Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, Slammed as 'Homophobes' at VMAs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Obergefell held that same-sex couples had the constitutional right to marry.
46% : The legislation would formally repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a 1996 law that defined marriage as the union between one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to accept same-sex marriages recognized under other states' laws.
44% : Griswold held that married couples had a constitutional right to purchase and use contraceptives without government interference.
38% : On Aug. 7, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), said U.S. states, and not the federal government, should decide whether same-sex marriage should be legally recognized, as The Epoch Times previously reported.
34% : In addition to 2015's Obergefell, the 5-4 ruling that held that the 14th Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriage, the court held 6-3 in 2020 in Bostock v. Clayton County that employees can't be fired from their jobs because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
31% : Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has also said states should have the right to decide on the issue of same-sex marriage.
29% : After then-President Bill Clinton signed DOMA, about 40 states banned same-sex marriage.

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