History Of The Supreme Court Case Of Obergefell V. Hodges

The 26th of June 2015 was a day that went down in history for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. This was the date of the decision for the landmark Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges, which determined that same-sex marriages were to be considered legal in all fifty states (Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015). Those who are in the LGBT community were overjoyed to finally have the long awaited marriage rights that had been granted to heterosexual couples for hundreds of years (Pearson, Sanchez, & Martinez, 2015). The Supreme Court decision is representative of the changes that have occurred in the United States in regard to LGBT individuals over time. However, the pages and pages of dissent written by Chief Justice …show more content…
These data occur regardless of which subgroup of the LGBT community is being examined. This may be because heterosexual individuals are uncomfortable with the thought of being attractive to someone in the LGBT community that identifies with the same gender as them. Individuals that do not have the same gender identity would therefore be seen as more comfortable to be in contact with as the chance of sexual advances toward them is decreased (Worthen, …show more content…
In having contact with LGBT individuals, there is a challenging of the myths and stereotypes that are placed on these groups of people. This may be because an individual is able to see the similarities that exist between heterosexual individuals and the LGBT individual, and result in a normalizing of the otherwise foreign behavior (Fingerhut, 2011). There are many factors that influence views on the LGBT community. These distinctions, as well as additional views regarding heterosexual individuals, will be examined in this