Friday, January 16, 2015

BREAKING: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Constitution Requires States to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage


Kinda dying here -- never thought I'd live to see this!

The Wall Street Journal reports:
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would decide whether the U.S. Constitution gives same-sex couples the right to marry, signaling what could be the final chapter of a push by advocates to extend gay unions nationwide. The court accepted challenges to same-sex marriage bans in four states—Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee—that a federal appeals court upheld in November 2014. The ruling by the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati departed from recent decisions by other appeals courts that found same-sex couples enjoyed a right to marry under the 14th Amendment’s equal-protection and due-process provisions.
Full story HERE.

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