Question: Which of the following statements about LGBTQ rights is true? Question options: a) In Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court upheld the Defense of Marriage Act. b) No Supreme Court ruling or national legislation explicitly protected gay and lesbian people from discrimination until 1996. c) LGBTQ rights faced a setback in 2009 when Congress failed to pass legislation extending the definition of hate crimes to include crimes motivated by hatred of LGBTQ people. d) The Supreme Court has always included the LGBTQ community among those protected by the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause, so LGBTQ rights followed the same path as rights for African Americans and women.