(CHRISTIAN POST) – Leaders representing more than 80 religious and conservative groups have sent a letter to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in an attempt to convince Republicans to vote against the “Respect for Marriage Act” that would codify a right to same-sex marriage into federal law.
The Respect for Marriage Act already passed the Democrat-controlled House in a 267-157 vote last week. The push to pass the measure stems from concern that the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health overturning the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide will pave the way for the court to overturn the Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supporters of the Respect for Marriage Act cite Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs deriding the idea of “substantive due process” as “legal fiction” and expressing a desire to “reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents” including Obergefell as evidence that the court may overturn the 2015 decision. At the same time, Thomas signaled an openness to examining “whether other constitutional provisions guarantee the myriad rights that our substantive due process cases have generated.”
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