Obergefell v. Hodges was a case that brought much controversy within 2015. It pertained to the idea that states bans on same gender marriage were unconstitutional. The case helped decide that under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, the right to marriage applies to not only heterosexual couples, but same sex ones as well (ITT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015). This case began with a group of fourteen same sex couples deciding to sue state agencies in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. They were fighting for the idea that the states banning same sex marriage and not acknowledging legalized same gender couples was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. The cases that went through trial courts regarding this were all found in favor of the plaintiffs. Though it appeared the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit felt a different way, as it was declared that it did not violate their rights to due process or equal protection. This caused the case to find its way to the U.S. Supreme Court (ITT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015). There are two constitutional questions that come to play here; is a state required to allow a marriage between people of the same gender by the…show more content… Hodges was the legalization of same sex marriage. It impacted all same gender couples who were denied their rights from the Fourteenth Amendment. Same sex couples now are capable of getting married and being recognized for this marriage in any state within the U.S. Which will help mark the beginning of them being fully accepted in this country, if only by the majority of people. It will also start to help create others who have currently not been getting their rights on the path for them to start doing so as well. In the end, the impact of this case will be more positive than
