A decade after the Supreme Court’s historic Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, some advocates fear the fight for marriage equality is far from over. Among them is Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the case, who became the face of the 2015 decision and has continued to advocate for LGBTQ rights. Over the past several months, Republican lawmakers in at least 10 states have introduced measures aimed at undermining same-sex marriage rights. In his concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly mentioned Obergefell as a decision that the high court should reconsider, raising alarms among same-sex marriage advocates. The Respect for Marriage Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022, provides some federal protections for same-sex marriage, but it stops short of requiring all states to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Read more ...