Can they get rid of gay marriage
Lawmakers in multiple states acquire introduced measures urging the Supreme Court to strike down Obergefell vs. Hodges, the landmark 2015 verdict that established the nationwide right to same-sex marriage.
Why It Matters
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, conclusion the constitutional right to an abortion, there hold been concerns that the nation's highest court could also remove other rights, including the right to same-sex marriage.
What To Know
Obergefell was decided by a 5-4 vote, but President Donald Trump appointed three justices in his first term that have cemented the court's 6-3 conservative majority. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two conservative justices who dissented from the decision in Obergefell, have suggested the conclusion should be reconsidered.
Last month, the Republican-controlled Idaho Dwelling of Representatives voted to pass a resolution that calls on the court to undo Obergefell. But experts have told Newsweek that the court can revisit the decision only if there is a case where the issue of same-sex marriage is raised.
Polling by Gallup shows that a majority of Americans continue to consider marriage between same-sex co
The New Gay Marriage Bill
This week, Roger Severino, Heritage’s Vice President of Domestic Policy and The Anderlik Fellow, breaks down the so called “Respect for Marriage Act.”
Michelle Cordero: From The Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.
Cordero: This summer in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Congress introduced the Respect For Marriage Act.
Speaker 2: As abortion rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers continue to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Dwelling is voting on a bill to protect marriage equality, out of horror the conservative high court could revisit other landmark decisions.
Speaker 3: It simply says each state will recognize the other state's marriages and not refuse a person the right to marry based on race, gender, sexual orientation.
Cordero: The legislation passed the House with the back of 47 Republicans. It now moves to the Senate where it would need just 10 Republican votes to pass.
Cordero: Final passage would mean states are no longer allowed to define and know marriage as a legal union between a male and a woman. Instead, they
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This isn't hyperbole. This is Republican legislation.
On Monday, the Idaho House of Representatives asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 case that legalized lgbtq+ marriage nationwide. If the Supreme Court takes up the challenge and rules in favor of the Idaho Property, it could indicate the end of gay marriage in the United States.
It’s a move that is intended to send a communication on behalf of the GOP that LGBTQ+ equality will no longer be tolerated. The Republicans want us to live in horror that they will take our rights away.
Republicans don't desire me to unite or have matching rights
I was not someone who dreamed about their wedding growing up. I didn’t realize why until a rare years ago, when I confronted my own sexuality.
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Some Republican lawmakers raise calls against queer marriage SCOTUS ruling
Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 judgment 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 decision -- which the court cannot do unless presented with a case on the issue. Some Republican lawmakers in at least four other states like Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota include followed suit with calls to the Supreme Court.
In North Dakota, the resolution passed the mention House with a vote of 52-40 and is headed to the Senate. In South Dakota, the state’s Residence Judiciary Committee sent the proposal on the 41st Legislative Day –deferring the bill to the final day of a legislative session, when it will no longer be considered, and effectively killing the bill.
In Montana and Michigan, the bills own yet to tackle legislative scrutiny.
Resolutions contain no legal power and are not binding law, but instead allow legislative bodies to declare their collective opinions.
The resolutions in four other states ech
Could SCOTUS roll back queer marriage? Local LGBTQ+ families rush to protect themselves
CHICAGO (WLS) -- As CEO of Equality Illinois, Brian Johnson's life's work is protecting LGBTQ+ rights.
But with a second Donald Trump administration, it has develop personal, as Johnson is worried about his have family.
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"The risk is not just about my relationship with my husband. The risk is to our entire family and the unit that we have created to preserve our daughter," Johnson said.
Since Trump was elected, Johnson says, Equality Illinois has received dozens of smartphone calls, emails and social media messages from lgbtq+ married couples who are concerned that the Trump administration will undermine their federal rights to marriage equality.
"We know that there are fierce opponents to our relationships who are coming to power in Washington that will execute whatever they can in the most creative ways possible to chip away at our rights," Johnson said.
The concern is a conservative U.S. Supreme Court may overturn marriage equality and Congress may scale back the Respect for Marriage Act.
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