Unit 4: Institutions of the Gov't
http://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-courts-gay-marriage-case-could-rock-2016-2015-4
The United States Supreme Court
is taking on a federal
question case on whether or not bans against same-sex marriage in states
are constitutional. Same-sex marriage is
recognized in over half of the states in the United States with a quite large
population of citizens considering themselves attracted to the same sex. The Supreme Court is set to discuss same-sex
marriage constitutionality in mid June. With
a large amount of the population is becoming more accepting and open-minded of
LGBT-equality, causing politicians to change or flip-flop views on homosexual
marriage, and changing the course the 2016 election is going to take. Several cases have been brought to the
attention of the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of bans and legality
of same-sex marriage so the Supreme Court is finally addressing the issue this
year. Thirty-seven states have approved
same-sex marriages including Pennsylvania, New York, New Mexico, and
Alaska. Thirteen states have enacted
bans on same-sex marriages including Georgia, South Dakota, Tennessee, and
Ohio.
It is not
difficult to see the path same-sex marriage is taking. It will be quite unexpected if the Supreme
Court were to go and declare bans on same-sex marriage constitutional and the
whole aspect of the marriages unconstitutional.
Judicial philosophy
suggests that if one justice were to vote in favor of same-sex marriage then
none of the others would want to go down in the history books as the one or two
judge(s) to vote against the marriages.
I am quite hopeful that same-sex marriage will be prevalent the day, as
the Supreme Court rules in favor of it.
As for the election of 2016, it would not surprise me either if American
elected a president such as Hillary, with the democratic shift and liberal
views dominating current issues in the government.
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