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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1995-10-10
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:517_U.S._620
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gptkbp:constitutionalIssue
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gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
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gptkbp:date
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1996-05-20
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gptkbp:decision
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6-3
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Richard_G._Evans
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Romer,_Governor_of_Colorado,_et_al._v._Evans_et_al.
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Colorado's Amendment 2, which prevented protected status for homosexual or bisexual persons, violates the Equal Protection Clause.
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gptkbp:involvedState
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gptkb:Colorado
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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gptkb:Colorado_Amendment_2
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gptkbp:pages
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620
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Roy_Romer
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Lawrence_v._Texas
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
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gptkbp:reporter
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gptkb:U.S.
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gptkbp:significance
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First Supreme Court case to strike down a law targeting gay people for disadvantage.
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:constitutional_law
LGBT rights
equal protection
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gptkbp:volume
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517
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Rational_basis_review
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Romer v. Evans (1996)
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