Obergefell v. Hodges was decided in 2015. It is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Because they refused to worship the emperor
Isn't it because he believes in gods and goddesses and spiritual beings