rewrite "According to the opinion of the majority, as Justice Potter Stewart wrote, the Supreme Court concluded that the law of Alabama was unconstitutional since it violated the Equal Protection Clause according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court found the law unconstitutional as there was no rationally associated with any legitimate government interests. In addition, it was driven by racial discrimination. Furthermore, the Court stated that the law discriminated against people of colour in the US. Concurring with the opinion, Justice Thurgood Marshall claimed that Alabama law was illegitimate and violated the fundamental proper marriage. The judge further said that the right to marry is a fundamental right the Constitution protects, and hence, the government cannot restrict that right excessively