Gay wedding at mar a lago

Mar-a-Lago — the Palm Beach, Florida, resort and home of former President Donald Trump — recently hosted the same-sex wedding of an official from the Tennessee chapter of the Log Cabin. NBC News Logo. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. They are one of many gay couples in recent weeks who are rushing to get married, start fertility treatments and take other measures out of fear that some of their rights might be rescinded during a second Trump administration.

Congress and the Biden administration enacted the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act in to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages under federal law. The event was described as stunning and beyond their wildest dreams. Hodges, which made state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

But things changed, they said, once Donald Trump was re-elected. A couple, John Sullivan and Dan Medora, had their dream wedding at Mar-a-Lago, approved by former President Donald Trump and his team. Thomas again expressed an interest in overturning Obergefell in his concurring opinion in the decision to overturn Roe.

Trump himself has not indicated that he intends to do so. Trump has hosted Log Cabin Republicans national events in the past at Mar-a-Lago which have drawn scorn from social conservative who want the GOP to push for bans on LGBTQ rights and marriage equality. The nuptials took place between two men, at least one of whom is.

He banned transgender Americans from enlisting in the U. Bonauto pointed to safeguards lawmakers have put in place to protect same-sex marriage in the event that the high court decides to rescind Obergefell. After hearing from concerned clients, some wedding venues, photographers and planners have begun offering free or discounted services to same-sex couples before Inauguration Day.

The number of participating businesses in the New England-area swelled to over within days of posting about the effort on Instagram. After being together more than three years, they were already scheduled to marry next October. How the hell did we even get here?

Donald Trump gave his approval to a same-sex wedding ceremony taking place at his Florida mansion, Mar-a-Lago, last Friday. Wade in , unraveling half a century of legal precedent, the Supreme Court will rescind their right to marry next. A same-sex wedding between two men — one of whom is a senior official with a national pro-LGBT conservative group — was held this weekend at the resort that is also the residence of former President Donald Trump.

Several states have also taken up measures in recent years to protect same-sex marriage, either by enshrining the right into state constitutions or by striking down defunct laws that once prohibited same-sex marriage. Matt Woodruff, 35, and his boyfriend are worried that a second Trump administration may infringe upon their ability to become parents.

Search Search. Profile My News Sign Out. John Sullivan, vice chair and treasurer of the Tennessee Log Cabin Republicans and his husband Dan Medora, got married at Mar-a-Lago on February 23, according to an Instagram post from the. Thursday night’s Log Cabin Republicans’ “Spirit of Lincoln” gala in the main ballroom of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago beachfront club was a joyous celebration of gay rights and — in a case of.

Skip to Content. Those concerns were stoked in when Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued blistering rebukes of Obergefell and signaled that they would be open to reversing it. But during his first administration, Trump did enact policies that advocates say harmed LGBTQ people as a whole and particularly transgender Americans.

On Friday, Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and club hosted a gay wedding. Before then, 37 states and U. But some gay couples say they fear that after it overturned Roe v. In recent weeks, he and his partner met with a fertility center over Zoom to get preliminary information about IVF.

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