The Supreme Court struck down marriage bans nationwide Friday in a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the fourth landmark ruling advancing LGBT rights he has written.
In the decision, the justices affirmed that same-sex couples can indeed marry in every state in the union.
The case, Obergefell v. Hodges, centered on legal challenges on behalf of lesbian and gay individuals from four states in the Sixth Circuit who sought the same constitutional guarantees afforded to different-sex couples couples who unite their lives in marriage.
The decision follows public opinion, with severalrecent polls showing that about 60 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage rights.
has to make you wonder is this a beginning or a flash in the pan i'm going with the former i think the legacy implications might have a lot to do with even one coming over to the peoples side and respecting their majority opinions on what they feel is right and should be law, still no kudo's making decisions that consider the peoples needs and feelings instead of just what they think the law means is the way to go it was a deciding factor in the ObamaCares decision what the Dem congress intended not what a word could be misconstrued as
these decisions are wins for the people Pres. too just doing his job the peoples work, while republicans vow to fight on with their obstruction attempts flipping the people and their work the birdie. remember Nov. 4th 2016
these decisions are wins for the people Pres. too just doing his job the peoples work, while republicans vow to fight on with their obstruction attempts flipping the people and their work the birdie. remember Nov. 4th 2016
