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The United States constitution actually does not mention marriage of any kind, straight, gay or otherwise. Although several amendments have been put forth none have them have been included.

Now constitutions of the various states may or may not have had amendments added to either disallow or allow gay marriages.

There are several legal arguments that the 9th and 14th Amendments prohibit restrictions on same-sex marriage, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause (Article IV, Section 1) comes into play when considering whether a same-sex marriage validly performed in one state must be recognized by another state. However, the court cases involving these arguments have not been fully played out yet. It is expected that this will likely be resolved in front of the Supreme Court in the next few years (2-3 at the most).

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