Will trump really make gay marriage illegal

After being together more than three years, they were already scheduled to marry next October. But things changed, they said, once Donald Trump was re-elected. They are one of many gay couples in recent weeks who are rushing to get married, start fertility treatments and take other measures out of fear that some of their rights might be rescinded during a second Trump administration.

Hodges, which made state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Before then, 37 states and U. But some gay couples say they fear that after it overturned Roe v. Wade inunraveling half a century of legal precedent, the Supreme Court will rescind their right to marry next.

Gay couples rush to marry and have children before Trump inauguration

Those concerns were stoked in 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 decision to overturn Roe.

Trump himself has not indicated that he intends to do so. But during his first administration, Trump did enact policies that advocates say harmed LGBTQ people as a whole and particularly transgender Americans. He banned transgender Americans from enlisting in the U. Bonauto pointed to safeguards lawmakers have put in place to protect same-sex marriage in the event that the high court decides to rescind Obergefell.

Congress and the Biden administration enacted the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act in to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages under federal law. Several states have also taken up measures in recent years to protect same-sex marriage, either by enshrining the right into state constitutions or by striking down defunct laws that once prohibited same-sex marriage.

After hearing from concerned clients, some wedding venues, photographers and planners have begun offering free or discounted services to same-sex couples before Inauguration Day. The number of participating businesses in the New England-area swelled to over within days of posting about the effort on Instagram.

How the hell did we even get here? Matt Woodruff, 35, and his boyfriend are worried that a second Trump administration may infringe upon their ability to become parents. In recent weeks, he and his partner met with a fertility center over Zoom to get preliminary information about IVF.

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Sarah Narcus, the owner of Olio. Nonetheless, concern among same-sex couples remains.