Obergefell and the long road towards equal marriage

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine the most relevant aspects of the decision delivered in 2015 by the Supreme Court of the United States of America in the case know as Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, and the way the majority opinion could shed a light on the discussion on same-sex marriage in our country. Thus, we will try to determine which constitutional anchors the judges identified in their sentence, and the way in which it is responsible for re-interpreting the constitutional order based on the evolution that an institution such as marriage has experienced and the need to make sexual minorities equal in that area.