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The Second Part Some Views of The Majority and of Some Judges;1.Jan. 1st, 1962--Sodomy Laws was abolished in Illinois. The first state to abolish it in U.S.;2.United States District Court Decisions 61;Adams v. Howerton, 673 F.2d 1036 (9th Cir. 1982),cert. denied, 458 U.S. 1111 (1982) is a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that held that the term “spouse” refers to an opposite-sex partner for the purposes of immigration law and that this definition meets rational basis review. It was the first U.S. lawsuit to seek recognition of a same-sex marriage by the federal government. ;Four main cases;I. Main purpose II. Extraordinary steps taken by the III. “Right to marry” and the imperative of “marriage equality” VI. Right of privacy V. Due Process Clause VI. Right of privacy VII. Lochner v. New York, 198 U. S. 45 VIII. Pose no risk of harm to themselves or third parties IX. Equal Protection Clause X. Federal courts are blunt instruments when it comes to creating rights. ;I. Main purpose: Same-sex couples can marry just like the opposite-sex couples ;II. Extraordinary steps of ordering every State to license and recognize same-sex marriage----taken by the court today ;III. “Right to marry” and the imperative of “marriage equality” ;IV. Majority notes Some aspects of marriage have changed over time. ;V. Due Process Clause---- the fundamental right ;Eventually, the Court recognized its error and vowed not to repeat it. ;VI. Right of privacy ;VII: Lochner v. New York, 198 U. S. 45 ;VIII. Pose no risk of harm to themselves or third parties ;IX. Equal Protection Clause ;X. Federal courts are blunt instruments when it comes to creating rights. ;“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ---- by W. Faulkner(1951)