On June 26th 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality for the LGBT community, sparking both a huge change in how LGBT relationships are viewed, and an enormous controversy debating the morality of equality (Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al., 2015). The phrase "morality of equality" is used in this instance because while all this judgment did was give LGBT people the right to marry any legally consenting adult, there are people who feel this equality is still somehow immoral. This feeling of immorality in relation to marriage equality is generally related to religious beliefs, and should have nothing to do with the legality of the situation.
The Obergefell vs. Hodges case was monumental for the LGBT community. The relationships of countless same-sex couples across the country were suddenly given legal legitimacy that was supposed to be on par with straight couples. I was following this case as it was being argued, because I am a member of the LGBT community myself, as are many of my friends. I remember being terrified about what it would mean for us if it wasn’t passed; it would mean even our own government didn’t see us being as important as “normal” people, and there would be nothing we could do about …show more content…
Const. amend. XIX). While uninformed people like to say that the ruling made a law saying same-sex marriage is now legal, the fact is that it actually made banning same-sex marriage illegal, and as a result same-sex marriage was nationally legalized. It’s a rather roundabout way of getting to the point, and the results are the same, but it’s an important distinction because the supreme court doesn’t have the power to make laws, only to end
The Obergefell vs. Hodges case was monumental for the LGBT community. The relationships of countless same-sex couples across the country were suddenly given legal legitimacy that was supposed to be on par with straight couples. I was following this case as it was being argued, because I am a member of the LGBT community myself, as are many of my friends. I remember being terrified about what it would mean for us if it wasn’t passed; it would mean even our own government didn’t see us being as important as “normal” people, and there would be nothing we could do about …show more content…
Const. amend. XIX). While uninformed people like to say that the ruling made a law saying same-sex marriage is now legal, the fact is that it actually made banning same-sex marriage illegal, and as a result same-sex marriage was nationally legalized. It’s a rather roundabout way of getting to the point, and the results are the same, but it’s an important distinction because the supreme court doesn’t have the power to make laws, only to end