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1、(SlipOpinion)OCTOBERTERM,20141SyllabusNOTE:Whereitisfeasible,asyllabus(headnote)willbereleased,asisbeingdoneinconnectionwiththiscase,atthetimetheopinionisissued.ThesyllabusconstitutesnopartoftheopinionoftheCourtbuthasbeenpreparedbytheReporterofDecisionsfor
2、theconvenienceofthereader.SeeUnitedStatesv.DetroitTimber&LumberCo.,200U.S.321,337.SUPREMECOURTOFTHEUNITEDSTATESSyllabusOBERGEFELLETAL.v.HODGES,DIRECTOR,OHIODEPARTMENTOFHEALTH,ETAL.CERTIORARITOTHEUNITEDSTATESCOURTOFAPPEALSFORTHESIXTHCIRCUITNo.14–556.ArguedA
3、pril28,2015—DecidedJune26,2015*Michigan,Kentucky,Ohio,andTennesseedefinemarriageasaunionbetweenonemanandonewoman.Thepetitioners,14same-sexcou-plesandtwomenwhosesame-sexpartnersaredeceased,filedsuitsinFederalDistrictCourtsintheirhomeStates,claimingthatre-sp
4、ondentstateofficialsviolatetheFourteenthAmendmentbydeny-ingthemtherighttomarryortohavemarriageslawfullyperformedinanotherStategivenfullrecognition.EachDistrictCourtruledinpetitioners’favor,buttheSixthCircuitconsolidatedthecasesandreversed.Held:TheFourteent
5、hAmendmentrequiresaStatetolicenseamar-riagebetweentwopeopleofthesamesexandtorecognizeamarriagebetweentwopeopleofthesamesexwhentheirmarriagewaslawful-lylicensedandperformedout-of-State.Pp.3–28.(a)Beforeturningtothegoverningprinciplesandprecedents,itisapprop
6、riatetonotethehistoryofthesubjectnowbeforetheCourt.Pp.3–10.(1)Thehistoryofmarriageasaunionbetweentwopersonsoftheoppositesexmarksthebeginningofthesecases.Totherespond-ents,itwoulddemeanatimelessinstitutionifmarriagewereextend-edtosame-sexcouples.Butthepetit
7、ioners,farfromseekingtode-valuemarriage,seekitforthemselvesbecauseoftheirrespect—andneed—foritsprivilegesandresponsibilities,asillustratedbythepe-——————*TogetherwithNo.14–562,Tancoetal.v.Haslam,GovernorofTen-nessee,etal.,No.14–571,DeBoeretal.v.Snyder,Gover
8、norofMichigan,etal.,andNo.14–574,Bourkeetal.v.Beshear,GovernorofKentucky,alsooncertioraritothesamecourt.2OBERGEFELLv.HODGESSyllabustitioners’ownexperiences.Pp.3–6.(2)Thehistoryofmarriageisoneofbothcontinuitya
