Supreme Court Decisn: Gay Marriage is Legal All 50 Stat - Ellsworth Fay Law

Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• SUPREME COURT DECISN: GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL ALL 50 STAT
• WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?

GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]

In a landmark cisn, the ne jtic of the US Supreme Court led that the US Constutn guarante marriage as a right for all, cludg gay and lbian upl. Wrg for the urt, Jtice Kennedy said gay and lbian upl have a fundamental right to marry: “no unn is more profound than marriage, for embodi the hight ials of love, fily, votn, sacrifice, and fay, ” he wrote. Comparg that evolutn to society's views of gays and lbians, Kennedy noted that for years, "a tthful claratn by same-sex upl of what was their hearts had to rema unspoken.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

Gay and lbian upl now have the right to marry, jt like anyone else. Together, they volve a dozen upl who challenged same-sex marriage bans Oh, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennsee — the only stat wh bans on marriage between gay and lbian upl that had been staed by a feral appeals urt.

SUPREME COURT DECISN: GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL ALL 50 STAT

Before Friday's lg, gay marriage had already been ma legal 37 stat and the District of Columbia — by eher legislative or voter actn or by feral urts that overturned state' bans. As NPR's Na Totenberg reported when the Supreme Court heard the current se back April, nservative jtic had poted qutns for the attorneys: "Jtice Slia asked whether misters would be able to refe to marry two gay men. He said, but that uld happen — uld happen that a mister would be forced to marry two gay men, vlatn of his beliefs.

"Jtice Alo asked, well then why not marry four gay men together?

WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?

The urt noted the change thkg, statg: "Well to the 20th century, many Stat nmned same-sex timacy as immoral, and homosexualy was treated as an illns.