Supreme Court Case Studies: The Same-Sex Marriage Cases: Obergefell v. Hodges (and consolidated cases)
Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration
From Street Law
Issues
Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license same-sex marriages?
Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a same-sex marriage that was lawfully licensed out-of-state?
Precedents
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Baker v. Nelson (1972)
Romer v. Evans (1996)
Windsor v. United States (2013)
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