article_snippet.sent: Currently 37 states allow gay marriage, as well as Washington, D.C. - but Ohio is one of 13 which has held out.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured are gay rights protesters camped out in front of the Supreme Court this weekend. 
article_snippet.sent: Obergefell v. Hodges will be heard from tomorrow .
article_snippet.sent: the Supreme Court will determine whether the Constitution guarantees all citizens the right to same sex marriage, which could void all the remaining bans.
article_snippet.sent: And if it determines that recognizing gay marriage is still up to individual states, the Supreme Court could also decide that states are obliged to recognize gay marriage performed elsewhere in the U.S.
article_snippet.sent: After a 2012 ruling, the federal government is already required to recognize gay marriage in states where they are allowed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Obergefell v. Hodges will be heard by the Supreme Court from this week .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Case will decide whether all states have to allow gay marriages .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Even if not, could be forced to recognize gay marriages in other states .
  