When will supreme court decision on gay marriage

Ten years ago, Ohioan Jim Obergefell catapulted into the national spotlight as the guy who took gay marriage to the U. Supreme Court and won the right for millions of people like him and his husband. A decade later Obergefell, who was born in Sandusky and lived in Cincinnati, is worried about a fierce backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion, transgender Americans and marriage equality.

In 10 states, state legislators have attacked same sex marriage by introducing resolutions urging the U. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark ruling and introducing bills to create a special "covenant marriage" category for heterosexual marriages.

And 32 states, including Ohio, have currently unenforceable same sex marriage bans in laws or constitutions. If the Obergefell ruling were overturned, those bans would likely go back into effect in those states. I really am because there are people who refuse to let it lie.

How has any queer marriage ever impacted a straight marriage? Days later, Cincinnati civil rights attorney Alphonse Gerhardstein met with the couple and brought a blank Ohio death certificate. And Jim, your name will not be here, where it says surviving spouse name.

Brokenhearted and angry at the idea of not being recognized by their home state, Arthur and Obergefell told Gerhardstein, yes, they wanted to do something about it. Days later they filed suit in U. District Court and Judge Timothy Black cleared his docket, held a hearing and made a ruling in favor of the newlyweds.

Arthur died three months later in October at age Obergefell was among dozens of plaintiffs in multiple cases that appealed adverse decisions to the U. Supreme Court. Gerhardstein filed the paperwork just ahead of other plaintiffs and that meant the case bore Obergefell's name.

On June 26,Obergefell sat in the courtroom when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy read aloud a summary of the landmark ruling. It established that same sex couples had the right to marry under the equal protection clause and the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.

I wish you could experience this. Nationwide, there weresame sex married couples inincluding 22, Ohio couples, the latest year for which the U. Census has data. That's up fromsame sex married couples inthe year before the ruling made gay marriage legal across the country.

A decade after the U.S. legalized gay marriage, Jim Obergefell says the fight isn't over

Nearly seven in 10 Americans support same sex marriageaccording to a June Gallup poll. Despite the numbers of same sex marriages and public support, Antonio is certain that opponents will continue to try to unravel the civil right. Even 10 years ago, Antonio said she wasn't certain the Obergefell decision would be totally locked in "because of the fact that people use our community as a pawn when they see fit and don't worry at all about any kind of retribution or consequence.

Gerhardstein doesn't think reversal of Obergefell is imminent, but it is possible. The Dobbs decision, which left abortion policy up to the states, undercut some of the legal theory supporting Obergefell, he said. In Ohio, Republican lawmakers lack the political will to repeal a state law that bans gay marriage or take steps to remove a constitutional ban that voters approved in If the Supreme Court overturned the Obergefell precedent, Ohio's ban would go back into effect.

State government reporter Laura Bischoff can be reached at lbischoff gannett. Laura A. Bischoff Columbus Dispatch.