I get what you’re saying. But remember laws like DOMA that were passed not very long ago that were explicitly written to prevent states from expanding rights.

I get what you’re saying. But remember laws like DOMA that were passed not very long ago that were explicitly written to prevent states from expanding rights. And almost all recent civil rights advancements have not come from congress but the courts. Since the Civil Rights Act, the trend is that congress and the executive narrows rights and the court broadens them.