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Supreme Court Sets April 28 Date To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Arguments

Mark your calendars: The Supreme Court today announced the date it will hear arguments in four cases challenging bans on same-sex marriage in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee: April 28.

The four suits have been consolidated, and attorneys on both sides will have to address whether the 14th Amendment's right to due process includes the right of same-sex couples to get married.  Also at question is whether the 14th Amendment requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in places where they are legal.

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The nine justices will hear an extended 2 1/2-hour argument—90 minutes on the basic right to marry in each state, and 60 minutes on whether states can refuse to recognize legal marriages of couples from other states—and are expected to render a ruling by June. (Transcripts of the arguments will be released the same day, a change from the court's usual habit of releasing transcripts at the end of the week.)

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Also today, more than 350 businesses—including Google, American Airlines, Goldman Sachs and Johnson and Johnson—submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in support of gay marriage.

"Allowing same-sex couples to marry improves employee morale and productivity, reduces uncertainty, and removes the wasteful administrative burdens imposed by the current disparity of state law treatment," the brief reads in part.

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