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Between The Lines is supported by many fine advertisers, but we cannot accept responsibility for claims Copyright 2015 Pride Source Media Group, LLC made by our advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for materials provided by advertisers or their agents. www.PrideSource.com April 23, 2015 | BTL 3 A Quick Guide To The Supreme Court Arguments Historic April 28 Case For Marriage Equality Arrives Jim Obergefell, center, speaks to members of the BY LISA KEEN a consolidation of four cases, Obergefell v. States defending the bans: Kentucky, media as he joins the Human Rights Campaign to deliver what they say are 207,551 copies of the Hodges (Case No. 14-556) from Ohio; Tanco Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. They are “People’s Brief” that calls for full nationwide marriage When the Supreme Court of the United States v. Haslam (Case No. 14-562) from Tennessee; among the 13 states that still enforce bans equality, to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6 hears arguments Tuesday about marriage for DeBoer v. Snyder (Case No. 14-571) from against same-sex marriage. But if the bans are in Washington. Obergefell is the named plaintiff in same-sex couples, there is much more on the Michigan; and Bourke v. Beshear (Case No. upheld, another 10 states would likely re-start Obergefell v. Hodges, a marriage equality case set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April line than whether states can ban the licensing 14-574) from Kentucky. enforcement of bans that have been struck by 28. Obergefell hadn’t thought about being one of and recognition of marriage for same-sex other circuits. the most visible figures in the marriage-equality couples. The court could also decide what level movement. He just wanted to marry the love of his of judicial scrutiny must be applied to laws Issue In Play life for 21 years. Obergefell remembers watching the that seek to disadvantage LGBT people. At a Attorneys Arguing Question 1 news on TV with John Arthur after the U.S. Supreme Whether states can discriminate against Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage time when some states are seeking to pass laws same-sex couples in the licensing and For same-sex couple plaintiffs: Mary Act in 2013. “I just leaned over, hugged and kissed that enable people to discriminate by simply recognition of marriage. Bonauto, civil rights director of Gay & John, and said, ‘Let’s get married’,” he recalls. AP expressing a “religious” motivation, such a The court broke the issue into two questions. Lesbian Advocates & Defenders. Bonauto Photo/Andrew Harnik ruling could have far-reaching implications. Question 1: Does the 14th Amendment of the led the successful lawsuit that established And even beyond the law, a ruling that allowed U.S. Constitution require a state to license a the right to marry for same-sex couples in discrimination against LGBT people under marriage between two people of the same sex? Massachusetts, the first state to issue marriage some circumstances or in some places could Question 2: Does the 14th Amendment require licenses to same-sex couples. This is her first stall momentum that has been clearly building a state to recognize a marriage between two time arguing before the Supreme Court. (She in favor of greater acceptance of LGBT people people of the same sex when their marriage has 30 minutes) and their families. was lawfully licensed and performed out-of- For the United States: U.S. Solicitor To help readers prep for the April 28 state? General Donald Verrilli is expected to present argument and the crush of media reporting on Petitioners bringing the appeal: There are 28 the U.S.’s position against state bans on the case, the following is a quick guide to the plaintiffs (called “petitioners” when appealing same-sex marriage. In 2013, Verrilli argued issues, the attorneys and what to listen for: to the Supreme Court) from four states. The against the Defense of Marriage Act in U.S. Michigan case arose when a lesbian couple, v. Windsor and against California’s ban on When Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, sought to same-sex marriage in Hollingsworth v. Perry. adopt children together but were prevented (15 minutes) Beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 28. from doing so because that state’s law allows For states seeking to retain the bans: The oral arguments are not broadcast, but only married persons to adopt children. The Joseph Whalen is one of two associate there will be many television and radio news Ohio lawsuit involves 12 plaintiffs denied solicitors general for Tennessee. Whalen outlets reporting on the rights in three different circumstances: while argued for Tennessee’s ban before the 6th When the Supreme Court of the United States hears arguments as soon as seeking a death certificate that identified the Circuit, saying it is rational to limit marriage they are completed at deceased’s spouse, while seeking a birth to opposite-sex couples because only opposite- arguments Tuesday about marriage for same-sex 12:30 p.m. An audio certificate that listed both legal parents and sex couples can procreate accidentally. This recording and transcript while seeking recognition of marriage licenses is his first time arguing before the Supreme couples, there is much more on the line than whether of the arguments will be obtained in other states.