Pa. lawmaker opposed same-sex marriage, then went to gay son's wedding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In addition to protecting same-sex marriages, the Respect for Marriage Act would also enshrine the right for interracial couples to marry, something that's protected by the Court's 1967 ruling in Loving v. Virginia.
54% : On June 26, 2015, the day the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Obergefell, Thompson's reaction to the news suggested there was a gap between what he believed and what he thought was good public policy. "Regardless of my personal beliefs and my continued support for states' rights, today's ruling must be followed by adequate Congressional oversight in order to assure that federal protections the Supreme Court has granted to same-sex couples does not infringe upon the religious liberties of others," he said in a statement to PennLive.com.
53% : Most Americans support same-sex marriage.
50% : "As we know from the Dobbs decision, one of the things that we saw from [Thomas] is that they are looking to go further, whether it's privacy, contraception or marriage equality," she said.
48% : Last week, Marquette Law School released a poll showing that two-thirds of respondents back the Supreme Court's decision that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.
45% : "In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell," Thomas wrote, referring to rulings that established rights to contraception, same-sex relationships and marriage equality, respectively.
44% : Congressional Democrats are pushing the legislation in response to the Supreme Court last month overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that for nearly a half-century guaranteed women the right to abortion.
43% : Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., last week voted against federal legislation that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages.
43% : At the moment, the Supreme Court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges bars states from banning same-sex marriages.
25% : Earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the Supreme Court was "clearly wrong" when it guaranteed the right to same-sex marriage with Obergefell, which he said "ignored two centuries of our nation's history," the Dallas Morning News reported.

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