Though an ardent leftist, late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once conceded that Roe v. Wade was a badly settled decision. Then the abortion ruling finally was “unsettled” and “resettled” in 2022 with the Dobbs decision. Will the same process unfold with the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex “marriage” opinion (2015) — only, with greater speed?
Pro-family group MassResistance (MR) apparently thinks so. The organization is optimistic because a same-sex “marriage” resolution it’s pushing has now been advanced in two state legislatures. The resolution — recognizing that, as with abortion, marriage is a state issue — requests that the Supreme Court overturn Obergefell.
MR certainly has support in this regard. For example, Justice Clarence Thomas has said that the 2015 opinion should be revisited. Chief Justice John Roberts also disagreed with the opinion — vehemently. It was so bad, he said in his dissent against Obergefell, that the Constitution actually “had nothing to do with it.” Late Justice Antonin Scalia concurred. He said the decision was egregious enough to move the Court “one step closer to being reminded of [its] impotence.”
Will the Court Remarry Constitutionalism?
As for the current faux (same-sex) marriage developments, MR wrote Wednesday that
North Dakota has become the second state to move our MassResistance “gay marriage” resolution forward in its legislature. Two weeks ago, the Idaho House of Representatives passed it overwhelmingly.
The North Dakota resolution is sponsored by 7 state representatives and 4 state senators. On Monday, February 17 the North Dakota House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing then overwhelmingly voted in favor by 11-1.
The North Dakota resolution is sponsored by 7 state representatives and 4 state senators. On Monday, February 17 the North Dakota House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing then overwhelmingly voted in favor by 11-1.
The 5-4 Obergefell ruling stated that the 14th Amendment required that same-sex “marriage” be allowed by the states. […]
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