Same-sex marriage in Michigan: 9 questions, answers to know as advocates worry

Tenyearsagotoday,onJune26,2015,theU.S.SupremeCourtdeclaredsame-sexmarriageaconstitutionalright,sowhyareadvocatesofmarriageequalityincreasinglyworried? WithPresidentDonaldTrumpattackingtheexistenceoftransgenderAmericans,manygaysandlesbiansarefearfultheywillbecomeatarget,too.Mostspecifically,theyfearthecourt’sdecisionongaymarriagewillbeoverturned. “Ithinkit’salegitimateconcernconsideringthisUnitedStatesSupremeCourt…waswillingtooverturncloseto50yearsoflegalprecedentintheRoev.Wadedecision,”saidJayKaplan,staffattorneyfortheAmericanCivilLibertiesUnionofMichigan’sLGBTQProject. TwoconservativeU.S.SupremeCourtjusticeshavesaidthecourt’srulingonObergefellv.Hodges,whichallowedgaymarriage,needstobereviewed.Statelegislators,includinginMichigan,haveintroducedresolutionsurgingtheSupremeCourttooverturnitssame-sexmarriagedecision.Andrecently,atitsannualmeeting,theSouthernBaptistConvention,thelarge