Gay Marriage In The U.S.A Is Unconstitutional – Justice John G. Roberts
Chief Justice John G. Roberts and other anti-gay marriage advocacy groups in the United States are saying it is unconstitutional for the Supreme Court to rule on Friday, June 26, 2015, that gay marriage is legal nationwide.
According to BBC, Chief Justice M. Kennedy wrote that “No linger may this liberty be denied…no union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of Love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family.” The plaintiffs asked “for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The constitution grants them that right,” but Chief Justice John Roberts said the constitution had nothing to say on the subject of same-sex marriage.
“Do not celebrate the constitution. it had nothing to do with it”
Again, a lawyer for an anti-gay marriage advocacy group, Kellie Fiedorek, maintains that the decision “ignored the voices of thousands of Americans.” Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee called it “an out of control act of constitution, judicial tyranny;” and Christian conservatives condemned the decision.
In furtherance of that, Justice Antonim Scalia in a similar fashion, mocks the declaration of Justice Kennedy. “The opinion is couched as its content is egostistic”. He describes his colleagues work as “of course, the opinion’s showy profundities are often profoundly incoherent.”
On June 26, 2015, the United States Of America become the twenty-first and most populous country to legalize same-sex or gay marriage following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The court ruled that the denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
According to a news report by NY Times, married gay couples will now enjoy the same legal rights and benefits as married heterosexual couples and will be recognized on official documents such as birth and death certificates.
Thousands of same sex couples supporters thronged the premises of the Supreme Court to celebrate the ruling, proudly waving rainbow flags and banners with the Human Right Campaign’s equal sign, which have come to represent the gay rights movement.
In 2012, the High Court struck down a federal anti-sex marriage law. The first state to allow same-sex marriage was Massachusetts, which granted the right in 2004.
Starting 2003, various lower court decisions, state legislation, and popular referendums had already legalized same-sex marriage to some degree in 37 out of 50 USA states, in one USA territory and in the District of Columbia. Federal benefits were previously extended to lawfully married same-sex couples following the Supreme Court’s June 2013 decision in United States v. Winsor.
The 13 states which continue to ban same-sex marriage until the ruling include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas. Officials in Mississippi and Louisiana said marriages had to wait until procedural issues were addressed.
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