Did trump have a gay wedding at his house
Gay couples rush to commit and have children before Trump inauguration
But some queer couples say they worry that after it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, unraveling half a century of legal precedent, the Supreme Court will rescind their right to marry next.
Those concerns were stoked in 2020 when Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued blistering rebukes of Obergefell and signaled that they would be open to reversing it. Thomas again expressed an interest in overturning Obergefell in his concurring opinion in the choice to overturn Roe.
Mary Bonauto, who argued on behalf of same-sex couples in Obergefell and now serves as the civil rights project director at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, or GLAD, dismissed the idea that the queer marriage ruling will be overturned.
“I understand that there are things about these times that introduce a lot of uncertainty in people’s lives. I know that,” she added. “But right now, and certainly for the foreseeable future, marriage equality is not one of the things that would change.”
While horror among some gay and lesbian couples is genuine, it’s unclear if the incoming Trump administration has the appetite to roll back the
A protester carries a sign as acctivists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
What’s the context?
Ten years after same-sex marriage was legalised, gay and lesbian couples are uneasy under Trump.
- Decade since Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage
- At least six states call for choice to be revisited
- Couples celebrate anniversary with concerns for future
LONDON - When Zach Bolen proposed to his partner Derrick Dobson in 2017, he chose a place that meant a lot to them; the hiking mark where the couple had first met, with a view over their entire home city of Boise, Idaho.
"I drove him to the top, claiming it would be a fun last-minute adventure as we had not been there in a while. I proposed with all of our friends and family behind us to surprise him after," Bolen, 33, told Context.
Now the couple's long-awaited wedding plans are uncertain.
In January, lawmakers in Idaho passed a resolution urging the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the ruling that legalised same-sex marriage across the Combined States.
On June 26, the United States will mark 10 years since that la
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Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage began to pop up across the territory in the 1990s, and with it challenges on the articulate and national levels. Civil unions for same-sex couples existed in many states but created a separate but equal standard. At the federal level, couples were denied access to more than 1,100 federal rights and responsibilities associated with the institution, as well as those denied by their given state. The Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law in 1996 and defined marriage by the federal government as between a human and woman, thereby allowing states to deny m
Former President Donald Trump is facing criticism from some conservatives after his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago hosted a same-sex marriage.
John Sullivan, vice chair and treasurer of the Tennessee Log Cabin Republicans and his husband Dan Medora, got married at Mar-a-Lago on February 23, according to an Instagram post from the organization, which is comprised of and advocates for Queer Republicans.
"An amazing second was had by all @john__sullivan__ & @dmedo's unforgettable wedding at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL. A celebration of love and design that will be cherished forever. Thanks for the astonishing weekend, fellas!" the Log Cabins Republicans of Tennessee wrote in the post.
Sullivan told Newsweek in a statement Friday the wedding was at "one of the most stunning locations in the world. He applauded the Mar-a-Lago team as being "inclusive since day 1" and having a "fantastic time."
"It was a privilege and honor to host our guests there. It was absolutely perfect, magical and beyond our dreams. Our guests and we will cherish this very particular time shared together," he said.
Some social conservatives reacted with anger to Trump's property hosting a same-sex wedding, unders