The Washington Post writes,
"The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a historic victory for gay rights, ruling 5 to 4 that the Constitution requires that same sex couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live and that states may no longer reserve the right only for heterosexual couples."
In a majority opinion, Justice Anthony wrote
"Under the Constitution, same -sex couples seek in marriage the same legal treatment as opposite sex couples, and it would disparage their choices and diminish their personhood to deny them this right".
He was joined in the ruling by the court's liberal justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
The four most conservative members of the court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr dissented and each wrote a separate opinion saying a power which belongs to the people has been usurped by the court.
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