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Same-sex sexual activity in Kentucky has been legally permitted since 1992, although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy statute for same-sex couples. Same-sex marriage is legal in Kentucky under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on ...
[2] [3] Prior to Obergefell, same-sex marriage had already been established by statute, court ruling, or voter initiative in 36 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. [ 3 ] Between January 2012 and February 2014, plaintiffs in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee filed federal district court cases that culminated in Obergefell v.
Runners carrying the Supreme Court's Obergefell v.Hodges decision on marriage equality (2015). The running of the interns was a Washington, DC, tradition, sometimes called a race, [1] involving interns of news outlets running to deliver results of major decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States to the press.
Obergefell was in the courtroom on June 26, 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the right for same-sex couples to get married nationwide is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
James Obergefell (/ ˈ oʊ b ər ɡ ə f ɛ l / OH-bər-gə-fel; born July 7, 1966) is an American civil rights activist who was the lead plaintiff in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges , which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States . [ 1 ]
Adoption of marriage amendments over time. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v.Hodges (2015), U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions of several different types passed, banning legal recognition of same-sex unions in U.S. state constitutions, referred to by proponents as "defense of marriage amendments" or "marriage protection amendments."
This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v.Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide, with the exception of American Samoa and sovereign tribal nations.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, was handed down on June 26, 2015, and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.