The Right to Marry
The right to marry and the Constitution
The Issue: Does the Constitution protect the decision to enter into a marital relationship?
Does the Constitution protect the right to marry for inmates? The mentally retarded? Cousins? Persons of the same sex? Father and daughter, sister and brothers, mothers and son?
Equal Protections Clause would give these the right to marry also.
The right to marry and the Constitution
The Issue: Does the Constitution protect the decision to enter into a marital relationship?
Does the Constitution protect the right to marry for inmates? The mentally retarded? Cousins? Persons of the same sex? Father and daughter, sister and brothers, mothers and son?
Equal Protections Clause would give these the right to marry also.