As the Supreme Court justices took up the vexing question of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage on Tuesday, the case came down to two competing visions of marriage: what it’s been and what it should be.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today for same-sex marriage in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, states that previously upheld their standing gay marriage bans in an appeals court last November.
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz has urged pastors across the country to preach on biblical marriage this Sunday (April 26), ahead of the Supreme Court’s anticipated decision regarding same-sex marriage.
When it convenes next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear from five lawyers representing gays and lesbians on one side, and the states of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee on the other.