Finding Friendship in a Contentious Place: A Conversation with Obergefell and Hodges from the Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case on Same-Sex Marriage
University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2020
University of Toledo Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
31 Pages Posted: 14 Jul 2020
Date Written: June 20, 2020
Abstract
In the 2015 landmark case Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples had a fundamental right to marry as guaranteed by the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Despite being on opposing sides of one of the most important Supreme Court rulings in recent history, Jim Obergefell and Rick Hodges developed the most unlikely friendship. On February 13, 2020, along with our College of Law panel, Mr. Obergefell and Mr. Hodges discussed their unique roads to becoming the named parties in this landmark ruling.
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