Gay couples rush to take oath of marriage before Trump takes oath of office

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Congress and the Biden administration enacted the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act in 2022 to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages under federal law.
50% : Thomas again expressed an interest in overturning Obergefell in his concurring opinion in the decision to overturn Roe.Mary Bonauto, who argued on behalf of same-sex couples in Obergefell and now serves as the civil rights project director at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, or GLAD, dismissed the idea that the same-sex marriage ruling will be overturned.
48% : "Bonauto pointed to safeguards lawmakers have put in place to protect same-sex marriage in the event that the high court decides to rescind Obergefell.
47% : Nonetheless, concern among same-sex couples remains.
42% : Same-sex marriage has been legal in the United States since the Supreme Court's 2015 landmark ruling, Obergefell v. Hodges, which made state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
42% : But during his first administration, Trump did enact policies that advocates say harmed LGBTQ people as a whole and particularly transgender Americans.
42% : "When pressed on whether the president plans to roll back legalized marriage for same-sex couples, Leavitt said: "That was never a campaign promise that he made.
42% : Several states have also taken up measures in recent years to protect same-sex marriage, either by enshrining the right into state constitutions or by striking down defunct laws that once prohibited same-sex marriage.
35% : Trump himself has not indicated that he intends to do so.
27% : "While fear among some gay and lesbian couples is real, it's unclear if the incoming Trump administration has the appetite to roll back the legalization of same-sex marriage.
21% : On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to reinstate a ban on trans people from enlisting in the military, abolish gender-affirming care for transgender minors -- which he has repeatedly described as "child abuse" and "child sexual mutilation" -- and roll back Title IX protections for transgender students "on Day One.""The people quoted in this story are sadly mistaken and have fallen for the fear mongering from the media, which seeks to divide Americans based on identity politics," Karoline Leavitt, Trump's spokesperson and incoming press secretary, said in an email.

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