The decision, or a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, will likely bring the issue of same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court.
Will the President announce same-sex marriage before it's too late to help -- to start conversations that help gay and lesbian couples who are seeking to get married in these states?
"President Obama, who was against same-sex 'marriage' before he was for it, and his administration, which said the Defense of Marriage Act was constitutional before they said it was unconstitutional, has now flip-flopped again on the issue of same-sex 'marriage, ' putting allegiance to extreme liberal social policies ahead of constitutional principle, " Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said in a statement.
In the United States, the question of same-sex marriage went before the Supreme Court last week, and justices are now deliberating over the matter.
As I have argued before, same sex marriage may in fact be the next big item on the civil rights agenda.
His advocacy of same-sex marriage began well before his White House years, tracing back to his early political service in Illinois.
Mr. Cumming said he might have felt differently about Ms. Quinn's candidacy before same-sex marriage was legalized in New York in July 2011.
Koering thinks the state on the whole is not ready to accept same-sex marriage and that before he can support it, he'd have to see that others are more willing to approve.
More recently, the Obama administration argued on behalf of same-sex marriage in two cases before the Supreme Court.
He spoke before the Commons approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales by voting for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by a majority of 225.
President Barack Obama, who said during his 2008 campaign that marriage was "between a man and a woman, " in May declared his support for same-sex marriage, and the administration has now put its weight behind supporters of gay marriage before the Supreme Court.
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill now goes before the House of Lords.
But even love matches can't be openly consummated before marriage, thanks to the taboo against premarital sex.
The same-sex marriage measure, they said, would treat homosexual and heterosexual relationships equally before the law.
President Francois Hollande, who pledged his support for same-sex marriage on the campaign trail last year, will have to sign the bill before it becomes law.
California's Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the marriage ban Tuesday, but left intact about 18, 000 same-sex marriages conducted before voters approved the ban in November.
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