The United States supreme court after many days finally came to the decision of transferring the jurisdiction of homosexual rights from the federal government to the state government. The picture above shows a boy progressing through life. In each box it shows that he is “coming out of the closet” to what appears to be his mom, dad and the supreme court. He appears to bring his case to every single one of them who were not able to believe or hear what head to present. Although many Americans support gay rights, there is still a large population spread out throughout the nation who do not support gay marriage. The courts decision to pass the burden onto the state was wise in the sense that they knew that each state had the capability of knowing how their citizens feel about gay marriage and rights.
The fight for gay rights have finally reached the supreme court because it has finally become a constitutional question: “Can states deny marriage between a homosexual couple?” The picture above subtly shows the power and affect the court has over the nation. Whatever the court decides must be incorporated into the laws of each state. Whatever the court decides become the supreme law of the land and has importance over all state laws (Bardes,2009). The court understood the impact that their jurisdiction could make upon 50 states, many which are republican and do not support gay rights and many being democratic which condone gay rights. With this decision, the Roberts court seems to lean towards a more conservative view, although not too far from being liberal otherwise the court would have ruled against gay marriage. Until the Supreme Court decides in favor or against the gay marriage rights, the state Supreme Court will decide and the jurisdiction of each will only apply as supreme law to the state in which it was decided.
Bardes, Barbara A., Mack C. Shelley, and Steffen W. Schmidt. American government and politics today: the essentials. 2009-2010 ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.
Zyglis, Adam. “Gay Marriage.” 2013. JPG file. http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon.aspx?id=5fa98b75-f670-4188-b1af-ad5cb4d32759
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