“There is a real danger that people start to lose faith in our democracy if it appears that one person or others are above the law,...
Obergefell's primary win comes as the right he stood to secure has now returned to mainstream political debate
Out U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), has been credited with taking the lead on the bill, She said the vote likely delayed till September
Democrats have opted for a more modest approach to mitigate some of the consequences resulting from a decision overturning marriage equality
“I expect my office to be very active in protecting LGBTQ rights which is what we’ve done since literally the minute I took office”
“We must act now to defend same sex and inter racial marriage from the bigotry and extremism in the wake of the Dobbs decision”
Members of Congress are now moving on multiple tracks to protect other privacy-related rights they now perceive as under threat
The letter comes during heightened tension between the Court & Congress who have accused it of threatening rights of certain groups
Hearing was wide-ranging on issues in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, including marriage, contraception & intimacy for same-sex couples
Lori Lightfoot in 2019 became the first Black lesbian woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, the nation's third largest