It is widely expected that an upcoming Supreme Court
decision will impose same sex marriage on all states. Lynn D. Warde, Elizabeth A. Clarke and W.
Cole Durham note that fewer than nine percent of the countries belonging to the United Nations have redefined marriage to include same-sex relationships. In fact of these, “Only one country on the entire
planet—Brazil—has mandated via its judiciary that same-sex couples across its
nation have access to traditional marriage.”
Instead, court decisions around the world “recognize that there are
significant moral, religious, and social reasons for opposing same-sex marriage
that are unrelated to impermissible animus.”
If the Supreme Court issues the expected decision, the results will
place the United States outside of the
current legal consensus about how to handle same sex marriage.
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