Marriage equality is heavily supported in the U.S., with 69% approval per Gallup. However, the conservative Supreme Court, particularly Justice Alito, appears poised to challenge this support. Alito's dissent in Obergefell indicates a desire to overturn the same-sex marriage ruling, echoing the sentiments from the Dobbs decision regarding reproductive rights. Concurrently, several states, including Idaho and North Dakota, are pushing measures aimed at undermining Obergefell. Despite these legislative efforts, legal challenges must arise from actual state laws to reach the Supreme Court, highlighting the complex legal landscape surrounding marriage equality.
The conservative majority on the Court is gunning for Obergefell, the landmark case that held there is a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
Samuel Alito's unhinged dissent in the case - that he still can't let go of - sets the stage for an eventual elimination of the right.
State legislatures in five states are trying to tee up the issue for the Court, though they're in various stages.
If a state sought to go further... a challenge to that law could quickly make its way to the Supreme Court.
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