Like many brides, Yara Damachina was tense on her wedding day.
Enthusiastic, but nervous. You were never looking for the limelight or competing to be the center of attention. But when she saw her wife, Eliana, everything else-people, the camera, the nerves-fell.
“I just looked at her,” Yara says, describing the moment when she walked in the corridor. “I haven’t seen even anyone there, to be honest. I felt only me and her.”
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ObergeFell v. Hodges, the case of the Supreme Court, the teacher who found a constitutional right in gay marriage, is 10 in June. More than two -thirds of Americans constantly support equality in marriage. But one of the lawyers who argued that the case is similar to the right to “divide a screen” in the Trump era.
Damachinas says they love each other deeply. However, their decision to marry more than dedication came. They are concerned that they may lose their right to marry under Trump’s management.
Other husbands of the same sex make decisions similar to legitimacy to their partnership based on what they describe around the clock.
ObergeFell v. Hodges, the case of the Supreme Court, the teacher who found a constitutional right to gay marriage, is 10 years old in June. As the anniversary approaches, the rights of the LGBTQ+ spouses feel the branching. Gay marriage has widespread support for Americans, and at the same time feels that he can be on a shaky land.
Marie Bonoto, the lawyer who argued the case of Obergville, is similar to monitoring the legal status of gay marriage to see a “divided screen”. On the one hand, equality in marriage is protected through a long list of courts that support the right to marry. On the other hand, “the rules that we considered on how our society and our values work are during the era of President Donald Trump, she says.
President Trump did not suggest that he supports an attempt to cancel the ruling. But this year, the Republicans in At least six states Mandates urging the Supreme Court to review ObergeFell. Decisions are symbolic, but send a clear signal, as both supporters and critics say.
“It is a strong statement to the legislators,” said Brian Caminker, founder of Massrestance, who worked to help legislators for the Republican Party. Salt Lake Tribune.
Since 2017, more than 2 out of 3 Americans have supported the right of husbands from LGBTQ+ to marry, according to Gallup. This number was slightly more than 1 out of 4 when Gallup asked the question for the first time in 1996. The change in support was one of the largest cultural transformations in the United States in the twenty -first century.
But couples of the same sex refer to the conservative Supreme Court designed by President Trump, as well as his return to the White House, as sources of interest to their rights. The Supreme Court judge has written at least his desire to reconsider ObergeFell.
When the Supreme Court canceled the ROE V. Wade in 2022, Judge Clarence Thomas specifically dedicated ObergeFell in Consensus. “In future cases, we must reconsider all the precedents of the legal procedures due in this court,” Judge Thomas wrote, not only Ubergville, but also the decisions that create that husbands of the same sex have the right to privacy in the bedroom and that married couples have the right to buy offspring.
While Edaho’s house approved the decision of Ubergville, the Senate in North Dakota prohibited one there after he passed his house, and the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives announced his dead copy of the committee. In other three states this year, lawmakers have proposed bills for establishing the “Covenant” option, which is known as a man and a woman. Arizona, Louisiana and Arkansas already have the marriage of the Covenant, making divorce more difficult.
At the same time, husbands do not wait for the same sex.
Collective reds and follow -up wedding parties
Loreta Jae, an administrative member of JPUS, a judge of the Peace Organization that serves six states, says her officers saw a rush from couples looking to marry before President Trump opened on January 20. JPUS survey Among the public employees, most of them in New England, have been 31 % in early spring than increasing the number of husbands of the same sex who seek marriage. About 56 % of the respondents said that LGBTQ customers+ cited the political or social climate as a cause of marriage. Officials stated that some customers raised the wedding plans that were months away because they were concerned that they would lose their right to marry.
Books & More, a feminist and non -profit library in Decatur, Georgia, hosted a collective event for LGBTQ+ before opening day. Er Anderson, CEO of her non -profit arm, says the idea was motivated by the desire to help people LGBTQ+ in his community who were afraid.
