preview

Legalization Of Same Sex Marriage

Better Essays

In the summer of 2015 the U.S supreme court ruled in favor to legalize same-sex marriage in all the fifty states .This was a huge change in the world and this difference was made because of popular case which is called the Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). This very important case involved “14 same-sex couples and two men whose same-sex partners are deceased” in this case the couples argued that the “state officials violated [their] 14th amendment by denying them the right to marry or to have marriages lawfully performed in another state given full recognition and also violated their equal protection Clause.” The supreme court ruled in favor for this case because in the 14th Amendment it clearly declares that all people should have “equal protection under the law”, regardless of race, ethnicity, or sexuality.(source 2, pg.1)
The supreme court also appealed the Sixth Circuit reversed and had all states recognize same-sex marriage. Based on this information I will be conducting a research on why the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and why it should also include same sex-marriage. In order for me to thoroughly accomplish this paper, I will be examining the details from this case, and reviewing the final decision as well as the 14h amendment to be able to get really valuable information and to also be able to use it to prove my point and make it very clear to the audience.I will also be explaining how this issue is very important to society and how the

Get Access