A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same

WASHINGTON — Gay Americans celebrated a decade ago when the Supreme Court established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in a landmark decision.

But the community was shaken several years later when the court’s conservative majority eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, showing its willingness to revisit long-standing precedent. Justice Clarence Thomas used a concurring opinion in the abortion case to urge reconsideration of Obergefell v. Hodges, the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

Those concerns have turned recently to near panic as the Trump administration has been targeting programs and funding for the LGBTQ+ community, and prominent Democrats have warned that marriage rights for gay people may be at risk. Now, the justices are considering wheth