http://www.metroweekly.com/2014/10/obama-constitutional-right-to-same-sex-marriage-in-all-50-states/
In the article "Obama: Constitutional right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states" the president talks about how he believes that the fourteenth amendment protects same-sex marriage in all 50 states. He thinks that the only reason that the courts have not passed it is because the 'stars have to align' for any big ruling to happen in the U.S. He also said that the decisions by the courts to not hear the same-sex marriage cases is a big step forward because although they arent ready to say yes, they are not going to choose to deny it either.
In my opinion same-sex marriage should not be passed in all fifty states, but unfortunately i think eventually it will be passed in most states. Although I am against gay marriage, I think those for it like the president have a strong case. It is similar to things like equal rights for african-americans. Even if they have a strong opinion for why they shouldnt have the equal rights, it still is the fact that they deserve equal rights no matter who they are. By law they should have the rights i think, but morally I do not agree with it.
I agree with Travis' analysis in the last paragraph. I don't believe any sweeping action will occur to nationally legalize gay marriage. It will take time for it to become nationally recognized as some states (cough... Mississippi) will try to fight it as long as they can. I have only one disagreement with this article. According to Forbes, Putin is the most powerful man in the world, not Obama.
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