On 10-year anniversary of legal gay marriage in U.S., Obergefell says fight isn’t over

In recent months, republican legislators in at least 10 states have introduced measures to undermine homosexual marriage rights. These measures, many of which have been manufactured using the anti-mariating equality group, seek to ask the Supreme Court to overthrow Obergefell.

Massresistance told NBC News that even if these proposals are confronted with a counterou and would not change politics even if it is adopted, maintaining the opposition to homosexual marriage in the eyes of the public is a victory for them. The group said he thought that marriage laws should be left to the States, and they question the constitutional basis of the decision of 5 to 4 Dobbs.

NBC News contacted the authors of these state measures, but they have either refused an interview or did not respond.

“Marriage is a right, and it should not depend on where you live,” said Obergefell. “Why is queer marriage different from interracial marriage or any other marriage?”

Obergefell’s journey to become a leader in homosexual marriage rights began with his own love story. In 2013, after his partner, John Arthur, received a diagnosis of Terminal SLA, the couple decided to marry. They had to charter a medical flight due to Arthur’s health and stole Ohio, their country of origin in Maryland, where homosexual marriage was legal. They got married on the tarmac before going home. However, when they discovered that Ohio would not recognize their marriage on Arthur’s death certificate when he died, they decided to go to court.

Arthur died before the Supreme Court’s decision was rendered.

“People stop me again and hug me, crying often,” said Obergefell. “They talk about what this decision, the equality of marriage, means for them or for someone they love.”

Mary Bonauto, one of the lawyers who pleaded for Obergefell before the Supreme Court, said that she saw no current cases that would upset the decision.

“There is no imminent threat to the decision now, but we don’t know if we could emerge,” she said. “I don’t have a crystal ball, but what I know is that the Supreme Court refuses approximately 98% to 99% of the cases from which each mandate is asked. And there are a lot of urgent problems. “

Public support for homosexual marriage has increased considerably over the past decade. According to the new Gallup survey, 68% of Americans now believe that homosexual marriage should be legal. However, the support of the Republicans has decreased 14 points since 2022, now to 41%. The survey shows that 88% of democrats support homosexual marriage. This 47 -point gap between the parties is the widest since Gallup began to follow the problem in 1996.