Gay Marriage

A news item from June highlighted how some of the States are passing into law acts which allow same-sex couples to marry, without the federal government stepping in.

While more and more Americans approve of the idea, it remains a politically sensitive area. Plenty of information on this

page of Wikipedia.

The graph comes from this blog post on the NY Times.

This posting from the Supreme Court blog (not written by the justices I may add) discusses the cases working their way up the judicial system (Perry v. Schwarzenegger & Windsor v. US) and some of the core implications which they raise:

States power, marriage, and religious freedom (as enshrined in the 1st Amendment) to name but 3.

Perhaps most importantly for A2 G&P students is that the piece predicts that the Supreme Court will have to look at the issue because of the important constitutional issues it raises.