Question: Formulate an answer to this elaborate question: A policy in the United States denied couples in same-sex relationships the same rights and privileges afforded different-sex couples was deemed unconstitutional in a landmark civil rights case in which the majority opinion wrote: "The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity.", Who was it that wrote this?
Answer: Justice Anthony Kennedy

Question: Formulate an answer to this elaborate question: Are Strelitzia and Smyrnium both types of plants?
Answer: yes

Question: Formulate an answer to this elaborate question: Who is the mascot of the university featured in the Bedlam Series whose current athletic director is Mike Holder?
Answer:
Pistol Pete