In 2015, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’s Fourteenth
Amendment establishes a constitutional right to marriage for gay Americans. The ruling
reflected a remarkably rapid shift in public opinion regarding gay marriage in the
previous few years. Writing by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the majority opinion included a
powerful exposition on the meaning of freedom in the early twenty-first century
Text of the Fourteenth Amendment excerpt Section 1,
1789, rev. 1992
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State
shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
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