Democrat Lawmakers: Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Will Help to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Washington on Sept. 19, 2020. Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images

Democrat lawmakers took to Twitter in reaction to the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s petition criticizing the Obergefell ruling on gay marriage, and to oppose the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for what Democrats called the Republican agenda to end same-sex marriage.

Obergefell v. Hodges was decided in June 2015 and established same-sex marriage throughout the United States. The ruling required all states to recognize same-sex marriage as valid and to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.