CHAPTER ONE Making Same-Sex Marriage Legal 4 CHAPTER TWO Taking on DOMA 14 CHAPTER THREE Jim Obergefell 20 CHAPTER FOUR The Majority Opinion 26 CHAPTER FIVE The Dissenting Opinion 34 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 45 Online Resources 46 Learn More 46 About the Authors 47 Index 48 CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
MAKING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL It was a blazing hot morning on June 26 of people stood in the heat outside the 2015 in Washington DC Still a crowd Supreme Court building They were waiting to hear about an important decision It would change the lives of millions of Americans The news would come through a Washington tradition known as the Running of the Interns The Supreme Court does not allow recording devices This means the fastest way Interns have to run approximately 300 feet 90 m from the Supreme Court building to the press outside