Some wedding venues, photographers and planners are offering free services to same-sex couples before Inauguration Day.

Summary

In response to Donald Trump’s re-election, some same-sex couples, like Ben Nelson and Adam Weinberger, are accelerating plans to marry, fearing potential rollbacks of LGBTQ rights.

Concerns stem from the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade and past statements from conservative justices suggesting interest in revisiting the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.

While the Respect for Marriage Act offers federal safeguards, uncertainty persists.

LGBTQ-friendly businesses are stepping up to support couples, but fears of broader restrictions, including on parenting options, remain widespread among the community.

    • youstolemyname@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      I’d personally be afraid I’d be putting myself on a termination list tbh, but others are probably braver than me.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      25 days ago

      Breaking up marriages is recognized worldwide as an act of genocide, but putting restrictions on who can marry isn’t as universally recognized.

      • AngryRobot@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        They did it to my mom. She and her partner drove to San Francisco on that weekend when they were doing gay marriages in the mid 2000s. That ,marriage was canceled once they straightened iut the laws.

        They’re legally wed right here in Arizona now, but I wouldn’t put it past these fucks to try to annul their marriage again.

        • III@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          25 days ago

          He doesn’t care about domestic law. I doubt he would care about laws he personally enacted if they stood in opposition to his in-the-moment wants.

        • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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          25 days ago

          The world has never cared about a genocide that happened within a nation’s borders.

          Had Hitler not invaded other countries, there wouldn’t have been any consequences more severe than a public condemnation.

          Hell, there would have provably been foreign support for genociding Romani people.

          • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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            25 days ago

            The world at large shrugged its shoulders at Rwanda. France literally handed over people under their protection to the Interahamwe, knowing full well they’d be killed on the spot. Belgium actually had soldiers get killed by Rwandan military, and did nothing. The world went to very incredibly great lengths to make sure that they didn’t have to get involved until after the genocide was nearly complete.