Justices Will Soon Decide Whether to Take Up Same-Sex Marriage Appeals
CNN | Justices of the Supreme Court may soon be announcing if they will hear a constitutional challenge to a federal law denying financial benefits to gay and lesbian couples.
At issue is whether guarantees of “equal protection” in the U.S. Constitution should invalidate a California law-and the separate 1996 Defense of Marriage ACT (DOMA), which defines marriage as the legal union between a man and woman.
This year the Obama administration announced that it believed the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court has complete discretion to frame the same-sex marriage issues as the justices see fit. The court could determine whether a fundamental right is at stake, potentially striking down the laws of some states allowing only ‘traditional’ marriages.
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