NPR provides this timeline and article on gay marriage, mainly dealing with the Supreme Court case that will be held next month. In summary, the The Defense of Marriage Act and California's ban on gay marriage are being challenged as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court could go many ways on this; ranging from upholding these laws as constitutional to striking them down, and thus, ruling all bans/state amendments banning gay marriage as also unconstitutional. Or, they could decide somewhere in the middle.
I want you to predict what will happen and explain why, and I want you to use the Constitution as the basis of your prediction. The Supreme Court must look to the Constitution in framing their decisions, and be able to connect a modern issue like gay marriage to a 225 year old document. Which amendment(s) are relevant in this case and how do you think they will be interpreted?
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