Supreme Court asked to overturn gay marriage.
Lawmakers in Idaho on Monday called for the Supreme Court to undo Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 ruling that declared the nationwide right to same-sex marriage.
Newsweek has contacted lawmakers in Idaho for comment via email.
Why It Matters
The Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion, raised concerns that other rights criticized by conservatives could be in jeopardy.
Obergefell was decided by a 5-4 vote. But since then, President Donald Trump‘s three appointees have cemented a 6-3 conservative majority on the nation’s highest court. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two conservative justices who dissented from the 2015 decision in Obergefell, have previously suggested the decision establishing a right to same-sex marriage should be reconsidered.
Polling by Gallup shows that a majority of Americans continue to believe marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69 percent), though support has declined slightly from the record high of 71 percent recorded in 2022 and 2023. The polling found a wide partisan gap in support of same-sex marriage, with 83 percent of Democrats in support compared to just 46 percent of Republicans.
