Same-sex marriage is one of the SCOTUS decisions that could be at risk.
Clarence Thomas is a Conservative justice.
Same-sex marriage will be voted on by the House.
The Supreme Court raised questions about whether or not other landmark privacy cases are also at risk of reversal after it overturned the abortion law. Same-sex marriage was legalized by the Supreme Court in a landmark decision in 2015.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion that the high court should "reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents."
The "Respect of Marriage Act" was introduced by a group of mostly Democratic lawmakers on Monday. Shortly after President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect abortion access, the right to abortion was stripped from the constitution.
"As this Court may take aim at other fundamental rights, we cannot sit idly by as the hard-earned gains of the Equality movement are systematically eroded," Nadler said in a statement. If Justice Thomas's concurrence teaches anything, it's that we can't let our guard down and the rights and freedoms that we have come to enjoy will disappear into a cloud of radical ideology and questionable legal reasoning.
The Defense of Marriage Act was ruled unconstitutional in the Obergefell decision and would be repealed by the Respect of Marriage Act. The act would ensure that all marriages would be considered valid if the state the couple was married in recognizes it as so, as well as prohibit any person acting under color of state law from denying full faith and credit to an out of state marriage based on the sex, race, or religion of
Some major SCOTUS decisions were challenged by Thomas and others. Cruz said in July that Obergefell was an overreaching decision.
Cruz said that the decision was wrong when it was made.
Same-sex marriage has always been a divisive issue. In the years leading up to the Supreme Court's decision, public opinion changed dramatically. A Gallup poll last year found that a majority of Republicans were in favor of same-sex marriage.
Democrats are concerned about the consequences of the Supreme Court's previous decisions protecting the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer community.
"As Chairman of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, I want the LGBTQ+ community to know that this caucus is fighting for them and their right to live freely," Cicilline said. Even if the Supreme Court overturns landmark marriage equality decisions, this legislation will protect their marriages. I encourage Congress to quickly pass this legislation.
The press secretary said the administration applauds the congressional effort when asked about the bill.
Jean-Pierre said that the President supports marriage equality. He will continue to fight for this because he believes in it.
The Respect of Marriage Act is going to be voted on by the House on Tuesday. It's not clear if there are enough Republicans in the Senate to pass the bill.
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