o Evaluate and discuss the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held that, based on the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, states cannot prohibit same-sex couples from getting married.
o Read the majority and dissenting opinions of the Court.
o What are some of the major impacts of this case on same-sex couples?
o The dissenters from the decision – including the Chief Justice, John Roberts – argued that it was inappropriate for the Court to circumvent the democratic process. Is this correct? Would it have been better for individual states to make the decision regarding same-sex marriage, or is the majority correct, that the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment protects all in the area of marriage?
o NOTE: One source MUST BE the Supreme Court’s opinion.
