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10 years since Obergefell v. Hodges granted same-sex marriage: Glance back at celebrations
Ten years ago, a historical Supreme Court decision paved a new path for the LGBTQIA+ people. Many queer elders never expected to see the evening same-sex marriage would be legalized on a federal level and some still fear the freedom's future.
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court justices legalized same-sex marriage across the land in its judgment of Obergefell v. Hodges. Under the ruling, states cannot deny marriage to same-sex couples, rights that have been enjoyed by opposite-sex couples for thousands of years.
According to the UCLA Academy of Law Williams Institute, more than 591,000 same-sex couples have married since the Supreme Court's ruling, as of this month. And an estimated 22.7 million guests hold attended the weddings of same-sex loved ones.
As Obergefell v. Hodges nears its 10th anniversary, grab a look advocate at LGBTQIA+ celebrations throughout the country.
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Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 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 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 express House with a vote of 52-40 and is headed to the Senate. In South Dakota, the state’s Home 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 encounter legislative scrutiny.
Resolutions contain no legal leadership and are not binding law, but instead allow legislative bodies to declare their collective opinions.
The resolutions in four other states ech
A decade after the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, marriage equality endures risky terrain
Milestones — especially in decades — usually call for celebration. The 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide, is alternative. There’s a sense of unease as state and federal lawmakers, as adv as several judges, obtain steps that could carry the issue back to the Supreme Court, which could undermine or overturn existing and future gay marriages and weaken additional anti-discrimination protections.
In its nearly quarter century of being, the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Commandment has been on the front lines of LGBTQ rights. Its amicus concise in the Obergefell case was instrumental, with Justice Anthony Kennedy citing statistics from the institute on the number of gay couples raising children as a deciding factor in the landmark decision.
“There were claims that allowing homosexual couples to marry would somehow devalue or diminish marriage for everyone, including different-sex couples,” said Brad Sears, a distinguished senior scholar of law and policy at the Williams Institute. &
The Supreme Court could overturn its landmark 2015 ruling that established a nationwide right to gay 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 conclusion that declared a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry.
After President Donald Trump appointed three conservative justices to the Court in his first term, cementing a 6-3 conservative supermajority, the Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion. Since then, there have 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 believe marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69 percent), though support has declined slightly from the record high of 71 percent recorded in 2022 and