Supreme court case legalizing gay marriage
Fourth, "marriage is a keystone of our social order," and "[t]here is no difference between same- and opposite-sex couples with respect to this principle"; and for no reason denying the same-sex couples the right to marry is against the social principles of our society. The Court emphasized the relationship between the liberty of the Due Process Clause and the equality of the Equal Protection Clause and struck down same-sex marriage bans for violating both clauses, holding that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all fifty states "on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples.
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
David Michener had also married his same-sex partner in The third plaintiff, Robert Grunn, is a licensed funeral director who operates his business in Cincinnati. Grunn, whose clients included married gay couples, feared prosecution for making false statements on a death certificate, if he were to classify a legally married same-sex couple as wedded spouses.
A decade after the U.S. legalized gay marriage, Jim Obergefell says the fight isn't over
The group said it believes marriage laws should be left to states, and they question the constitutional basis of the 5-to-4 Dobbs ruling. NBC News reached out to the authors of these state measures, but they either declined an interview or did not respond.