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March 20, 2015

Title: Supreme Court is being Pushed on Marriage Issue
Topic: Same-Sex Unions

Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Edmund Burke wrote the following in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know distinctly to what port we steer.”

The SCOTUS has agreed to hear four cases involving the issue of same-sex unions. These cases come from the Sixth Circuit, where the U.S. Appeals Court had earlier upheld Michigan’s definition of marriage as limited to one man and one woman. That decision (DeBoer v. Snyder) created what is called a “conflict among the Circuits” and forced the Supreme Court to address the issue – a decision which will affect every American.

Dr. John Sparks, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, is confident that SCOTUS will continue to allow individual states to make their own laws regarding same-sex unions. But what about the “Full faith and Credit Provision”? Dr. Sparks discusses how this law gives respect to the legal determinations of other states, including same-sex unions. However, it has some wiggle room. Listen in as he explains this Provision, how states have dealt with various marriage issues in the past, and what the future of marriage may look like.

Dr. Sparks’ article on this issue can be found [here].

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March 17, 2015

Title: Supreme Court is being Pushed on Marriage Issue
Topic: Same-Sex Unions

Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Edmund Burke wrote the following in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know distinctly to what port we steer.”

The SCOTUS has agreed to hear four cases involving the issue of same-sex unions. These cases come from the Sixth Circuit, where the U.S. Appeals Court had earlier upheld Michigan’s definition of marriage as limited to one man and one woman. That decision (DeBoer v. Snyder) created what is called a “conflict among the Circuits” and forced the Supreme Court to address the issue – a decision which will affect every American.

Dr. John Sparks, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, is confident that SCOTUS will continue to allow individual states to make their own laws regarding same-sex unions. But what about the “Full faith and Credit Provision”? Dr. Sparks discusses how this law gives respect to the legal determinations of other states, including same-sex unions. However, it has some wiggle room. Listen in as he explains this Provision, how states have dealt with various marriage issues in the past, and what the future of marriage may look like.

Dr. Sparks’ article on this issue can be found [here].

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March 12, 2015

Title: Supreme Court is being Pushed on Marriage Issue
Topic: Same-Sex Unions

Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Edmund Burke wrote the following in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know distinctly to what port we steer.”

The SCOTUS has agreed to hear four cases involving the issue of same-sex unions. These cases come from the Sixth Circuit, where the U.S. Appeals Court had earlier upheld Michigan’s definition of marriage as limited to one man and one woman. That decision (DeBoer v. Snyder) created what is called a “conflict among the Circuits” and forced the Supreme Court to address the issue – a decision which will affect every American.

Dr. John Sparks, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, is confident that SCOTUS will continue to allow individual states to make their own laws regarding same-sex unions. But what about the “Full faith and Credit Provision”? Dr. Sparks discusses how this law gives respect to the legal determinations of other states, including same-sex unions. However, it has some wiggle room. Listen in as he explains this Provision, how states have dealt with various marriage issues in the past, and what the future of marriage may look like.

Dr. Sparks’ article on this issue can be found [here].

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