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Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) (/ ˈ oʊ b ər ɡ ə f ɛ l / 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.
Jim Obergefell was the lead plaintiff on the landmark case that gave same-sex couples the right to get married in 2015 after the death of husband John Arthur. The heartbreaking love story behind ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, was handed down on June 26, 2015, and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.
Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges decision on June 26, 2023 in Washington, D.C. California, Colorado and Hawaii moved to protect same-sex marriage at the state level in the 2024 elections this week.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell on June 26, Phrasavath filed a motion for summary judgment on August 25, 2015 to be able to inherit Powell's estate. The Texas Supreme Court found on October 5, 2015 that the couple did in fact have a common-law marriage. [55] On February 19, 2015, in Goodfriend & Bryant v.
This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v.Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide, with the exception of American Samoa and sovereign tribal nations.
Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, announced Tuesday that he will run for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. Jim Obergefell, who gave name to landmark Supreme ...
Adoption of marriage amendments over time. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v.Hodges (2015), U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions of several different types passed, banning legal recognition of same-sex unions in U.S. state constitutions, referred to by proponents as "defense of marriage amendments" or "marriage protection amendments."