LGBTQ activists are already preparing for SCOTUS potentially overturning marriage equality

Supreme Court of the United States ends marriage discrimination – Obergefell vs Hodges – 26 June 2015
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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s historic decision last month striking down Roe v. Wade and Justice Clarence Thomas’s explicit call for the court to reconsider Obergefell v. Hodges, LGBTQ activists are already preparing for SCOTUS to end the constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

As BuzzFeed News reporter David Mack points out, “All it takes is one novel case — the right case with the right questions — to intrigue enough justices in the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority” to overturn marriage equality in the U.S.

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“Believe me: all the LGBTQ legal and advocacy groups are on alert,” says National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter.

Though there is no immediate threat to marriage equality on the horizon LGBTQ advocates are on high alert. COLAGE, Family Equality, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and NCLR recently released a guide for LGBTQ families on the impact Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could have on same-sex marriages.

“We’ve seen early reports of…

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