the supreme court’s decision in obergefell v. hodges (2015) was significant because it
Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) (/ ˈoʊbərɡəfɛl / OH-bər-gə-fel), is a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in a 5 -- 4 decision.