This is truly a fantastic victory for all Americans. Today, the Supreme Court affirmed our highest ideals and aspirations as a country by bringing us one step closer to full equality for all.
“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote. “As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death.”