THE NEW YORK TIMES – Thursday is the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Since the decision, there have been 591,000 same-sex marriages.
Led by the Trump administration, conservatives are pushing to eliminate [the practice]. And three years ago this month, the justices overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, demonstrating that this Supreme Court is willing to jettison five decades of precedent.
Among Republicans, support for same-sex marriage has dropped significantly — to 41 percent last month, from 55 percent in 2021, according to a Gallup poll.
The finding reflects the Republican move to the right, as well as what analysts said is a spillover from rising backlash to other L.G.B.T.Q. issues — in particular, the push for transgender rights.
The Southern Baptist Convention, which is often seen as a strong indicator of conservative evangelical opinion, voted overwhelmingly earlier this month to call on the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell, citing inspiration from the successful effort to overturn Roe.
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That echoed a similar call from conservative activists in states like Michigan and Tennessee. Thirty-one states still have statutes or constitutional amendments banning marriage equality, though they cannot be enforced because of the Supreme Court ruling.
And conservatives are expected in the coming weeks to ask the court to hear a direct challenge to Obergefell.
“We understand that people feel unsettled now — about many things,” said Mary Bonauto, who argued the case at the Supreme Court on behalf of James Obergefell, an Ohio man who sued for the right to marry his dying partner.
But the overturning of Roe, Ms. Bonauto said, does not suggest that marriage rights are doomed. “The court understands this issue is about the foundational importance of family,” she added …