In the article, "Obama Claims 14th Amendment Requires Nationalized Same-sex Marriage," (Link to article) it states that President Obama recently approved of the Supreme Court's decision to not hear appeals from circuit courts on the issue of the legalization of same-sex marriage in several states. This is because he agrees with the Supreme Court that state laws against same-sex marriage violate the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment. He told the New Yorker last month that the fourteenth amendment should actually guarantee the legalization of same-sex marriage in all states which seems to be the opinion of the Supreme Court as well.
The fact that the Supreme Court is now considering the legality of same-sex marriage as guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment indicates that legal same-sex marriage will become much more common in the United States in the years to come. This could potentially change a lot of people's views on whether same-sex marriage should be legal since the President now endorses it. I think that while there are several different religious beliefs and opinions that are against same-sex marriage, on a purely constitutional level, it should be legal. State governments should not be able to deny someone's right to be married based on a person's sexual orientation. It is nice to see that the President also believes this to be true, and is speaking up about it.
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