Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, on June 26, 2015, the majority opinion declared that “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 of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State.”
The questions presented were:
- “[W]hether the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex.”
- “[W]hether the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to recognize a same-sex marriage licensed and performed in a State which does grant that right.”
Oral Arguments
You can hear the oral arguments for this case here:
Or listen to them directly on the Supreme Court’s website here.
The Ruling
You can read the final ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges either in our read in full below, or click here for a PDF.
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