these proposals tackle backlash and wouldn’t modify policy even if passed, keeping opposition to lgbtq+ marriage in the widespread eye is a conquer for them. The community said it believes marriage laws should be left to states, and they question the constitutional basis of the 5-to-4 Dobbs ruling.
NBC News reached out to the authors of these state measures, but they either declined an interview or did not respond.
“Marriage is a right, and it shouldn’t depend on where you live,” Obergefell said. “Why is queer marriage any different than interracial marriage or any other marriage?”
Obergefell’s journey to becoming a leader for same-sex marriage rights began with his own love story. In , after his loved one, John Arthur, was diagnosed with terminal ALS,
After K gay marriages, Americans are still fighting for rights 10 years later
- Several states have introduced resolutions or bills challenging homosexual marriage, while others own unenforceable bans that could be reinstated if the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell v. Hodges.
- Public support for same-sex marriage remains tall, but there are uninterrupted legislative efforts targeting the LGBTQ+ community, particularly gender nonconforming individuals.
- Legal experts believe overturning Obergefell is possible, displaying the vulnerability of Gay rights.
Ten years ago, Ohioan Jim Obergefell catapulted into the national spotlight as the guy who took gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court and won the right for millions of people fond him and his husband.
A decade later Obergefell, who was born in Sandusky and lived in Cincinnati, is worried about a fierce backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion, trans person Americans and marriage equality.
In 10 states, state legislators have attacked same sex marriage by introducing resolutions urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark ruling and introducing bills to create a special "covenant marriage" category for heterosexual ma
Some Republican lawmakers increase calls against gay marriage SCOTUS ruling
Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark decree on same-sex marriage equality.
Idaho legislators began the trend in January when the state House and Senate passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to reconsider its judgment -- which the court cannot do unless presented with a case on the issue. Some Republican lawmakers in at least four other states enjoy Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota hold followed suit with calls to the Supreme Court.
In North Dakota, the resolution passed the state Property with a vote of and is headed to the Senate. In South Dakota, the state’s Home Judiciary Committee sent the proposal on the 41st Legislative Day –deferring the bill to the closing day of a legislative session, when it will no longer be considered, and effectively killing the bill.
In Montana and Michigan, the bills have yet to face legislative scrutiny.
Resolutions have no legal command and are not binding law, but instead consent legislative bodies to articulate their collective opinions.
The resolutions in four other states echo similar s
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