Jim Obergefell of Sandusky, who was a plaintiff in the 2015 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage, is concerned about the future of gay rights after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- repeatedly referenced the Obergefell v. Hodges caseWhile Alito made it clear that “nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion that the court should revisit gay marriage and other cases involving the Fourteenth Amendment, on which Roe v. Wade was decided 50 years ago.
“For that reason, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell,” Thomas wrote. Griswold v. Connecticut concluded that a state’s ban on the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy. Lawrence v. Texas made same-sex sexual activity legal nationwide.
“I’d don’t think any of us are surprised that he said that,” Obergefell said in an interview on Friday.“I’ve been worried about LGBGQ+ rights even after marriage equality was affirmed,” he said. “We haven’t enjoyed marriage equality because of people like Kim Davis and bakers and photographers. We have the right to get married, but we haven’t enjoyed marriage equality.”
is a former county clerk who refused to sign marriage certificates for gay couples. Some wedding cake bakeries and wedding photographers have also denied services to gay couples.
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