June 26, 2015Reputable sourceWell documented
Marriage Equality: Obergefell v. Hodges
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What happened
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in Obergefell v. Hodges that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry, requiring all fifty states to license and recognize such marriages.
Why it matters
Obergefell made marriage equality the law of the land nationwide, a landmark victory for the LGBTQ rights movement whose modern history is often traced to the Stonewall uprising decades earlier.
Sources
- National Constitution Center. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) · Reputable source