Abortion, with some limits, was federally protected.
WAS being the operative word.
It was not entrenched in our culture , was not part of the Constitution, had no legislative background, and, of course, resulted in the destruction of a life or potential life.
Same sex marriage is no more entrenched in our culture than abortion was/is and perhaps less so.
Laughably stupid. Abortion was never entrenched in our culture before Roe, instead it was outlawed. Still it was moving to acceptance and gaining ground in the States. TheConstitution since our Founding did not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. In 1973 Roe and Casey arrogated that authority
and created a RIGHT not found in the Constitution.
Alito for the majority in Dobbs :
We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives.Arrogated is an unusual word; it means to take without justification, implying that it is done in an arrogant way. That is the core argument of Dobbs: Roe was the court being arrogant, taking power the justices did not have, which rightly belongs with the people.
Same sex marriage was ruled protected by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
Unlike abortion it affects consenting adults and there is no serious effort to overturn it. Nor will there be.
It is now an accepted part of our culture.