SCOTUS to Take on Same-Sex Marriage

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear four cases which challenge the state’s right to ban same-sex marriages—Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee, whose bans were upheld under the 6^th Circuit Court of Appeals, being the ones in question. It will be the second time the justices have dealt with marriage equality. The first was California’s Proposition 8 marriage amendment (dismissed due to a technicality) in 2013 which also struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. With 13 states still giving no rights to same-sex couples, the outcome, which is expected in June, could grant marriage equality nationwide and protect same-sex marriages under the U.S. Constitution.