Is Gay Marriage Safe – For Now At Least?

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🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act this week in a flashy White House Ceremony that included performances by pop stars Sam Smith and Cyndi Lauper. The president called deciding who to marry “one of the most profound decisions a person can make.” But marriage equality has had a relatively short history in America. Gay marriage was legalized less than a decade ago and has come under attack this year with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas indicating that it could be ruled unconstitutional in the future. We talk about the state of marriage equality in America and other rights the LGBTQ+ community continues to strive for. Guests: Andreana Clay, professor and chair, Department of Sociology and Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University. Katherine Franke, professor of law and director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.5	Just 20 years ago, gay people could not get married in the United States.
0:55.8	The shift to supporting same-sex marriage is one of the biggest, fastest changes in public
0:59.7	opinion on record.
1:01.2	Just 27% of Americans supported gay marriage in 1996.
1:04.8	There wasn't majority support until 2012.
1:07.6	Now more than 70% of Americans support marriage equality. Despite that, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has openly signaled that same-sex
1:15.0	marriage could be legally imperiled, and Congress responded by passing the respect for
1:19.6	marriage act this week.
1:21.3	But, amidst the political wrangling, is it possible that some of the queer community's more
1:25.7	radical ideas about changing or even dismantling the institution of marriage have been lost?
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