Supreme Court to Hear Same-Sex Marriage This Week

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two separate challenges of laws that ban same-sex marriage this week.  One focuses on the Defense of Marriage Act and a widow’s fight against U.S. tax policy associated with it.

FOX News Radio’s Jared Halpern previews from Washington:

The limited studies done on this issue have been mixed and they’ve prompted a lot of disagreement, but for gay couples involved in this case, like Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, their children are the ones who suffer because they’re not married.

(Perry) “We understand that discrimination hurts people and it hurts children from being their best selves and having every possible opportunity feel available to them.”

But attorney John Eastman with the National Organization for Marriage says families are precisely the reasons why the state cares.

(Eastman) “We have them involved in marriage because that’s the institution designed, tied to human nature.  That is where we raise children that are the offspring of that relationship.”

He says the state has a compelling interest to encourage responsible procreation.

Jessica Rosenthal, FOX News Radio.