Will scotus overturn gay marriage

After K gay marriages, Americans are still fighting for rights 10 years later

  • Several states have introduced resolutions or bills challenging same-sex marriage, while others verb unenforceable bans that could be reinstated if the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell v. Hodges.
  • Public assist for same-sex marriage remains high, but there are ongoing legislative efforts targeting the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender individuals.
  • Legal experts believe overturning Obergefell is achievable, highlighting the vulnerability of LGBTQ+ 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 like 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, transgender Americans and marriage equality.

In 10 states, declare legislators have attacked same sex marriage by introducing resolutions urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landma

At a convention for Southern Baptist church members in initial 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 like to "reconsider" that ruling 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 law 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 Residence Mike Johnson is one of the country's most strong Southern Baptists.

This ring to eliminate same-sex marriage comes amid

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Protesters hold LGBT rights rainbow (pride) flags as activists harvest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., December 5, REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

What’s the context?

A decade after the U.S. legalised gay marriage, conservatives want the Supreme Court to turn back the clock.

BERLIN - Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that legalised gay marriage, the Light House is reversing a raft of LGBTQ+ rights and Republicans in at least six states are scrambling to ban same-sex weddings.

LGBTQ+ advocates say the right to wedding a person of the same sex could be at risk, should judges vote to overturn the Supreme Court's historic Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

A Supreme Court showdown remains theoretical, but legal challenges to the ruling are surfacing across the territory, with proponents emboldened by President Donald Trump's return to office.

Here's what you need to know.

What's happened since the U.S. legalised gay marriage?

On June 26, , the U.S. became the 17th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriages na

Some Republican lawmakers amplify calls against gay marriage SCOTUS ruling

Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on same-sex marriage equality.

Idaho legislators began the trend in January when the articulate House and Senate passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision -- which the court cannot perform unless presented with a case on the issue. Some Republican lawmakers in at least four other states fond Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota have followed suit with calls to the Supreme Court.

In North Dakota, the resolution passed the state Residence 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 afternoon 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 authority and are not binding law, but instead permit legislati