New York–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. Today in Kansas City, Missouri Circuit Court Judge James Dale Youngs ruled that the state of Missouri must respect the marriages of same-sex couples who married in other states.
Marc Solomon, national campaign director of Freedom to Marry and Kansas City native, released the following statement:
“Committed same-sex couples who are married should be treated as married no matter where they live. Couples in America should not have to play ‘now you’re married now you’re not’ as they travel, work, or move across state lines. Judge Youngs’s ruling powerfully affirms that principle. Yet the only way we’ll achieve national resolution on the freedom to marry is for the Supreme Court to take up a marriage case, bring an end to the unsustainable patchwork of marriage laws across the country, and affirm the freedom to marry for all.”
In total, 41 federal and state courts in the past year have ruled in favor of the freedom to marry for same-sex couples with only one federal and one state ruling going the other way. Five of these marriage cases are now before the Supreme Court for possible review, with a powerful array of amici briefs from scores of first responders, law enforcement, clergy, and businesses urging the Supreme Court to take up a case. The briefs filed show the depth and diversity of support for the plaintiffs harmed by marriage discrimination and underscore the urgency for the Supreme Court to take one or all of the cases before it.
Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage nationwide. We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victory by working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination. We partner with individuals and organizations across the country to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage and the protections, responsibilities, and commitment that marriage brings.
Source: http://www.freedomtomarry.org
