Anti-Gay Marriage Court Cases

Although the Supreme Court found the HHS mandate to be constitutional, on the grounds of religious freedom the court has ruled in favor of the Catholic Church. This in an attack directed against the Church and her teachings. Since there has already been a mandate set out against the Church, based on the many court cases and the analysis of many controversies surrounding this issue, the United States will mandate the performance of gay marriage in the Catholic Church. .
             The first major court case that challenged the law against gay marriage was Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. This landmark case ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. Appellant Griswold, an executive Director of Planned Parenthood, and Appellant Buxton, a licensed physician and a professor at the Yale medical school, gave information, medical advice, and instruction to married persons regarding the means of preventing conception. "The statutes whose constitutionality is involved in this appeal are §§ 53-32 and 54-196 of the General Statutes of Connecticut (1958 rev.). The former provides: Any person who uses any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned" (Cornell Law). Both Buxton and Griswold were found guilty and were fined 100$ each. They claimed that the accessory statute violated the 14th amendment and the right to privacy. This case provided a steppingstone for the implementation of the constitutionality against state laws. .
             Even though the fourteenth amendment does not ever mention a right to privacy, this case opened up a basis for the right to privacy in intimate practices, protected under the 14th Amendment. This Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. "The most commonly used -- and frequently litigated -- phrase in the amendment is "equal protection of the laws", which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases.