Conservatives target same-sex Obergefell marriage ruling as next legal fight at NatCon

Published September 4, 2025 3:46pm ET



Conservatives are setting their sights on undoing Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, a push that took center stage at this week’s National Conservatism Conference.

On Wednesday night, that effort was showcased in a panel titled Overturn Obergefell, moderated by First Things editor R. R. Reno and featuring attorney Jeff Shafer, former Trump legal adviser John Eastman, Rabbi Ilan Feldman, and Katy Faust, founder of the child-advocacy nonprofit group Them Before Us

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