Gay marriage now
A decade after the U.S. legalized lgbtq+ marriage, Jim Obergefell says the struggle isn't over
Over the past several months, Republican lawmakers in at least 10 states have introduced measures aimed at undermining same-sex marriage rights. These measures, many of which were crafted with the help of the anti-marriage equality group MassResistance, look for to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell.
MassResistance told NBC News that while these proposals face backlash and wouldn’t alter policy even if passed, keeping disagreement to same-sex marriage in the universal eye is a win for them. The group said it believes marriage laws should be left to states, and they scrutinize the constitutional basis of the 5-to-4 Dobbs ruling.
NBC News reached out to the authors of these mention measures, but they either declined an interview or did not respond.
“Marriage is a right, and it shouldn’t trust on where you live,” Obergefell said. “Why is gay marriage any distinct than interracial marriage or any other marriage?”
Obergefell’s journey to becoming a commander for same-sex marriage rights
Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than two in three Americans continue to believe that marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69%), and nearly as many say gay or queer woman relations are morally acceptable (64%). Both readings own been consistently above the 50% mark since the early s and above 60% since
The recent halt in the long-term upward trend in both indicators of public assist for the LGBTQ+ group reflects Democrats’ and independents’ support leveling off, while Republicans’ has dipped slightly.
Same-Sex Marriage Support Near Register High
The latest 69% of Americans who support legal same-sex marriage, from Gallup’s May Values and Values poll, is statistically similar to the record steep of 71% recorded in and When Gallup first polled about same-sex marriage in , 27% of Americans thought such unions should be legal, and 68% said they should not.
By , 42% were in favor, and in , support crossed the majority level for the first time. After registering slightly lower in two subse
Some Republican lawmakers increase calls against gay marriage SCOTUS ruling
Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark decision 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 hold followed suit with calls to the Supreme Court.
In North Dakota, the resolution passed the declare House with a vote of and is headed to the Senate. In South Dakota, the state’s House 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 have yet to face legislative scrutiny.
Resolutions have no legal power and are not binding regulation, but instead allow legislati
Once opponents in the Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage, now they're friends
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The case behind the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide a decade ago is recognizable as Obergefell v. Hodges, but the two Ohio men whose names became that title weren't so at odds as it would seem, and are now friends.
One year after the Supreme Court's June 26, , decision, head plaintiff Jim Obergefell was at an event for an LGBTQ advocacy group when its former director asked if he wanted to meet Rick Hodges, who'd been the title defendant in his capacity as state health director in Ohio, one of the states challenged for not allowing same-sex couples to marry.
"I don't perceive , you tell me. Complete I want to gather Rick Hodges?" Obergefell recalls responding.
The two met for coffee in a hotel and hit it off.
Hodges said he wanted to meet Obergefell because he's an "icon." He said he remembers telling Obergefell something along the lines of: "I don't comprehend if congratulations are in order because this began with you losing your husband, but I'm gla