Hillary Clinton warns Supreme Court could overturn same-sex marriage ruling

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00:00Hillary Clinton warns the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn its landmark ruling that legalized gay marriage.

00:06She's also urging same-sex couples to get married before it happens.

00:10The former Secretary of State made the comments to Fox News host Jessica Tarloff,

00:15who co-hosts the Raging Moderates podcast alongside Scott Galloway.

00:21It took 50 years to overturn Roe v. Wade.

00:26The Supreme Court will hear a case about gay marriage.

00:28My prediction is they will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion.

00:34They will send it back to the states.

00:36Anybody in a committed relationship out there in the LGBTQ community,

00:41you ought to consider getting married because I don't think they'll undo existing marriages,

00:45but I fear that they will undo the national right.

00:48Clinton's prediction comes as the court faces a new request to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges,

00:54the 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

00:59In July, the former Kentucky County clerk, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples,

01:05Kim Davis, formally petitioned the justices to overturn the decision.

01:10Even if Obergefell were overturned, the federal government would still be required

01:14to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages under the 2022 Respect for Marriage Act.

01:21But the law does not require states to issue new marriage licenses,

01:26meaning bans in more than a dozen states could once again be enforced.

01:30The implications would mirror the fallout from the reversal of Roe v. Wade,

01:34with individual states deciding whether to allow or block same-sex marriages.

01:38Couples who live in states with bans would likely need to travel to other states to tie the knot.

01:45The Supreme Court has not indicated whether it will take up Davis' formal request,

01:49but some justices have suggested overturning the Obergefell ruling.

01:53Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, after President Trump created a conservative majority,

01:57that the court should overrule decisions that prohibit state restrictions on gay marriages,

02:03contraception, sodomy, and some private consensual sexual activities.

02:07Recent polling shows support for gay marriage falling largely along party lines,

02:12with overwhelming support among Democrats and anywhere from 41 to 56 percent support among Republicans.

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