Wade was established law? Now abortion rights are an open question before the court.
"We couldn't possibly lose our right to marry," one friend told me. Some are dismissing the idea that there is a cohesive legal strategy aimed at overturning Obergefell. More: Our view: Ohio's LGBTQ kids would be forced in closet with lawmaker's 'Don't Say Gay' copyĪt first glance it may appear to be just grandstanding Republican senators playing to their base (you know, there's a national election this fall). Hodges decision had " articulated a new fundamental right, which is a right to same-sex marriage." John Cornyn of Texas took the lead, arguing that the Obergefell v. More: Letters: 'Pro-God, Pro-Gun, Pro-Trump' a religion? Telling Brown Jackson couldn't define 'woman' Those who watched the highly charged questioning of just-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson witnessed a direct affront to the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that recognized same-sex couples' constitutional right to marry. Why are so few people seeing it? Watch what happens with abortion This is a slow-motion disaster taking place right in front of us. More: Ohio Politics Explained podcast: 'Don't Say Gay,' redistricting and sexual assault lawsĮvan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry, told me via email: "There are real threats to our democracy, and to Americans' reproductive freedom rights to participate in schools, the marketplace … without discrimination, and yes, freedom to marry the person you love."Ĭostly disadvantage: Conservative women are used to unequal treatment. Half of those bills target transgender people, but the other half are broader efforts against all LGBTQ folks. Nearly 240 anti-LGBTQ bills had been proposed in the first months of this year, according to an NBC News report published in March. Republicans in statehouses across the country are pushing a historic wave of new bills targeting LGBTQ kids and teens.
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More to the Conversationĭon't miss out: Sign up for our free opinion newsletterĪlas, I'm not being rhetorical. After all, are people who abhor the thought of a gay dog any different from those pushing back so hard against LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning and/or queer) people these days? Across the nation legislators are seeking to ban transgender youths from the bathrooms and sports teams that match their gender identities clinging to invalidated laws that would roll back marriage equality for same-sex couples and stifling classroom discussions, lesson plans and library books that mention LGBTQ issues.
I would dismiss all this as a shaggy-dog story if it weren’t so telling about the times we live in.