Finding Friendship in a Contentious Place: A Conversation with Obergefell and Hodges from the Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case on Same-Sex Marriage

31 Pages Posted: 14 Jul 2020

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D. Benjamin Barros

University of Toledo - College of Law

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.

Suggested Citation

Barros, D. Benjamin, Finding Friendship in a Contentious Place: A Conversation with Obergefell and Hodges from the Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case on Same-Sex Marriage (June 20, 2020). University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2020, University of Toledo Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3631559

D. Benjamin Barros (Contact Author)

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