Obergefell v. Hodges
Court case
Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause... Wikipedia
A case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriage.
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Decided on June 26, 2015, Obergefell overturned Baker and requires states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to recognize same-sex marriages ...
The challenged laws burden the liberty of same-sex couples, and they abridge central precepts of equality. The marriage laws at issue are in essence unequal: ...
Two individuals, James Obergefell and John Arthur James filed a lawsuit challenging the state's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage on death certificates ...
2008 - California's Supreme Court overturns the ban on gay marriage. This leads to California voters approving a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Hodges, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5–4) on June 26, 2015, that state bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same-sex marriages duly ...
Holding: The Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people ...
This argument is flawed: Obergefell compels states to extend “the constellation of [marital] benefits” to same-sex couples, and mandates equal treatment for “ ...
Summary. Jim Obergefell and others sued for recognition of their same-sex marriages, which were legal in the states where they were married but illegal in other ...
The moment for full marriage equality finally arrived on June 26, 2015, with the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. In a landmark 5-4 decision ...