Love v. Beshear
E155097
Love v. Beshear is a landmark federal court case that contributed to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Kentucky and helped pave the way for the U.S. Supreme Court’s nationwide marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Love v. Beshear canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1349273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love v. Beshear Context triple: [Bourke v. Beshear, relatedCase, Love v. Beshear]
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Bourke v. Beshear
Bourke v. Beshear was a landmark federal court case from Kentucky challenging the state's same-sex marriage ban, later incorporated into the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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B.
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that displaying the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Alabama v. Shelton
Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
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Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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E.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love v. Beshear Target entity description: Love v. Beshear is a landmark federal court case that contributed to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Kentucky and helped pave the way for the U.S. Supreme Court’s nationwide marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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A.
Bourke v. Beshear
Bourke v. Beshear was a landmark federal court case from Kentucky challenging the state's same-sex marriage ban, later incorporated into the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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B.
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that displaying the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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C.
Alabama v. Shelton
Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
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D.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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E.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ same-sex marriage case ⓘ |
| appealTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ |
| challengedLaw |
Kentucky ban on recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions
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Kentucky constitutional and statutory provisions limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples ⓘ |
| circuit |
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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surface form:
Sixth Circuit
|
| consolidatedInto | Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Due Process Clause
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Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2014-02-12 ⓘ |
| defendant | Steve Beshear ⓘ |
| defendantOffice | Governor of Kentucky ⓘ |
| governmentDefendant |
Kentucky
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
|
| holding |
Kentucky must recognize valid same-sex marriages performed in other states
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Kentucky’s refusal to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages violates the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to legalization of same-sex marriage in Kentucky
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helped pave the way for nationwide marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| judge | John G. Heyburn II ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ⓘ |
| legalArea |
LGBT rights
ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ |
| legalStatus | decision later reviewed in Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Fourteenth Amendment
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due process ⓘ equal protection ⓘ marriage recognition ⓘ same-sex marriage ⓘ |
| locationOfCourt | Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ |
| partyRoleOfSteveBeshear | defended Kentucky’s marriage laws in his official capacity as governor ⓘ |
| partyType | same-sex couples as plaintiffs ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
Gregory Bourke
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Lawrence Ysunza ⓘ Michael DeLeon ⓘ Timothy Love ⓘ |
| precedentFor | same-sex marriage recognition cases in Kentucky ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Bourke v. Beshear
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Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| shortDescription | federal case challenging Kentucky’s refusal to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
marriage equality
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recognition of out-of-state marriages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2010s ⓘ |
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Subject: Love v. Beshear Description of subject: Love v. Beshear is a landmark federal court case that contributed to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Kentucky and helped pave the way for the U.S. Supreme Court’s nationwide marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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