Gay marriage supreme court vote count. Since 2014 the year before the us. Last monday the us. Since 2014 the year before the us.
There is considerable conversation on all sides of the issue surrounding a 6 3 supreme court decision today recognizing gay andor transgender persons as being protected by the 1964 civil rights act under the definition of sex. 644 2015 oberefl oh ber ge fel is a landmark civil rights case in which the supreme court of the united states ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same sex couples by both the due process clause and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the united states constitution. The countrys views of same sex marriage have transformed since 2004 when massachusetts became the first state to allow gay couples to wed.
Today the constitutional right announced by five justices on june 26 2015 has become old hat. Supreme court settled the gay marriage issue in utah oklahoma and virginia along with wisconsin and indiana when it announced justices would not hear appeals in federal. On june 26 2015 the court ruled by a 5 4 vote that the fourteenth amendmentobliges states to license same sex marriages and to recognize same sex marriages from other states.
Twelve years later by a 5 4 vote the high court made it 50 states. Posted on june 15 2020 by sundance. Supreme court legalized same sex marriage across the us the number of married same sex households has increased by almost 70 rising to 568110 couples.
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