The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear cases which will address the following questions:
1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex?
2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state?
There are currently 14 states which do not allow or recognize same-sex couples to marry: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. See a chart here.
As many of us recall back in October of 2014, The Supreme Court turned away seven same-sex marriage cases in five states, including Oklahoma. The move resulted in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals lifting its stay on gay marriage in Oklahoma making same-sex marriage legal in Oklahoma.
The Supreme Court could bring about the end of same-sex marriage bans across the country by year’s end.
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