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Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) ( / ˈoʊbərɡəfɛl / OH-bər-gə-fel ), 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 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013), is a landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case [ 1][ 2][ 3] concerning same-sex marriage. The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages, was a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment .
The case went to the Supreme Court and in a 2013 technical ruling the justices cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in the state. Two years later the justices ruled 5-4 that ...
June 26: The Supreme Court issues a 5–4 decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry, dismissing the appeal of the district court's decision on August 4, 2010, when the case was known as Perry v. Schwarzenegger, that affirmed the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. [244] June 28: Following the Supreme Court's decision in Hollingsworth v.
Kim Davis, the former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., and her attorneys hope her case will overturn the right to gay marriage in America using a precedent set by the Supreme Court in ending Roe v. Wade.
July 24, 2024 at 1:23 PM. Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who made national headlines nearly a decade ago for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, is back in the news. Davis and ...
The N.J. Supreme Court refuses to stay the ruling and the state defendants drop their appeal. Griego v. Oliver, 316 P.3d 865 (N.M. 2013). The New Mexico Supreme Court rules that the State Constitution requires marriage rights to be extended to same-sex couples. Kitchen v. Herbert, 961 F. Supp. 2d 1181 (2013). U.S. district court rules Utah's ...
The Supreme Court is expected to decide on the legality of gay marriage any day now, and it's possible the ruling will surprise everybody and please nobody. Many constitutional scholars predict ...