If the Supreme Court were to rule that marriage is a fundamental right, under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, that would mean?
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No state may distinguish between marriage and heterosexual marriage because that would effectively create invidious distinctions. This is 100% answer
I agree.
I read something today that many of us hadn't thought about. A couple is raising 4 children. However, since the state of New York doesn't recognize marriage, the couple cannot adopt children. So two of the children have been adopted by one partner and the other two children adopted by the other partner. If something should happen to one of the mothers, the other two children would have no legal parent.
I read something today that many of us hadn't thought about. A couple is raising 4 children. However, since the state of New York doesn't recognize marriage, the couple cannot adopt children. So two of the children have been adopted by one partner and the other two children adopted by the other partner. If something should happen to one of the mothers, the other two children would have no legal parent.