Same-Sex Marriage Rights

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/06/politics/gay-marriage-2014/

This article is about the Supreme Court's decision on Monday about same-sex marriage. They would not hear the cases about maintaining same-sex marriage bans in some states. Because of this, the states of Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and Indiana have now cleared the way for legalizing gay marriage. North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming also had their bans struck down. This means there are now 30 states that permit civil marriage compared to the 19 states that did so before the Supreme Court meeting.

In my opinion, civil marriage should be legal in all states. It is not fair that same-sex couples can't
have the same marriage rights shared by heterosexual couples. They should be allowed to publicly celebrate their commitment in the same way as couples between a man and a woman do. Also,

legalizing gay marriage will not harm "family values” and not allowing it is unconstitutional discrimination.

This article relates to our class for a couple reasons. It discusses the rule of the Supreme Court in these situations. It also talks about how states can make their own laws, but the Supreme Court can say that law is unconstitutional.