Joliet Junior College How Right to Marry Protects Same Sex Marriages Essay Prior to the US Supreme Court decision in 20,, holding that States could not den

Joliet Junior College How Right to Marry Protects Same Sex Marriages Essay Prior to the US Supreme Court decision in 20,, holding that States could not deny same sex couples the right to marry. The Court ruled that a bar on such marriages violated the right of gay couples to “equal protection Law” under the 14th amendment to the Constitution. Identify a provision of real estate law ownership and of “intestate” law that same sex couples in States that did not allow same sex marriage argued violated their right to equal protection of law. That is, by not being allowed to marry, same sex couples were denied two rights we discussed, one involving the ownership of a home and the second involving the death of a partner who was “intestate.” How would the right to marry help protect married spouses in these two areas?