States Introduce Bills to Ban Marriage Equality to Get It Back in Front of SCOTUS

[Behind the Aegis]

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kansas have introduced bills that, if passed, would ban same-sex marriage statewide, despite the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing it nationwide. The court has gotten more conservative since then, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh taking the seat of retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, who provided the swing vote in favor of same-sex marriage.

In North Carolina, Reps. Larry Pittman, Mark Brody, and Keith Kidwell sponsored HB 65, the “Marriage Amendment Reaffirmation Act.” It would defer to the state’s constitutional amendment, passed in 2012, that defines marriage as between one man and one woman, and ignore the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling that made marriage equality the federal law of the land.

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Kansas Republicans introduced a bill, HB 2320, the “Marriage and Constitution Restoration Act,” which attempts to ban same-sex marriage as well, but doesn’t stop there. It also looks to undo non-discrimination policies protecting the LGBTQ community, prevent trans and gender non-conforming individuals from being called by their pronouns, prevent the banning of conversion therapy, and even goes after drag queen story time events held at libraries.

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Republican Reps. Mark Pody and Jerry Sexton introduced the “Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act,” first proposed in 2016 and recently reintroduced, seeks to “defend natural marriage between one man and one woman regardless of any court decision to the contrary.”

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So...

[vlyons]

1. Those Fkers never give up

They won't be happy until all non-conforming, non-Christians are shoved into penal colonies or worse.

[Buckeyeblue]

2. I don't understand why this matters to them so much

I don't think the SC would overturn this one, though.

[Mariana]

5. It's their religion. Religion isn't rational, by definition.

It doesn't have to be consistent, it doesn't have to make sense, it doesn't have to have any basis in reality whatsoever.

[Buckeyeblue]

6. Right. As an atheist it's confounding

When Christians as me how can you not believe. I ask them, how can you believe?

[rampartc]

3. it is what their culture warriors do

they will never give up. we are still fighting the creationism foolishness. abortion will never go away. school prayer .............etc etc etc.

[912gdm]

4. it's easy for them to just rail on social issues

why bother governing and balancing budgets when you can just rile up bigots.

God forbid they actually work trying to fix real problems.

[Yavin4]

10. Exactly. Mislead the masses while the 1% pillages them on a daily basis. n/t

[brooklynite]

7. Meaningless symbols...

None of the Legislatures will bring these up for a vote, and in the unlikely event they did, even this Court would throw it out.

[tritsofme]

8. Are you so sure? Roberts dissent in Obergefell was loud and angry.

[brooklynite]

9. Yes, because the status is different

It's one thing to debate new rights and benefits. Once those are in place, it's a lot more difficult to take them away. What is the legal status of those who got married under the SC decision? What are their property rights? What is the status of their children?