North Dakota Senate Rejects Resolution to Challenge Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
The proposed measure, which failed in a bipartisan vote, sought to urge the Supreme Court to overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
- North Dakota's Senate voted 31-16 against a resolution that would have encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
- The resolution, introduced by Republican lawmakers, passed the state House in February but faced bipartisan opposition in the Senate, including from at least two dozen Republicans.
- If passed, North Dakota would have been the first state to formally request the Supreme Court revisit the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which marks its 10th anniversary this year.
- The resolution was backed by MassResistance, a group labeled as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate organization by GLAAD and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and opposed by LGBTQ+ advocates and civil rights groups.
- The Respect for Marriage Act, signed into law in 2022, requires states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages, even if Obergefell were overturned.