"Make sure it's on paper before anyone can screw it up": surge of LGBT couples rise of 'shotgun' marriages

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : A May 2022 Gallup poll revealed that support for same-sex marriage is at 71% - an all-time high.
51% : In Buncombe county, North Carolina, where the organization is based, the percentage of marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples tripled shortly after the ruling.
46% : "Marriage equality is on rocky ground but we're not going to go down without a fight," the Facebook description read.
43% : When the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested they might revisit same-sex marriage.
42% : Other conservative justices wrote that Obergefell wasn't on the chopping block, but many people have found that hard to trust, as some of those same justices had previously implied to Congress that they wouldn't overturn Roe.Thirty-five states still ban same-sex marriage via state law, constitutional amendment or both.
42% : But Jones worries that marriage equality, if left to the states, won't last in Wisconsin, where it would be only partially protected in the absence of Obergefell.
35% :When the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion that the court had "a duty to 'correct the error' established" in multiple landmark civil rights and privacy cases - including 2015's Obergefell v Hodges, which enshrined marriage equality.

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