Back in 2016, after Donald Trump was elected President, we wrote an update for the community responding to people’s fears that their marriages were under threat.
Today, we’re seeing the same concerns again. So here’s a short update on our original post. The short answer is that there is still no realistic reason to fear that existing marriages of same-sex couples will be invalidated.
The law remains as strong as it was in 2016 that if a marriage is valid when entered, it cannot be invalidated by any later change in the law.
People who are already married still should not be concerned that their marriages can be taken away. What about folks who aren’t currently married but may want to in the future?