June+26,+2013+Supreme+Court+Ruling

__Sankhya Hirani and Callie Bruce__

On June 26th, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that stated that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional and therefore the Hollingsworth v. Perry conclusion was that the same-sex couple could now marry legally in California (NY Times). In Windsor v. United States, Edith Windsor was given a refund by the IRS as she did not get the benefits of her partner dying since they were a homosexual couple. Eventually, Windsor won the case which led to other disputes and court rulings such at the one on June 26, 2013. In this court ruling, DOMA was declared unconstitutional and against what the Fifth Amendment offers a citizen of the United States. Specifically, Section 3 of DOMA. Although it is now legal for gay and lesbian couples to marry anywhere across the country, discrimination still exists among people. As discrimination is a more sensitive and harder to detect problem, the end to discrimination may take a while. This is especially the case in states where gay and lesbian marriage was not legal before. The June 26th supreme court ruling states that all married couples //should// get full rights but the implementation of this may take more legislative work, especially in states against same-sex marriage. The Obama Administration also takes a part in helping the court ruling really take effect.

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"The Defense of Marriage Act." //Freedom to Marry //. Freedom to Marry and Freedom to  Marry Action, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2014. .

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"Defense of Marriage Act." //Wikipedia //. N.p.: n.p., n.d. //Wikipedia //. Web. 20 Jan. 2014. .

Liptak, Adam. "Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage with Two Major Rulings." //New York Times // 26 June 2013: n. pag. //New York Times //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">. Web. 20 Jan. 2014. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5;"><http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-gay-marriage.html?_r=0>.