Supreme Court Will Begin Hearing Arguments On Same Sex Marriage Today
LatestTwo and a half hours of oral arguments regarding same-sex marriage will occur at the Supreme Court today, reports BuzzFeed. Anticipation for this historic moment has been building since last November, and people have been waiting in line for seats since last week. Inside, they’ll watch as two questions are discussed.
1. Does the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment require states to license a marriage between two people of the same sex?
2. Does the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment require states to recognize the marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed elsewhere?
The 14th Amendment is the one that gives all Americans equal protection under the law. Remember that one? Some people believe it’s a clear indication that same-sex marriage bans are “arbitrary” and that it should be legal nationwide. Others, like Marco Rubio, don’t exactly agree. The Hill reported on the presidential candidate’s, uh, passionate dismissal of today’s arguments.
“It doesn’t exist. There is no federal constitutional right to same sex-marriage. There isn’t such a right,” the 2016 hopeful said during an interview this weekend with Christian Broadcasting Network’s The Brody File. “You would have to really have a ridiculous and absurd reading of the U.S. Constitution to reach the conclusion that people have a right to marry someone of the same sex.”
Let’s revisit the 14th Amendment for a second, shall we?