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Civics 101

Is same-sex marriage in legal peril?

Civics 101

NHPR

Society & Culture, Government, History

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In 2015, the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land. However, for the first time in over five years, Kim Davis (an opponent of same-sex marriage) petitioned for a writ of certiorari to overturn Obergefell. Is there a possibility the court will revisit its finding? How does this decision compare to other recently overturned decisions like Roe v Wade? And is even talking about this a problem in itself?? Talking us through the situation and possible scenarios is Danaya Wright, Professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

10 years after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage across the United States,

0:06.2

it could now be overturned. Senior Washington correspondent, Devin, is on the story for us.

0:11.6

All right, give us the deal, Devin. Who is actually asking the justices to overturn this?

0:19.3

You're listening to Civics 101.

0:21.1

I'm Nick Cappadice.

0:22.1

I'm Hannah McCarthy.

0:23.1

And today we are talking about a Supreme Court case.

0:25.6

We have talked about before the 2015 decision that made marriage marriage, Obergefell v. Hodges.

0:33.1

We're going to go to our Ari Melburgh right now, Ari.

0:35.1

I would imagine people are running behind you at the Supreme Court steps.

0:38.0

Thomas, I'm speaking to you from the Supreme Court, we have read from the bench, there is a right to marriage equality. I repeat, speaking to you from the steps, the Supreme Court, there is a right to marriage equality, read just from the bench now, waiting to get the opinions as they come running out of the court, Thomas.

0:54.9

And I wanted to talk about this case again, Hannah, because we've been here before.

1:01.8

How so?

1:02.9

Well, we have talked about a landmark Supreme Court decision in great detail, a famous right-to-privacy case,

1:10.4

and then we saw that decision get overturned.

1:13.5

Enraged abortion rights supporters say Dobbs robs women of a fundamental freedom.

1:20.7

You know, when I was making our Roe v. Wade episode four years ago, I was shocked when the guest, Mary Ziegler, said, when Roe is overturned?

1:31.7

And I say, when, not if.

1:35.4

I'd never heard someone express that with such certainty.

1:39.3

And about a year later, when the Dobbs decision came down, she was proven right.

1:43.6

Yeah.

1:44.9

But what does the overturning of Roe v. Wade have to do with Obergefell?

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