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BumRushDaShow

(165,190 posts)
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 06:18 PM Aug 2025

Hillary Clinton: Supreme Court 'will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion'

Source: The Hill

08/19/25 1:27 PM ET


2016 Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she believes the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which effectively legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, and that unmarried same-sex couples “ought to consider” tying the knot.

“American voters, and to some extent the American media, don’t understand how many years the Republicans have been working in order to get us to this point,” Clinton told Fox News host Jessica Tarlov on Friday in a wide-ranging interview on “Raging Moderates,” the podcast Tarlov co-hosts with Scott Galloway.

“It took 50 years to overturn Roe v. Wade,” Clinton said. “The Supreme Court will hear a case about gay marriage; my prediction is they will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion — they will send it back to the states.”

“Anybody in a committed relationship out there in the LGBTQ community, you ought to consider getting married because I don’t think they’ll undo existing marriages, but I fear they will undo the national right,” she said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5459801-hillary-clinton-supreme-court-gay-marriage-abortion/

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Hillary Clinton: Supreme Court 'will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 OP
Will existing marriages be acknowledged in states that decide not to approve new ones? Ocelot II Aug 2025 #1
Under federal law yes dsc Aug 2025 #8
If it survives and SCOTUS doesn't declare it unconstitutional. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #9
did she say that on her national tour to defend democracy ala bernie? nt msongs Aug 2025 #2
What does your post mean? murielm99 Aug 2025 #16
Well, if they hate gay and lesbian people as much as they hate women, then HRC is likely correct... hlthe2b Aug 2025 #3
homophobia and misogyny are very much related Skittles Aug 2025 #11
Yes. It certainly is. hlthe2b Aug 2025 #17
Well, after all, chaos seems to be the tune of the day! n/t ReRe Aug 2025 #15
I'm so tired. 2MuchNoise Aug 2025 #4
Ditto nt berniesandersmittens Aug 2025 #5
Then JBTaurus83 Aug 2025 #6
Do we ever get to rest? Do we have to fight for the rest of our lives? 2MuchNoise Aug 2025 #7
No! And YES!!!!! We do have to fight for the rest of our lives! maxrandb Aug 2025 #18
I see this happening ..... FarPoint Aug 2025 #10
Clarence & Ginny grandpamike1 Aug 2025 #12
I fully expect that to happen LiberalArkie Aug 2025 #13
Some liberal states will become havens, just like before FakeNoose Aug 2025 #14
I'm sure if Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #19

Ocelot II

(128,846 posts)
1. Will existing marriages be acknowledged in states that decide not to approve new ones?
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 06:25 PM
Aug 2025

Will married couples have to move to "safe" states to have their marital rights recognized?

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
3. Well, if they hate gay and lesbian people as much as they hate women, then HRC is likely correct...
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 06:32 PM
Aug 2025

I would assume they would have to "grandfather in" those gay marriages that were already officially filed. They have not (yet) tried to go after those women who had an abortion prior to the overturning of Roe v Wade in those states that subsequently made abortion illegal so one might think... Then again, SCOUTUS certainly doesn't seem to care about the chaos it creates in its wake.

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
17. Yes. It certainly is.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 05:17 AM
Aug 2025

This is where I might find an insulting emoticon for SCOTUS to post, but I'm just over it. sigh...

maxrandb

(17,133 posts)
18. No! And YES!!!!! We do have to fight for the rest of our lives!
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 05:50 AM
Aug 2025

That is, if democracy matters, and we still strive to "form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,"...then yes, we have to fight for the rest of our lives.

Really, we're not being asked for much. We're not being asked to establish a beach-head while under enemy fire. We're not being asked to take a fortified hill. We're not being asked to charge across a field under heavy artillery fire.

No...NOT YET....

All we are required to do in this "lifelong" fight, is organize, tell our truth to friends, family, neighbors, fellow parishioners and coworkers ; and then get out and vote in more numbers than the MAGAts!

If we fail to "fight" in this peaceful way, and think we can take even ONE SECOND OFF from making our voices and our votes heard, then the fight will require blood and sacrifice.

Yes! We will need to "fight for the rest of our lives".

Up to us if that fight is under peaceful circumstances, or not.

VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's much easier than learning how to field strip an M1 rifle.

FarPoint

(14,482 posts)
10. I see this happening .....
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 08:40 PM
Aug 2025

This ruling will energize the MAGA base....they need something to rally round and look " correct all along" image the Supreme Court will give them..... we are not into fair and just with equal rights atmosphere in USA at this time....

Why would the Supreme Court do this? Because they are not looking at applying the Constitution/ the law...it's all about the MAGA support...No one will hold them accountable anyway....not now anyways.

Maybe such a ruling will give us the motivation to fight like hell because we already lost everything....

grandpamike1

(218 posts)
12. Clarence & Ginny
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:02 PM
Aug 2025

As Hillary said, if they do what they did with "gay marriage", then they should also do the same with "Miscegenation', and you can start with Clarence & Ginny ? How does that sound ?

FakeNoose

(40,005 posts)
14. Some liberal states will become havens, just like before
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:14 PM
Aug 2025

Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:51 PM - Edit history (1)

People with money (or social standing) will be protected because they have options.
The 'Pukes are fine with that.

Jilly_in_VA

(13,783 posts)
19. I'm sure if
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:22 AM
Aug 2025

Slimy Sammy and Clarence the Toad and probably Beer Boy have anything to say about it, she's correct. Unfortunately. And lately, Roberts has the spine of a jellyfish. With Amy Bony Carrot, you're just never sure.

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