There is no such thing as “equal rights” anywhere in the Constitution. There is only a “born equal”, but the degree of success or failure is entirely up to the individual. The “right” to swing your arms freely ends the moment that fist engages the nose on my face, then the “right” to self-defense kicks in, usually in overdrive and with no sense of just being “equal”.
“Equal before the law” is only the right to be heard, and represented by counsel, in a court of law. When only one side is argued, in the absence of good and just positions of honorable intent, then great mischief is wrought upon the body of existing case and statutory law, with sometimes very regrettable outcomes. There is and never was any promise of “equality of outcome”, nor should there be.
The best that may be hoped for is equity, not equality, which are two very different concepts.
Correct and its essential meaning is that no one is born with the natural right to rule over another, thus, when devising a just form of government, the authority to govern must be derived by "consent of the governed." This was a central tenet that guided the forming of our Constitution. . and it has all but been lost after years of destructive policies put forth by the tyranny of the progressive Left.
It is not by consent that marriage has been redefined, but by an act of tyranny