[andyjohnson0]

What do you think "they" should have done?

This was all discussed at the time: the campaign against his appointment was far from just being "inside Mozilla". And "what they perceived as their rights" are now actual civil and legal rights because US society decided that was the right thing to do.

[HideousKojima]

You mean because five unelected judges decided

[pxc]

That's a good point— gay rights are pretty precariously situated and it seems a bit premature to celebrate their status as set in stone at this point.

But Democrats who run in elections and appoint judges seem to generally like being able to point to the courts as a risk, and show little interest in legally bolstering civil rights when they have the power to, so it'll probably stay as it is... until it doesn't, just like with Roe and Casey.

[sciurus]

Sounds like you may have missed some developments, like the Respect for Marriage Act in passed in 2022.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-expected-pass-b...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404