The farthest right-leaning Republicans are openly returning to their anti-LGBTQ+ platform as the overturning of Roe v. Wade has opened the door for the dismantlement of other human rights. The House Freedom Caucus came out against the “Respect for Marriage Act” on Friday, a bill that passed earlier this week that seeks to codify same-sex and interracial marriage into law.
In a statement, the House Freedom Caucus said that “the radical left has launched an all-out campaign on America’s traditional values and sacred institutions.” Adding that they believe that marriage equality “has weakened the nuclear family, attacked the norms of masculinity and femininity, and now it wants to further erode the sacred institutions of marriage.”
While the House Freedom Caucus opposes same-sex marriage, almost 50 other Republicans in the House voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which now needs 10 Republican votes in the senate to survive the fillibuster.
The dismantling of Roe v. Wade has opened the door for an attack on other Supreme Court cases that grant Americans rights based on the right to privacy. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas even went as far as to say that he believes that marriage equality and the right to contraceptives should be revised by the Supreme Court next.