Cases for same sex marriage legalization will be heard by the supreme court, according to a New York Times article dated Dec. 7. After months of claiming they would not join the national debate, it almost seems as if the supreme court has to know that gay marriage has been legalized in nine states throughout the country. If the case is passed then it would be legal on a federal level. Two of the cases going before the supreme court could be game changers as one will federally challenge a law that requires the government to deny benefits to same sex couples. Another case would establish or deny a constitutional right to marry regardless of sexual orientation.
The country is obviously divided on this topic as more religious groups think that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Most of America believes in "love equality" and feel that anyone should have the right to love and marry whomever they want or they simply don't care. Regardless of how things play out, this will be a federally groundbreaking case even to just be heard.
So far, there is no word as to whether the supreme court will force the hand of all states to allow marriage equality or if they will allow each state to choose if they want to legalize same sex marriage or not. This would be a huge step in the right direction for the United States if they can come to an agreed upon term.
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The main question of the arguments legality being determined in the affirmative, the SC would then be required to decide whether or not, individual states would have the right to opt out of the law. Regardless of how the law reads in the SC's final ruling, the wheels of justice will finally have been put into motion, for those who have had their rights illegally suppressed for so long.
Assuming that the USSCJ does rule in favor of SSM, then, those who have so loudly and consistantly opposed SSM will no longer be able to stand in the way of another persons freedom to legally choose his or her partner in life. Further, those harboring immoral animosity and unjustifiable hate against homosexuals, will have their vitriolic diatribe of expressed arrogant mentality and prejudical bigotry, silenced by the ajudicated law of the land.