Are conservatices fine with gay marriage

For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. It’s been a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a right to same-sex marriage. IE 11 is not supported. Latest Stories U. By Lawrence Hurley.

Conservatives are ramping up

Skip to Content. Sections U. Follow NBC News. NBC News Logo. Public acceptance has grown since then, but some conservatives aim to challenge that ruling in an echo of. The justices are likely to discuss whether to hear the case sometime this fall.

Hodges ruling, in which he dissented, as an aside in a speech at an academic conference in Washington in which he outlined his judicial philosophy. Attendees at the National Conservatism Conference see the Obergefell Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage as the next legal battle.

And 67% of Americans say they support marriage equality, including 50% of Republicans. During that period, the Supreme Court has shifted further to the right following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored the ruling.

Profile My News Sign Out. Sign In Create your free profile. Despite this, many of the groups that fought to prevent the Obergefell ruling are now ramping up their ongoing fight to overturn it. In the U.S. today, there are overmarried gay couples.

Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ + news and politics. Conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t appear inclined to overturn marriage equality — but can she be trusted? That decision sparked concerns that the conservative majority might also overturn other precedents, including Obergefell.

Some Christian conservatives are working to overturn the Supreme Court ruling that enshrines same-sex marriage. Search Search. The case has been filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk from Kentucky who made headlines after the ruling when she refused to issue a marriage license to a gay couple and was subsequently sued.

But as Alito pointed out on Friday, he wrote in the abortion case that the ruling did not mean that other key decisions — including Obergefell — were in the firing line. Alito made his remarks on the landmark Obergefell v.