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Read the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ____(2015), and write a 4-5-page paper addressing the following:

Question 1: Summarize the plaintiffs' arguments that their substantive due process had been violated.

Question 2: Summarize the plaintiffs' argument that their rights to equal protection under the law had been violated.

Question 3: Explain the Court's ruling and any prior U.S. Supreme Court cases that may have laid the foundation for this case.

Question 4: Explain what societal changes influenced the Court's decisions from the time of the 1986 Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)case, in which the Court upheld a Georgia statute that criminalized homosexual sex, to Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003),that overruled Bowers, to the 2015 Obergefell case that recognized same-sex marriage.

Question 5: Summarize why the dissenting justices disagreed with the majority opinion in Obergefell. Do you agree with the majority opinion or the dissenting justices? Explain why.