“We must act now to defend same sex and inter racial marriage from the bigotry and extremism in the wake of the Dobbs decision”
Members of Congress are now moving on multiple tracks to protect other privacy-related rights they now perceive as under threat
The letter comes during heightened tension between the Court & Congress who have accused it of threatening rights of certain groups
Hearing was wide-ranging on issues in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, including marriage, contraception & intimacy for same-sex couples
Lori Lightfoot in 2019 became the first Black lesbian woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, the nation's third largest
Clinton cautioned that Thomas was also sending a signal to attack same-sex marriage, sodomy and contraception
Pelosi suggested such legislation in a “Dear Colleague” letter on Monday to fellow members of the House Democratic caucus
“For a country about personal rights, we’re doing an awful lot right now to limit women’s ability to do what they want with their body”
Thomas called for the high court to “reconsider” previous decisions overturning state sodomy laws and legalizing same-sex marriage
“Clela was so far ahead of the country on this issue that it took the United States Supreme Court 40 years to catch up”
