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Paul Collins Jr., 2015 PEP Fellow, writes that same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court legalized nationwide in 2015, is facing resurgent hostility from Republican state lawmakers
"Efforts by state Republican lawmakers to revisit same-sex marriage bans are part of a broader assault on LGBTQ+ rights taking place in the U.S.," Collins says. "The timing of these efforts is primarily driven by two factors: Donald Trump’s second term as president and the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned the constitutional guarantee of the right to an abortion."
