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.