Obergefell v. Hodges.

Supreme Court rules states cannot ban same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). Chief Justice C. J. Roberts in his dissenting opinion stated, "The right it announces has no basis in the Constitution."

With all due respect, dignity, and humility, as an attorney at law for approximately 54 years, this statement is dismaying, to say the least.

"Equal justice under law" is a phrase engraved on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

The preamble to the Constitution, as written, says, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America."

The equal protection clause is part of the 14th Amendment to our Constitution.

The equal protection clause is located in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment and as written says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and...