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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2014 1. Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the COURT but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See UNITED STATES v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . Syllabus OBERGEFELL ET AL. v. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR. THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. No. 14 556. Argued April 28, 2015 Decided June 26, 2015*. Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The petitioners, 14 same-sex cou- ples and two men whose same-sex partners are deceased, filed suits in Federal District Courts in their home STATES , claiming that re- spondent state officials violate the Fourteenth Amendment by deny- ing them the right to marry or to have marriages lawfully performed in another State given full recognition.
This dynamic can be seen in the Nation’s experience with gay and lesbian rights. Well into the 20th century, many States condemned same-sex intimacy as immoral, and homosexuality was treated as an illness. Later in the century, cultural and political developments al-lowed same-sex couples to lead more open and public lives. Extensive
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