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The Respect for Marriage Act, which is on the verge of becoming federal law, is alleviating some of the concern same-sex couples have felt in recent months. “I’m sort of divided. There’s certainly a part of me that sees this as a win,” says Todd Delmay, whose marriage to husband Jeff was one of the first two same-sex marriages legally performed in Florida. “I don’t think we should celebrate too much.”
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Now that the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the right to an abortion, all bets are off when it comes to other human rights decisions. Florida LGBTQ couples fear that with the reversal of precedent in Roe v. Wade, the country's highest court could go after Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that established marriage equality in the U.S.
On Tuesday’s Jose Diaz-Balart Reports on MSNBC, correspondent Sam Brock decried Florida’s new law that would prohibit all grades third and under from discussing issues of gender identity and sexual orientation as unscientific, while asking a same-sex couple if “this is an example of just unadulterated bigotry.” Meanwhile, guest host Yasmin Vossoughian interviewed a kindergarten teacher who feared he would not be able to talk to his students about his personal life.
The controversial legislation bars discussion of sexual orientation in Florida's primary schools.
The controversial legislation bars discussion of sexual orientation in Florida's primary schools.