Marriage equality is not the beginning and end of LGBTQ rights. Wade swipes at some of these cases, igniting fears that existing LGBTQ rights may be in the Court’s crosshairs. Further, Justice Alito’s recently leaked draft Dobbs opinion that would overturn Roe v. Slotting neatly between the tent pole summer holidays of Memorial Day and Independence Day, one might be tempted to believe that queer America has achieved some sort of immutable victory in the fight for equality.Īnd yet, despite all of this progress, not to mention years of legal battles- Obergefell, Windsor, Lawrence, Romer-full equality remains elusive. National brands, including retailers, banks, and tech companies, have embraced Pride month as part of the annual cycle of holidays and marketing campaigns. For example, a 2021 Gallup Poll shows that 70% of Americans believe that same-sex couples should be entitled to legally protected marriage rights. Public opinion on LGBTQ rights has shifted during recent years.
The Supreme Court majority is methodically laying the groundwork to unravel decades of hard-won civil rights battles, stare decisis be damned. But a new anxiety now hangs over my own wedding planning: legal impossibility. Planning a wedding is stressful, especially in our semi-post-COVID world, where the specter of another surge of illness still looms over any large event.
