“To build public support for rolling back marriage rights, new campaigns have been repeating the claims that legal recognition of same-sex marriages may harm children or even the stability of different-sex marriages. These are some of the same concerns that were raised in the years prior to the Obergefell decision. They were groundless then, and, more than 10 years later, the data confirm these fears to be unfounded.”

There were about 1.4 million same-sex couple households in the United States in 2024 — nearly double the number in 2005 — and female same-sex couple households outnumbered male same-sex couple households, according to U.S. Census Bureau data now available in easy-to-read tables and graphics.

“Most Americans see the ways that marriage has helped couples take care of each other, build stability for their families and plan for the future – or they’ve adopted a 'live and let live' approach,” Marc Solomon writes in this op-ed.

“The only thing that has changed since Obergefell was decided is that people across the country have seen how marriage equality provides protection for families and children, and that protection strengthens communities, the economy and our society,” said Mary Bonauto.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett told the New York Times’s Ross Douthat the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage decision generated “concrete reliance interests,” a factor courts traditionally consider when determining whether to overturn precedent.

“Marriage equality advocates say there’s an urgent need to overturn the legacy ban as civil rights come under threat.”

“Obergefell has been easy to implement. It has been positive for couples. It has not resulted in litigation. And it’s widely supported across demographics, including Republicans.”

In this op-ed, Mary Bonauto and Marc Solomon write, “We have two decades of evidence that marriage equality has helped millions of people across America.”

“It’s been transformative for so many people to be able to have a family that is recognized as a family under law,” said Mary Bonauto, who argued in favor of marriage equality before the Supreme Court and is senior director of civil rights and legal strategies at GLAD Law in Boston.

Ten years ago, my name was one of the two associated with one of the most significant Supreme Court cases in modern history: Obergefell v. Hodges. The outcome granted same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide, transforming the lives of so many in a deeply personal and profoundly legal way.

On the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationally, supporters say they are secure but also wary and watchful.