That explainer about the same-sex marriage law passed this week lays out the nuances in the bill that makes it all a little bit less of a slam dunk for LGBTQ rights than we are being led to believe. Essentially, what they did was overturn the odious Defense of Marriage Act which allowed states not to recognize same sex and interracial marriages from other states. The Court had already banned it but this law needed to be removed from the books in order to prevent this new majority from overturning their previous ruling as they did with Roe this year and having that law still in place. But it doesn’t “codify” same sex marriage because congress doesn’t have the power to do that. It’s a state thing so if the MAGA majority decided to overturn Obergefell, it would “go back to the states” just like Roe did and some states have laws on the books banning same sex marriage or they could pass new ones.
Anyway, that little video lays it all out well.
No one should rest on their laurels. We are dealing with a far right supreme court majority that could easily overturn anything. They clearly care nothing for precedent. As we know, they are heavily influenced by right wing media and religious extremists who systematically infiltrate their social circle so don’t assume that it can’t happen. I would hope that people would be working at the state level to get those laws off the books just in case. There’s no sense in making it easy for them.