Here's What We Know About Where Every Supreme Court Justice Stands On Gay Marriage
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But it's important to find out what we can, now that we know the Supreme Court is going to rule on the issue this term.
Our best way may just be an examination of how each has weighed in on other elements of the marriage equality issue.
In June 2013, the court ruled 5-to-4 in the case of United States v. Windsor, striking down a portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
That's a 1996 law that effectively denied same-sex couples federal marriage benefits - even in states where same-sex marriage is legal - because DOMA defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. In it, he said DOMA denying gay couples those rights amounts to federal law viewing same-sex unions as less meaningful under the law.
He punctuated his opinion with this statement: "The federal statute is invalid...the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagen joined the majority.
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Justice Samuel A. Alito added to Justice Robert's opinion, saying "I hope that the Court will ultimately permit the people of each State to decide this question for themselves."
Alito appears to be firm in his view that states should be the ones to decide these issues. In July last year, Alito denied a request from a county clerk in Pennsylvania who wanted the Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages there.
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Justice Clarence Thomas cosigned the dissenting opinion.
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