Which statement best completes the diagram? (apex) a. courts refuse to use strict scrutiny in cases involving minorities. b. racial segregation is strengthened by the decision in brown v. board of education. c. affirmative action programs benefiting minorities are allowed to operate without limits. d. laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are ruled unconstitutional.

The correct answer is D) laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are ruled unconstitutional.

The statement that best completes the diagram is "laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are ruled unconstitutional."

The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to the people born in the United States or naturalized in the US. That included former slaves. The equal protection clause is part of the 14th Amendment that expresses that any state should deny the protection of the equal protection of the law to any person.

Then, many Supre Court Case in the 1970s had to deal with sexual orientation and disability cases that were included in the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th AMendment to the United States Constitution.

southerners, for their part, considered brown a terrorist. they felt threatened by northerners' deification of brown and worried about the potential for other, similar armed insurrections.

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i believe it is the second one.   if correct plz mark brainliest.