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11-01-2020, 11:54 PM
Gay couples race to wed over fears for future of same-sex marriage
As the Supreme Court tilts further right following the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, some LGBTQ Americans are worried about the future of same-sex marriage. A number of couples are taking matters into their own hands and rushing to the altar for fear of this recently won right being chipped away at or even reversed.
A week after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Barrett, Pastor Tori Jameson organized a series of wedding ceremonies outside St. Louis City Hall.
“I was really feeling upset about the nomination — she’s dangerous for LGBTQ people; she’s made it clear she wants to roll back our rights,†Jameson, who runs Lot’s Wife Trans and Queer Chaplaincy, said of the high court’s newest justice.
During her confirmation hearings, Barrett indicated that if there was a challenge to Obergefell v Hodges, the 2015 case that brought federal recognition of same-sex marriage, it’s likely that lower courts “would shut such a lawsuit down†before it made it to the Supreme Court.
But she has previously defended Chief Justice John Roberts’ dissent in Obergefell that same-sex marriage should be decided by the states.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/...e-n1245134
As the Supreme Court tilts further right following the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, some LGBTQ Americans are worried about the future of same-sex marriage. A number of couples are taking matters into their own hands and rushing to the altar for fear of this recently won right being chipped away at or even reversed.
A week after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Barrett, Pastor Tori Jameson organized a series of wedding ceremonies outside St. Louis City Hall.
“I was really feeling upset about the nomination — she’s dangerous for LGBTQ people; she’s made it clear she wants to roll back our rights,†Jameson, who runs Lot’s Wife Trans and Queer Chaplaincy, said of the high court’s newest justice.
During her confirmation hearings, Barrett indicated that if there was a challenge to Obergefell v Hodges, the 2015 case that brought federal recognition of same-sex marriage, it’s likely that lower courts “would shut such a lawsuit down†before it made it to the Supreme Court.
But she has previously defended Chief Justice John Roberts’ dissent in Obergefell that same-sex marriage should be decided by the states.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/...e-n1245134
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