Utah, 14 states urge Supreme Court to let citizens decide same-sex marriage question
Posted on AllSides April 4th, 2015
From The Center
Utah has joined 14 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let states decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage.
"The Constitution takes no sides on same-sex marriage, and therefore leaves the issue up to the free deliberations of state citizens," according to a friend-of-the-court brief the 15 states filed.
The court this year consolidated cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee to hear arguments on whether the 14th Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex. It will also decide whethe
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