Case #1: Goodridge vs. Department of HealthGoodridge sued the Department of Health.
At this link there is a descriptive visual of the case.
7 same-sex couples filed suit against the Department of Health in Massachusetts because they were all denied marriage licenses for being gay or lesbian. The MA Supreme Court ruled in favor of the 7 same- sex couples. The lasting affects of the case are that now same- sex marriage is legal in MA.
Case #2: Lawrence vs. Texas
John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were arrested in 1998 for engaging in sexual intercourse in Lawrence's home. John Lawrence along with Lambda Legal battled against the courts in Texas to over turn the "Homosexual Conduct" law in Texas which states that two people of the same sex can not partake in sexual intimacy. Eventually the U.S. Supreme Court deemed the "Homosexual Conduct" law unconstitutional, giving same- sex couples the same rights to sexual intimacy as heterosexual couples. This was the first case to give homosexual couples any sort of rights.
Case #3: Baker vs. State
Baker presented the question could "the State of Vermont exclude same-sex couples from the benefits and protections that its laws provide to opposite- sex couples?" And from this court case, and this question the Civil Union Bill was passed. This relates to Goodridge vs. The Department of Public Heath of MA because having civil unions lead to same-sex couples being able to get married... This case was the first Civil Union case to pass.
John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were arrested in 1998 for engaging in sexual intercourse in Lawrence's home. John Lawrence along with Lambda Legal battled against the courts in Texas to over turn the "Homosexual Conduct" law in Texas which states that two people of the same sex can not partake in sexual intimacy. Eventually the U.S. Supreme Court deemed the "Homosexual Conduct" law unconstitutional, giving same- sex couples the same rights to sexual intimacy as heterosexual couples. This was the first case to give homosexual couples any sort of rights.
Case #3: Baker vs. State
Baker presented the question could "the State of Vermont exclude same-sex couples from the benefits and protections that its laws provide to opposite- sex couples?" And from this court case, and this question the Civil Union Bill was passed. This relates to Goodridge vs. The Department of Public Heath of MA because having civil unions lead to same-sex couples being able to get married... This case was the first Civil Union case to pass.
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