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  1. 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.

  2. Apr 28, 2015 · Holding: 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.

  3. Mar 14, 2024 · With its 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court extended the federal right to marry to same-sex couples. It was a reflection of how much the country’s views of same-sex ...

  4. Obergefell v. Hodges is a landmark case in which on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States held, in 5-4 decision, that state bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same sex marriages duly performed in other jurisdictions are unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to ...

  5. Jun 26, 2015 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide Friday as a divided Supreme Court handed a crowning victory to the gay rights movement, setting off a jubilant cascade of long-delayed weddings in states where they had been forbidden.

  6. Jun 26, 2015 · In a historic decision for the gay right’s movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution grants same-sex couples the right to marry. The court ruled 5-4 that the...

  7. Jul 21, 2022 · Same-sex marriage would be illegal in 25 to 32 states if the Supreme Court overturned Obergefell. Dormant constitutional provisions and existing laws in those states would snap back into...

  8. Jun 23, 2020 · The Supreme Court heard arguments on April 28, 2015. On June 26, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the plaintiffs, stating that both bans on same-sex marriages and bans on recognizing...

  9. Apr 28, 2015 · The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and held that the states' bans on same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize marriages performed in other states did not violate the couples' Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection and due process.

  10. Jun 26, 2015 · WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic culmination of decades of litigation over gay marriage...

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