The majority opinion Kennedy wrote also equates “desire” with “rights” by arguing that “the petitioners seek (marriage),” and should have it granted to them “because of their respect and need” for it. The decision also reduces marriage to a set of “privileges and responsibilities” granted by the state instead of an institution created by God that the state privileges as a way of acknowledging its unique, God-given nature. The Consequences Obergefell has far-reaching consequences. The standardization of same-sex marriage overturned thousands of years of human history and tradition, threatened
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