Scotus and gay rights
A decade after same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide via a landmark Supreme Court ruling, many Homosexual individuals fear the right may no longer be secure, with some signs that long-growing Republican acceptance of it could be waning.
Obergefell v. Hodges was decided on June 26, , in a 5 to 4 decree. Justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, who still sit on the nation's uppermost court, wrote dissenting opinions along with their former colleague, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
While Gallup polling in showed that just 37 percent of Republicans reflection same-sex marriages should be valid, that number rose to a record high of 55 percent in and , but has since dropped to 41 percent as of May—a double-digit decline. Over the past few months, conservative lawmakers in at least nine states have introduced legislation aimed at undermining same-sex marriage. Some of these bills specifically take aim at the Supreme Court, urging the justices to overturn the Obergefell precedent.
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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, pursue to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell.
MassResistance told NBC News that while these proposals face backlash and wouldn’t switch policy even if passed, keeping disagreement to same-sex marriage in the widespread eye is a win for them. The group said it believes marriage laws should be left to states, and they ask 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 hinge on on where you live,” Obergefell said. “Why is homosexual marriage any distinct than interracial marriage or any other marriage?”
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Some Republican lawmakers increase calls against gay marriage SCOTUS ruling
Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark 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 conclusion -- 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 acquire followed suit with calls to the Supreme Court.
In North Dakota, the resolution passed the state Home with a vote of and is headed to the Senate. In South Dakota, the state’s Dwelling Judiciary Committee sent the proposal on the 41st Legislative Day –deferring the bill to the concluding 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.
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The Journey to Marriage Equality in the Merged States
The road to nationwide marriage equality was a long one, spanning decades of United States history and culminating in victory in June Throughout the long fight for marriage equality, HRC was at the forefront.
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From gathering supporters in small towns across the country to rallying in front of the Supreme Court of the Together States, we gave our all to ensure every person, regardless of whom they love, is established equally under the law.
A Growing Call for Equality
Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage began to pop up across the country in the s, and with it challenges on the state and national levels. Civil unions for lgbtq+ couples existed in many states but created a separate but equal accepted. At the federal level, couples were denied access to more than 1, federal rights and responsibilities associated with the institution, as well as those denied by their given state. The Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law in and defined marriage by the federal government as between a man and