In this op-ed, Mary Bonauto and Marc Solomon write, “We have two decades of evidence that marriage equality has helped millions of people across America.”

Ten years ago, my name was one of the two associated with one of the most significant Supreme Court cases in modern history: Obergefell v. Hodges. The outcome granted same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide, transforming the lives of so many in a deeply personal and profoundly legal way.