The Hand Writing Was On The Wall.

I hate to say I told you so... but the Republicans have now began their attack on marriage equality.

Michigan GOP lawmaker says gay marriage should be 'illegal again'
The Detroit News

By Craig Mauger

December 2, 2024

 

 

Republican Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver said Monday that gay marriage should be "illegal again," voicing opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that set the standard for the nation and spurred same-sex weddings across the country nine years ago.

Schriver of Oxford made his statement on the social media platform X, 27 days after the Nov. 5 election, in which the Michigan GOP won back control of the state House, and 30 days before their majority takes office.

Because gay marriage is legal in Michigan and elsewhere through a court ruling, Schriver can't alter the policy in his position in the state House. But his remarks likely shine light on how one member of the new majority caucus in the House will approach LGBT legislation.

"Make gay marriage illegal again," Schriver wrote Monday. "This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme."

Even though he is a state representative there are echos in Congress about banning marriage equality and that has resulted in...

Gay couples rush to marry and have children before Trump inauguration
Some wedding venues, photographers and planners are offering free services to same-sex couples before Inauguration Day.

NBC News

November 30, 2024

Ben Nelson and Adam Weinberger’s last-minute decision to elope next month was made in the heat of the moment, not only in the name of love. After being together more than three years, they were already scheduled to marry next October. But things changed, they said, once Donald Trump was re-elected.

“We kind of decided that we would take a step back and do what we think is necessary for our lives, not necessarily what our first choice was,” Weinberger, 31, a veterinarian, said.

They are one of many gay couples in recent weeks who are rushing to get married, start fertility treatments and take other measures out of fear that some of their rights might be rescinded during a second Trump administration.

Vox writes that,

In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, some couples planning same-sex weddings have begun to panic, worried they could lose the right to marry. 

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The first is the conservative makeup of the Supreme Court. Same-sex marriage is protected in part by the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision. Previously, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito openly expressed that they’d like to revisit the 2015 Obergefell decision — which established a federal right to marriage equality.

And don't forget that Trump will likely appoint another Supreme Court justice!