{"id":526,"date":"2015-06-26T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/?p=526"},"modified":"2023-12-21T17:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:16:23","slug":"supreme-court-finds-fundamental-liberty-and-equality-interests-in-extending-right-to-marry-to-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/2015\/06\/26\/supreme-court-finds-fundamental-liberty-and-equality-interests-in-extending-right-to-marry-to-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court finds fundamental liberty and equality interests in extending right to marry to same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court held in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/14pdf\/14-556_3204.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Obergefell v. Hodges,<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 U.S. \u2014 (2015), that the Constitution\u2019s due process clause protects liberty interests that include personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy and that those include the right to marry, including someone of the same sex. The Court also held that it violates equal protection of the laws to allow male-female couples to marry but to deny that right to same-sex couples. For the same reasons, states must recognize same-sex marriages validly celebrated in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/antidiscrimination-law\/\" rel=\"tag\">Antidiscrimination Law<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/due-process\/\" rel=\"tag\">Due Process<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/marital-property\/\" rel=\"tag\">Marital Property<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/religious-freedom\/\" rel=\"tag\">Religious Freedom<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/sexual-orientation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sexual Orientation<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court held in\u00a0Obergefell v. Hodges,\u00a0\u2014 U.S. \u2014 (2015), that the Constitution\u2019s due process clause protects liberty interests that include personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy and that those include the right to marry, including someone of the same sex. The Court also held that it violates equal protection of the laws to allow male-female couples to marry but to deny that right to same-sex couples. 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