“No union is more
profound than marriage,
for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family.
In forming a marital union, two people become
something greater than they once were.
As some petitioners in these cases demonstrate,
marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death.
It would misunderstand these men and women
to say they disrespect the idea of marriage.
Their plea is that they do respect it so deeply that they
seek to find fulfillment for themselves.
Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness,
excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions.
They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law.
The Constitution grants them that right. The judgement of the
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.”
Justice, Anthony Kennedy
June, 26, 2015
for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family.
In forming a marital union, two people become
something greater than they once were.
As some petitioners in these cases demonstrate,
marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death.
It would misunderstand these men and women
to say they disrespect the idea of marriage.
Their plea is that they do respect it so deeply that they
seek to find fulfillment for themselves.
Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness,
excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions.
They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law.
The Constitution grants them that right. The judgement of the
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.”
Justice, Anthony Kennedy
June, 26, 2015
Composition By:
Kay Lynn Gabaldon
Kay Lynn Gabaldon
