Phelan v. Sheahan

How courts have described this case

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• holding that laws that treat people differently based on sexual orientation are unconstitutional
• holding that Idaho and 17 Nevada laws that banned same-sex marriage discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation, even 18 though the laws did so by classifying couples based on “procreative capacity” instead of sexual 19 orientation
• holding Nevada's statute and constitutional amendment \preventing same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed elsewhere\ to be unconstitutional
• stating that denying children resources and stigmatizing their families on the basis of procreative channeling is illogical and unjust.
• holding states’ anti-gay marriage laws violated Equal Protection Clause and due process
• refusing to take legislative justifications at face value when applying heightened scrutiny to policies that “implicate constitutional rights”

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