What was the same-sex marriage case that was decided by the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court issued its ruling on the case of of Obergefell v. Hodges , which is consolidated with three other cases—Tanco v. Haslam (Tennessee); DeBoer v. Snyder (Michigan); Bourke v. Beshear (Kentucky). These cases challenged two issues concerning whether the Fourteenth Amendment must guarantee the right for same-sex couples to marry. What issues was the court asked to decide? The two issues that were answered in this case are: 1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state? These are known as the “marriage” and “recognition” questions, respectively. The Court answered both in the affirmative. What did the Court rule? The Court ruled the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recogni...