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the defense of marriage act which is of course the law barring the federal
government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the state
unconstitutional
the supreme court ruled that today and a five to four vote
the federal statute is invalid
for no legitimate purpose
overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage enter in your those whom the
state by its marriage laws sought to protect in person good and dignity
justice anthony kennedy wrote in the majority opinion he continue quote by
seeking to displace this protection
and train those persons as living in marriage is less respected than others
the federal statute is in violation of the fifth amendment
so they ruled that uh... the fifth amendment and fourteen demanded
protection of article protection and due process
you cannot
had the federal government intervening in uh... state business at the state
determines
we won't have the marriage the federal government can have a broad sweeping
piece of legislation that says
yeah we disagree
in this particular case plaintiff t_v_ windsor is eighty four years old
she sued the federal government back to the i_r_s_
denied for a refund request for the three hundred sixty three thousand
dollars in federal estate taxes
she paid after her spouse
the aspire died in two thousand and nine
obviously
uh... a great day in america
for the simple fact that every single state from now on
that once the pass gay marriage laws
it is viewed as lage ended it by the federal government
whereas before hand it was not viewed as legitimate by the federal government
so even though particular states might have
uh... respected your marriage
you still didn't get the same
tax rates and
uh... inheritance rights for example
uh... so justice kennedy deliver the court's opinion and we're joined by
justices repeater ginsburg steven briar sonya sort of my door
aniline acadian
now that was the first case uh...
for gay rights there was another case that they had for game eric today he was
the
propping ruling
in this ruling it's a little bit more nuanced although it is still all win for
the algae bt communities to print kore
left for dead california same sex marriage ban
but the question of gay and lesbian couples constitutional right to marry
remains very much alive
by a vote of five to four the justices held and hollingsworth
verses perry that the traditional marriage activists who put proposition
eight on california's ballot in two thousand eight did not have the
constitutional authority or standing to defend the law in federal courts after
the state refused
to appeal it's lost at trial
so basically what that means is the ban was put on the ballot in past in
california
then the california court struck it down as unconstitutional
so the supreme court
refusing to hear the case means
the state court
ruling stands and gay marriage is allowed in california
the decision was a middle ground up
because they could've taken up the case and ruled that
marriage is a constitutional right under the equal protection clause
so in other words they could have taken up the case in said hey mississippi
texas kansas nebraska
sorry but you need to i do get marriages well but they didn't go that extra step
but still all were all it is a win today
and uh... so that they can marry again in california
states individual marriages and gay marriage is legal in thirteen states now
it's been legal
and thirty-seven
but those thirteen states their marriages are now viewed as legitimate
by the federal government
and it's only a matter of time it's the domino effect now
i'm telling you the the tides of history are very clear
there will come a day when gay marriage is a legal in all fifty states
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