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Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v.
“If he did that then our backstop would be gone,” said Gerhardstein.
The most extreme scenario would be that existing marriages are annulled.
Second, lawmakers in Missouri and Tennessee have introduced legislation that would create a new category of marriage that would be available only to opposite-sex couples.
"However, it is important to remember that marriage equality is the law, and that only one Justice out of nine has expressed support for revisiting the Obergefell decision," referencing Clarence Thomas' stated support to reconsider the Obergefell decision when the court struck down Roe v. The signal of support came at a time when many in the GOP did not share such a stance.
And Republican lawmakers in two states have proposed legislation that creates a new category of marriage, called “covenant marriage,” that is reserved for one man and one woman.
It would also serve to make the Supreme Court appear moderate, which may enhance its near historicallylow public approval ratings.
Second, the court could overrule Obergefell.
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Future families
The number of same-sex married couples in the United States has more than doubled since 2015, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
More than half are in states with statutes or constitutional amendments prohibiting marriage equality, it said.
Married LGBTQ+ couples were also found to earn 18% more than those who hadn't married.
"Being married has improved the health and economic stability of same-sex couples and those raising kids, as it does for other married people," said Mary Bonauto, who was an attorney in the landmark 2015 Obergefell case and is now a senior director for legal rights organisation GLAD Law.
Bonauto said fears for Obergefell's survival were not "unreasonable".
"However, we are going to fight with everything we have to preserve it, and we are confident we will win," she said.
The Respect for Marriage Act, which passed in 2022, provides federal recognition to same-sex marriages, as long as they were legal in the states where they were performed.
It is intended to serve as a backstop, should Obergefell be struck down - but only protects couples who are already married.
"My concern is for the families that don't yet exist," said 35-year-old Jordan Wilson, who is director of Colage, an organisation supporting LGBTQ+ parents.
"In a lot of states, you are just not eligible to adopt if you're unmarried," said Wilson, who married his partner Cedric last year in part due to anticipation of a second Trump term.
"If you're suddenly not able to get married any more, then you might be locked out of having children."
(Reporting by Lucy Middleton; Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths.)
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