No. 14-574I
N
THE
Supreme Court of the United States
O
N
W
RIT
OF
C
ERTIORARI
TO
THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
C
OURT
OF
A
PPEALS
FOR
THE
S
IXTH
C
IRCUIT
A
(800) 274-3321 • (800) 359-6859
BRIEF FOR RESPONDENT
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GREGORY BOURKE,
et al
., & TIMOTHY LOVE,
et al
.,
Petitioners,v.
STEVE BESHEAR, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY,
Respondent.
L
EIGH
G
ROSS
L
ATHEROW
Counsel of Record
W
ILLIAM
H. J
ONES
, J
R
.G
REGORY
L. M
ONGE
V
AN
A
NTWERP
, M
ONGE
, J
ONES
, E
DWARDS
& M
C
C
ANN
, LLPP.O. Box 1111 Ashland, KY 41105(606) 329-2929llatherow@vmje.com
Counsel for Respondent
March 27, 2015
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED
1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex?2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
QUESTIONS PRESENTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iTABLE OF CONTENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iiTABLE OF CITED AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viINTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1STATEMENT OF THE CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 A. Kentucky’s Marriage Recognition History. . . . .2B. The Petitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4C. Procedural History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10I. The Fourteenth Amendment does not require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex. . . . . . . . . .10 A.
Windsor
reaf
fi
rms, not undermines, each state’s province to de
fi
ne marriage in accordance with the consensus of its citizens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
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