"In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases
demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death . . . They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right." –Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015 Opponents of the opinion in the excerpt most likely would cite which provision of the Constitution?
They would cite the fourteenth amendment, which states that the prohibition of interracial marriages is prohibited and does not cite same-sex marriages.
Explanation:
The text shown in the question above refers to the right that the constitution of persons who have been legally married within the country. Thus, if a homosexual couple has been legally married, no state can prevent them from enjoying the conjugal rights that the constitution allows. However, those who oppose this type of thinking claim that the constitution does not support or protect same-sex marriages, and these marriages are unconstitutional, since the fourteenth amendment, which refers to marriages, only covers interracial and does not, at any time, cite homosexual marriages.
The answer to this should be: A sizable middle class has developed.
With a middle class they can create a better governance; The Middle Class has a strong interest in promoting foresighted policies and making government work well because their economic fate is more closely tied to the quality of government than that of the wealthy.
The voting rights were limited to a small section or people till the end of the 18th century. The UK parliament passed many laws in the 1800s which gave voting rights to large sections of society. Starting with the reform act of 1832 that gave voting rights to most male adults. Later new laws were passed by the parliament to extend voting rights to other people.
