Articles for tag: United States v. Windsor

Will Marriage Be Declared Unconstitutional?

By T.R. Robertson The idea seems unthinkable. But same-sex couples aren”t the only ones saying marriage laws have discriminated against them. How will the church react if the government redefines marriage altogether? The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Those are the words of Justice