Worried by fall of Roe v. Wade, organizers get same-sex marriage on the ballot in three states

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "I don't think states want to have that kind of thing -- that second-class citizenship -- restored, even if there is a workaround through the Respect for Marriage Act.
51% : Without Obergefell, there is federal legislation that would keep same-sex marriage rights mostly, but not entirely, intact: the Respect for Marriage Act.
46% : "Bonauto, now the senior director of civil rights and legal strategies at GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, or GLAD, said that under the current circumstances, she doesn't understand why anyone who has a chance to remove currently unenforceable language banning same-sex marriage from their state constitution "wouldn't jump on it.
46% : "Susy Bates, the campaign director of Freedom to Marry Colorado, a bipartisan organization dedicated to preserving equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, said if Obergefell were overturned and states had to rely on the Respect for Marriage Act, it would be "really murky.""Unless we take proactive measures, we can't guarantee that marriage equality will be protected in the state," she said.
45% : California, Colorado and Hawaii will soon allow their residents to vote on ballot measures that would remove language from their state constitutions prohibiting same-sex marriage.
45% : The landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, guaranteeing same-sex couples across the country the right to marry, makes these state bans unenforceable.
41% : "Currently, 30 states have constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage, with five also having statutes that prohibit such marriages, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.
40% : It's a personal issue for LGBTQ couples who had to navigate a time when same-sex marriage wasn't legal or straightforward.
14% : Earlier this year, Justice Samuel Alito renewed his criticism of the Obergefell ruling in declining to weigh in on a lower court case involving a dispute over dismissed jurors who had expressed religious concerns over same-sex relationships.

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