How a Democrat and a Republican worked together to protect same-sex marriage

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Those included cases such as Obergefell vs. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that same-sex marriages are protected under the 14th Amendment.
48% : The law defined marriage as between one man and one woman on the federal level, thereby preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex couples married on the state level as being entitled to the same benefits and visitation rights afforded heterosexual marital unions.
44% :Given that the court was rejecting this position as a constitutional basis for abortion, Thomas expressed the view that other rights based in a similar interpretation of the 14th Amendment may need to be revisited.
43% : In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed disagreement with the basis upon which Roe had established a right to abortion, arguing as it did that the procedure was protected within the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
35% : As Sen. Baldwin said to me, "People who achieved marriage equality saw Dobbs and said, 'We're in jeopardy.'
35% : Both Collins and Baldwin stressed the importance of making sure that protecting marriage equality did not require communities of faith to negate their own values by having to perform religious ceremonies or otherwise redefine their own definitions of marriage to conform with the law.

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