WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court in 5-4 decision on Friday ruled that states may no longer ban same-sex marriage.
Justice Kennedy wrote the decision.
The decision came almost two years to the day of when the Supreme Court launched the catalyst for today’s decision. On June 26, 2013, the court, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, struck down the federal ban on recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages in the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional.
Almost immediately, lawsuits were filed — with some already pending — across the country, challenging state bans on same-sex couples’ marriages and similar bans on recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples performed elsewhere.