article_snippet.sent: Each time the U.S. Supreme Court has considered a case related to same-sex marriage, the pile of amicus briefs from religious groups supporting gay rights has inched a little taller, and the crowds protesting outside the pile of amicus briefs from religious groups supporting gay rights grand marble steps has gradually grown more diverse.
article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday, for example, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, a case widely expected to produce a landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, an interfaith coalition of clergy led by the dean of Washington's National Cathedral is planning to march in support of LGBT rights.
article_snippet.sent: I join with many across the spectrum of American faith communities in my hope that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling will permit same-sex marriage in all 50 states," the Very Rev. Gary Hall, Washington's National Cathedral's dean, said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: I trust that their judgment will end discrimination against those who seek God's blessing on their marriages.
article_snippet.sent: Clergy from Hall's religious denomination, the Episcopal Church, have also submitted an amicus brief in support of same-sex marriage.
article_snippet.sent: In a reverse of traditional arguments against gay marriage, some members of Jewish, Hindu and Presbyterian groups say some members of these groups religious rights will be curtailed if states do not allow their religious rights to perform same-sex nuptials.
article_snippet.sent: Same-sex marriage rights worldwide .
article_snippet.sent: Just like we've seen this decades-long culture war with abortion, we're going to see the same thing with gay marriage.