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“ State-by-state: A frenzied few months on the same-sex marriage front ”

“ State-by-state: A frenzied few months on the same-sex marriage front ”.

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“ State-by-state: A frenzied few months on the same-sex marriage front ”

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  1. “State-by-state: A frenzied few months on the same-sex marriage front”

  2. The wave started last summer in the Supreme Court with a 5-4 vote, the high court's decision on United States v. Windsor. The federal government would now have to recognize marriages between gay and lesbian couples, but the ruling did not overturn prohibitions on such legal unions within individual states (states’ rights). Yet the prevailing opinion has proven to be momentous, especially given what's happened in its aftermath. Since Windsor, 19 states have acted -- either via their courts or their legislatures -- to legalize same-sex marriage (PA the most recent of the 19). Courts have repeatedly claimed that having one set of marriage rules for heterosexuals and another for gays and lesbians violates the 14th Amendment's assertion that no "state (can) deprive any person of life, liberty, or property; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Experts say this fast-moving wave of decisions will ultimately climax where it began, on the nation's top court -- "This will only authoritatively be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court."

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