Justice Department to Soon Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Marriage Equality
Up until now, the Supreme Court has not recognized a nationwide right of gay couples to marry.
The court reached two important decisions last year on gay marriage. The first refused to consider an appeal of a lower court decision striking down Prop 8 in California. By doing this, the Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in California.
Eric HolderThe second decision, US v Windsor, did not recognize gay marriage nationwide, but with its incredibly broad language, in essence made it nearly impossible for any lower court to rule otherwise. I believe the court did this intentionally, to ensure that gay marriage arrives slowly, on cat feet, court by court, state by state, in order to make it feel common, unthreatening, and inevitable.
But now, the Obama administration is willing, apparently, to go the next step and push the Supreme Court to rule in favor of gay marriage nationwide. Though we find out the news via a press release from the Human Rights Campaign that isn’t terribly clear. The release is below, and here’s the salient line:
Much more here:
http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/justice-department-to-soon-ask-supreme-court-to-uphold-marriage-equality
http://americablog.com/2014/09/breaking-obama-admin-may-urge-sup-ct-recognize-gay-marriage-nationwide.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americablog+%28AMERICAblog+News+%29
