concurring opinion when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade is sounding alarm bells for LGBT rights advocates. It should.
At protests across the United States, signs warned “they won’t stop at Roe.”Thomas called on the court to “revisit” other decisions based on a constitutional right to privacy.
Among these are Griswold v. Connecticut, which recognized a constitutional right to marital privacy; Lawrence v. Texas, which recognized the right to engage in same-sex conduct in private; and Obergefell v.
Hodges, which recognized the right of same-sex couples to marry.But Justice Thomas’ concurrence isn’t the only reason that LGBT people should care about the Dobbs v.