Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that established states cannot deny same-sex couples the right to marry.Cruz long criticized the ruling, and in 2015 went so far as to say that states should ignore it.
But the specter of marriage equality disappearing rose fresh after the shock ruling from a more conservative court overruling the 1973 Roe v.
Wade decision. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who in 2015 wrote his own dissent on Obergefell, signaled the reconsideration of a number of other decisions including the marriage equality ruling and Lawrence v.
Texas (2003, which overturned anti-sodomy laws. The junior senator from Texas apparently can’t wait. On his podcast, he told co-host, Michael Knowles, that Obergefell was now vulnerable.“Obergefell, like Roe v.