Public Policy Projekt - Part 3 - Gay-Marriage:

Obergefell v. Hodges:
Obergefell v. Hodges, is a ​landmark​ ​civil rights​ case in which the ​Supreme Court of the United
States​ 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
​ he 5–4 ruling requires all ​fifty states​ to perform and recognize the
United States Constitution​. T
marriages of same-sex couples on the same terms and conditions as the marriages of
opposite-sex couples, with all the accompanying rights and responsibilities.
This has a long impact because rules and laws regulate the United States and all in all every
country. Also it has a long history, so it was a long process to get this like it is now.
There are many examples or cases of gay-marriages. One case came from Michigan, involving
a female couple and their three children.
So On July 19, 2013, James Obergefell filed a lawsuit with the United States District Court in
Cincinnati, USA, to get the permission to be the official widow of his really sick husband. The
marriage was closed in Maryland, where those marriages were allowed since January 1, 2013.
So Oberfell was the first important person in this situation. The other important thing was the
Supreme Court. They decided about the rights of people who love and married the same gender
and if they have the same rights like the other people. The causes explained their situation and
they won. People who have a gay-marriage have the same right like other people now.
Baker vs. Nelson:

Richard John Baker v. Gerald R. Nelson is a case in which the ​Supreme Court​ in Minnesota
ruled that a state law limiting marriage to persons of the opposite sex didn´t violate the ​U.S.
Constitution​. Baker wanted, and on October 10, 1972, the ​United States Supreme Court
dismissed the appeal "for want of a substantial federal question." Because the case came to the
U.S. Supreme Court through mandatory appellate review, the dismissal die the decision that
they established Baker v. Nelson as ​precedent​,though the extent of its precedential effect had
been subject to debate.In May 2013, Minnesota ​legalized same-sex marriage​. Furthermore on
June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court explicitly overruled Baker in ​Obergefell v. Hodges​,
making same-sex marriage legal nationwide. The main supporters were two gay students,
Richard Baker​ and ​James Michael McConnell​, of the University of Minnesota who wanted that
gay-marriages will be legalised. The couple filed suit in district court to force Nelson to issue the
license. They said that if they treat them not equality because they love the same gender, it
would violate several provisions of the U.S. Constitution.The Minnesota Supreme Court
unanimously affirmed the trial court's dismissal. The terms ¨marriage¨ and gender specific can't
be in the same chapter, they said. The court held the statutes prohibited marriage between
persons of the same sex. But when you look at this now, the college students won because it is
legalized in every state.