Supreme Court takes on same sex marriage (40 images)

Advocates on both sides of the same sex marriage issue rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 28, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Court is hearing oral arguments in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, which is grouped with three other cases, on the questions of whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires that states grant and/or recognize same-sex marriages. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI

Attorney Mary L. Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD speaks to the media on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after delivering oral arguments for the freedom of same sex marriage on April 28, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Court heard oral arguments in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, which is grouped with three other cases, on the questions of whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires that states grant and/or recognize same-sex marriages. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI

Plaintiffs Randy Johnson (second from left) and his partner Paul Champion (right) on the steps of the Supreme Court following oral arguments in the case Obergefell v. Hodges on April 28, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Court heard oral arguments in the case on the questions of whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires that states grant and/or recognize same-sex marriages. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI

Attorneys Mary L. Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and former Assistant U.S. Solicitor General Doug Hallward-Driemeier speak to the media on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after delivering oral arguments for the freedom of same sex marriage on April 28, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Court heard oral arguments in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, which is grouped with three other cases, on the questions of whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires that states grant and/or recognize same-sex marriages. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI