In its 2013 United States v.Windsor ruling, the Supreme Court held that

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The Supreme Court's 2013 United States v. Windsor ruling held that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, was unconstitutional as it infringed the Fifth Amendment rights of same-sex couples. The ruling did not legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, but it paved the way for the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage by undermining the legal basis for state-level bans. Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

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