In a separate case against the state's now-defunct ban on
same-sex marriage, the Texas attorney general's office actually argued that marriage is a right that comes with benefits the state is entitled to control.
Hodges that states could not prohibit
same-sex marriages, 10.
For employees living in states that had previously not recognized
same-sex marriages for state purposes, state tax treatment of health plan benefits will change.
Denise Visconti, an employment litigation attorney with Littler Mendelson, told InsideCounsel's Ed Silverstein in February 2015 that it would be "so much easier" to apply a uniform rule to these issues and that
same-sex marriage "simplifies everything.
jurisdiction below the Mason-Dixon line to legalize
same-sex marriage.
This Essay contends that we stand at a critical moment in the
same-sex marriage movement.
s choice to ground approval of
same-sex marriage in autonomy (106), places her to the left even of marriage-equality advocates who uphold the universal value of marriage (76-86).
Kansas, since they don't recognize
same-sex marriages, will not grant a divorce for samesex couples.
The status of state laws on
same-sex marriage, however, will be decided another day.
The case, which will be argued starting in late March, could result in the invalidation of statewide bans on
same-sex marriage across the country.
Same-sex marriage is a controversial policy issue around the world.
Last summer, when New York became the sixth and largest state to legalize
same-sex marriage, Governor Andrew Cuomo urged other states to follow New York's lead.
