Same Sex Marriage Legislation

Same-sex marriages has been an acceptable practice since 2001 when Netherlands and although not very well known it has been an accepted practice in a few U.S. states as early as 1975 when a Boulder, Colorado clerk issued a marriage license to a same-sex couple (Lahey & Anderson, 2004). It is a well-known and accepted fact that marriage for centuries have been defined as being between a man and a woman; however, over the years same-sex couples have fought diligently to receive the same legal recognition through marriage. It has been most unfortunate that legislation has been introduced to prevent this from happening. Most state introduced constitutional legislation that precluded same-sex couples from being able to exercise that right of marriage. Legislation such as the Defense of Marriage Act.
Hagai & Crosby (2016) posits that the endless campaign prior to the US Supreme Court justices voted in favor to strike down the laws of states that prevented same-sex couples from marrying. Liberalism was at the center of the vote to afford same-sex couples the right to marry. Those in consent were simply sending the message that marriage is a basic human …show more content…
Department of Public Health) became the first U.S state to issue marriage license to same-sex couples. Before the US Supreme Court had ruled in favor of same-sex marriages in 2015 they have voted against same-sex marriages Constitutional protection in the case of Bowers v. Hardwick. The move by Massachusetts spearheaded a fresh drive by same-sex advocate and opposing conservative advocates that waged a fresh new campaign for and against same-sex marriages; however, by the end of 2004 multiple states had written constitutional bans against same-sex marriages. The case was largely heard by the US Supreme Court to rule on if same-sex couples were being deprived of their Fifth Amendment right of due process and equal protection (Hull,