"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. The Constitution grants same-sex couples equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person. The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex." — Justice Kennedy, Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015
Justice Kennedy's opinion grounded the right to same-sex marriage in
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The Privileges or Immunities Clause exclusively
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Substantive due process and equal protection liberty interests
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The Tenth Amendment
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Article IV's Full Faith and Credit Clause
Explanation
Kennedy's opinion blended Fourteenth Amendment due-process liberty and equal-protection equality reasoning.