U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Gay Marriage

The U.S. Supreme Court shall rule this year upon whether gay couples have a right to marry across all states.  A successful ruling would see gay marriage being legalized throughout the U.S. 

In an exciting development, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case pertaining to the legalization of same-sex marriages throughout the United States of America.  The Court previously struck down a U.S. law which prevented federal recognition of marriages in states allowing same-sex unions.  Following that ruling, a wave of decisions in the regional federal appeals courts ended numerous state gay marriage bands.

Thirty six states and the District of Columbia issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  However, fourteen states still maintain an absolute ban.

On January 16th the Justices agreed to take up the cases brought forward by gay and lesbian plaintiffs in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

The Supreme Court Justices will consider two related questions – whether the U.S. constitution requires states to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples and whether states must recognize such marriages performed in other states.

The case will be argued in April of this year and a decision is likely to be announced by late June.

The national LGBT* rights association LGL very much welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court to hear upon such a seminal matter.  It shall hopefully set a positive precedent for LGBT* individuals throughout the world.