Part I | Brief Summary

Category C | Discrimination

Topic 14 | Same-sex marriage

Opposing same-sex marriage on religious grounds is not unlawful discrimination. Both the dicta in the U.S. Supreme Court case Obergefell, which held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriages, and the statutory language of the Respect for Marriage Act affirm that objecting to same-sex marriage on religious grounds in not unlawful discrimination. There are good faith moral, religious, and legal reasons for opposing same-sex marriage, and attempting to silence expressions of those stances is counterproductive and often unconstitutional.