Evaluate and discuss the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held that, based on the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, states cannot prohibit same-sex couples from getting married.

Personal Responsibility is defined as the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making.

Assignment:A core component of a well-functioning democratic society is having leaders who will be bound by ethical decision-making.

 

Paper Guidelines:

• Between 1,000-1,250 words in the body of the paper

• Minimum of 5 academic sources, included at the end of the paper in a works cited page

• Paper must conform to the APA style format (see Purdue OWL for formatting)

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Same-Sex Marriage

o Evaluate and discuss the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held that, based on the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, states cannot prohibit same-sex couples from getting married.

o Read the majority and dissenting opinions of the Court.

o What are some of the major impacts of this case on same-sex couples?

o The dissenters from the decision – including the Chief Justice, John Roberts – argued that it was inappropriate for the Court to circumvent the democratic process. Is this correct?

Would it have been better for individual states to make the decision regarding same-sex marriage, or is the majority correct, that the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment protects all in the area of marriage?

o NOTE: One source MUST BE the Supreme Court’s opinion.

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