With the Supreme Court’s overturn of the pivotal Roe v. Wade decision this past summer, the nation’s abortion rights were thrown into flux on a state-by-state basis. But those weren’t the only freedoms put in danger by the high court’s Dobbs decision.
Longstanding marital freedoms, including the rights to enter into interracial or same-sex marriages, were built upon the foundation of Roe v. Wade, and as such, the government has faced pressure in the months since to quantify and codify those marital freedoms with their own legislation.
In service of insuring existing marriages all over the country remained valid, Congress passed the Respect for Marriage Act, and while it passed relatively easily, there are some who would have liked to see those freedoms fall by the wayside as well.
Sen. Todd Young, a Republican from Indiana, found himself censured over his vote to pass the legislation. The Cass County Republican Committee officially censured Young.
“Your decision elicited feelings of anger, disbelief and even a sense of betrayal. We are not just fiscal conservatives, but social conservatives as well,” read the letter notifying Young.
While censures do indeed share the disapproval of an elected official’s colleagues and/or constituents, they carry no formal punishment.
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