In the article "1st Gay Marriage Licenses Issused in South Carolina," Bruce Smith describes the situation that has evolved (Link to article). Judge Irvin Condon issued six gay marriage lisences to couples within the first hour and a half the Charleston County Probate Court was open, and Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckley exchanged vows. South Carolina was not allowing the marriages to be legal until the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision for a different gay marriage case, but two counties had probate judges that allowed them to be done.
This event is reliant upon the Fourteenth Amendment because the U.S. has been "discriminitory" against gays. Gay couples feel that they should be included in the equal protection clause, therefore their marriages should be legal. I find this hard to accept. I do not discriminate against gays, but I do not agree with gay marriages. I don't think the marriages should be legal, but these couples feel otherwise. This shows how the 14th amendment still affects our lives today.
This article does not surprise me because it seems that there has been more and more states overturning their ban on gay marriages. I think that this will continue and more cases will be taken to the Supreme Court concerning bans on gay marriage. I agree with Giles that I do not discriminate against gays, but I do not agree with gay marriage.
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