Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy
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Clifford Armion
le 02/09/2012
Activer le mode zenDavid G. Savage
Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court has nine justices, but if the constitutional fight over same-sex marriage reaches them this year, the decision will probably come down to just one: a California Republican and Reagan-era conservative who has nonetheless written the court's two leading gay rights opinions. JusticeAnthony M. Kennedy, 75, often holds the court's deciding vote on the major issues that divide its liberals and conservatives. More often than not, that vote has swung the court to the right. But on gay rights, Kennedy has been anything but a "culture wars" conservative. One of his opinions lauded the intimacy between same-sex couples and demanded "respect for their private lives," provoking Justice Antonin Scalia to accuse him of having "signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), septembre 2012. Consulté le 31/10/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/gay-marriage-fight-may-hinge-on-supreme-court-s-anthony-kennedy