Incoming Trump admin sparks fears gay marriage rights could be overturned

NEARLY A DECADE AGO THE SUPREME COURT RULED GAY MARRIAGE CONSTITUTIONAL  MAKING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL IN ALL 50 STATES.

THE 2015 OBERGEFELL V. HODGES CASE CEMENTED CERTAIN MARRIAGE BENEFITS FOR GAY COUPLES INCLUDING ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE UNDER THEIR SPOUSE, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TAX BENEFITS, AMONG OTHERS.

NOW, WITH THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SOME WORRY THEIR RIGHT TO MARRY WILL BE OVERTURNED.

WITH THAT IN MIND, GAY COUPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING TO MARRY AND MAKE THEIR UNIONS OFFICIAL BEFORE TRUMP’S INAUGURATION.

HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS NOT INDICATED THAT HE INTENDS TO ROLL BACK LEGALIZATION OF GAY MARRIAGE OR THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT ANY EFFORTS TO DO SO.

TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN CONSISTENT ON THE ISSUE OF GAY MARRIAGE. HE HAS SAID THAT HE BELIEVES IN TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AND HE’S ALSO SAID GAY MARRIAGE WAS “SETTLED” BY THE SUPREME COURT. IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE HE FOCUSED ON DURING THIS MOST RECENT CAMPAIGN.

DURING TRUMP’S FIRST PRESIDENCY, HE APPOINTED THREE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES TO THE US SUPREME COURT.

WHEN THE HIGH COURT OVERTURNED ROE V WADE, ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL RIGHT TO ABORTION, GIVING THE ISSUE BACK TO THE STATES, JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS WROTE IN HIS CONCURRING OPINION THAT THE COURT MAY ALSO RECONSIDER THE COURT’S DUE PROCESS PRECEDENTS SET IN GRISWOLD A CASE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES  AMERICANS’ RIGHT TO USE CONTRACEPTION… LAWRENCE – A CASE PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN GAY SEX AND OBERGEFELL.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, MICHIGAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSH SHRIVER, FACED BACKLASH  FOR WRITING ON X, QUOTE: “MAKE GAY MARRIAGE ILLEGAL AGAIN. THIS IS NOT REMOTELY CONTROVERSIAL, NOR EXTREME.”

ONE USER REPLIED: “MAKE MARRIAGE FREE FROM GOVERNMENT CONTROL”

ANOTHER WROTE: “FORCING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COUPLES TO LOSE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS IS EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL, ACTUALLY”

ACCORDING TO A JUNE GALLUP POLL, TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS BELIEVE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL.

NBC NEWS ASKED TRUMP’S INCOMING PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT IF TRUMP PLANS TO REVERSE GAY MARRIAGE SHE SAID: “THAT WAS NEVER A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT HE MADE.”

EARLIER THIS YEAR, TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO RESORT IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA HOSTED A SAME-SEX WEDDING – AND TRUMP RECEIVED CRITICISM AND BACKLASH FROM CONSERVATIVES.