“What is the way we can show care for our society, do something proactive and enjoyable, and this type of focus on calm only?” Mr. Anderson says he asked himself. At least similar events Four others The states – Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New York have confirmed the feeling of urgency among gay people, as well as societies’ willingness to meet and assist.
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While they are rushing to build a life together, Damachinas bowed hard on each other – and on a society that was more than willing to put his hand. In Olympic, they were a wedding place in Pepodi, Massachusetts, and one of more 100 wedding seller in New England is lining up to help couples LGBTQ+ marry in the Trump era. Many provide cost services, or in the case of Olympic, allowing couples to use their place for free.
“It seems that we are not alone, like the presence of people here to help,” says Yara. When Sarah Narcus, the owner of Olyo, sent a list of other sellers who provide their services to LGBTQ+, the extent of their generosity moved Yara to crying. “I brought a little light in all this darkness.”
Why ObergeFell is different from ROE
“We are preparing every day for someone to try to get rid of things,” says Ms. Bonoto, a lawyer at Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders. “I understand why people feel anxious.”
However, ObergeFell “can be legally distinguished from ROE versus WAD” due to the equal protection requirement for Fourteenth modificationLos Angeles, Los Angeles, says Los Angeles. This primary part of the constitution, which prohibits depriving anyone of “equal protection of laws”, was not a great factor in the court’s decision that overturns ROE. But that will constitute a major obstacle to anyone seeking to challenge Obergville, according to Mr. Celes.
The importance of marriage for judgment is another protection. Marriage plays an important role in issues such as taxes, insurance, medical care and parents’ rights. Mrs. Bonoto says the courts may hate undermining a legal institution that many people are planning their lives.
In addition, the cancellation of ObergeFell will not end equality throughout the country. the Respect for the law of marriageAnd, which was approved by Congress in a vote from the two parties in 2022 and was signed in a law by President Joe Biden, requires the states and the federal government to recognize marriage as valid as long as it was legal as it was implemented. Still, a 2022 POYNTER Analysis I found that more than 25 states have laws that prohibit gay marriage that would come into effect if Ober fafell was canceled. Virginia and Oregon are two states looking to amend their laws to protect gay marriage.
However, marriage rights have lost the same sexual freedoms in the court in the contract since Obergville became law. Two cases from the United States Supreme Court said -303 Creative LLC V. Elenis, Cakeshop Committee against Colorado Civil Rights-Business owners can reject spouses of the same sex if they contradict their sincere religious beliefs.
“What does community support mean?”
Damachinas met a little more than a year ago, in a shared friend shower. It didn’t take a long time until they fell to each other.
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They took advantage of the well of love and confidence to keep them standing on his feet in a political climate, in his opinion, he is hostile. “We are Latina; we are women; we are anomalous.” “All the things that [Mr. Trump’s] Against, just who we are.
So when they learned that he would be president again, they acted quickly. They rushed by planning wedding parties that are usually done over months, and skipping traditions such as participation and wedding parties.
Damachinas expresses a sense of gratitude to Mrs. Narcus, the owner of the wedding place. They say it helped even make a rush to feel privacy. Between November 2024 and January 2025, Olio 14 hosted the free credit for LGBTQ+. For her part, Mrs. Narkos says to serve all members of her community – regardless of their background – is the heart of her work.
She says, “You have to be already in front of her, talking about her,” what does society mean? “You have to say that, and you have to show it.”
There are things that Damachinas wants to test. Yara says she wishes that she has achieved her life for life to shop with her mother who lives in Brazil. Elya hopes that you have invited more of their friends and family. Both say that their dreams were different.
But at the present time, a one -hour party on a snowy day in February, which was attended by their closest friends and family, is enough. Today, Damachinas focuses more on the future. They recently bought a house and are keen to start a family. They are considering planning a larger wedding in Brazil, so that more Yara family can attend.
“Regardless of how this happens, all this tension, at the end of the day, we are very happy,” says Eliana. Yara tears with her wife’s words. “Don’t change the result. I got married to my favorite personality in the world.”
