When will gay marriage be overturned
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 conclusion -- which the court cannot do unless presented with a case on the issue. Some Republican lawmakers in at least four other states love Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota own 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.
Resolutions have no legal power and are not binding law, but instead grant legislative bodies to show their collective opinions.
The resolutions in four other states echo similar s
A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma has filed a resolution calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark decision that established the nationwide right to same-sex marriage.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 8, authored and sponsored by state Senator Dusty Deevers, was introduced on May 1.
Newsweek has contacted Deevers for comment via email.
Why It Matters
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in , ending the constitutional right to an abortion, there have been concerns that the nation's top court could also undertake away with other rights, including the right to same-sex marriage.
Conservative lawmakers in several states, including Idaho and Montana, have introduced various measures encouraging the court to overturn Obergefell. Two conservative Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, who both dissented in Obergefell, include suggested that the verdict should be reconsidered.
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The resolution states the decision in Obergefell "conflicts with the original general meaning of the Combined States Constitution, the principles upon which the Merged States is established, and the deeply rooted history
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Over the past several months, Republican lawmakers in at least 10 states have introduced measures aimed at undermining gay marriage rights. These measures, many of which were crafted with the support of the anti-marriage equality group MassResistance, seek to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell.
MassResistance told NBC News that while these proposals encounter backlash and wouldn’t convert policy even if passed, keeping opposition to homosexual marriage in the widespread eye is a triumph 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 spouse, John Arthur, was diagnosed with terminal ALS,
The Supreme Court could overturn its landmark ruling that established a nationwide right to same-sex marriage if a case addressing the matter is brought before it, experts told Newsweek.
Why It Matters
Last month, Idaho lawmakers approved a resolution that called for the Court to undo its Obergefell v. Hodges decision that declared a constitutional right for gay couples to marry.
After President Donald Trump appointed three conservative justices to the Court in his first term, cementing a conservative supermajority, the Court overturned Roe v. Wade in stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion. Since then, there acquire been concerns that the Court's conservative justices could do away with other rights, including the right to same-sex marriage.
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two conservative justices who dissented in Obergefell v. Hodges, have suggested that the decision should be reconsidered.
What To Know
Gallup polling shows that a majority of Americans continue to trust marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69 percent), though support has declined slightly from the record high of 71 percent recorded in and
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