Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Marriage Equality

[Yuwipi Woman]

I'm not supposed to be on here any more, but I just had to post this:

WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.

The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. With the ruling, gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing on behalf of the court, said that the hope of gay people intending to marry "is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/su...ives-gay-people-the-right-to-marry/ar-AAcaBM5

I'll have to look into the guts of the ruling to see what it really means.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's great news.

I can imagine all the religious conservatives are frothing at the mouth right now.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It's great news.

I can imagine all the religious conservatives are frothing at the mouth right now.

I think Facebook might melt down.

 

[a_chap]

I'm not supposed to be on here any more, but...

I beg to disagree.

You *are* supposed to be on here and to be the bearer of glad tidings like this

 

[Vintage Paw]

Lots of pictures of people in all previously banned states going to get their marriage licences.

Most of the repub nominees are saying they think it's unconstitutional and won't recognise it and we should stand up against these tyrannical unelected scotus officials.

Bless.

 

[Gingerman]

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[TomUS]

It's about time. It'll also be fun to see the right winger's heads explode.

 

[Gingerman]

It's about time. It'll also be fun to see the right winger's heads explode.

 

[Gingerman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33269991
Been a bad week for the right wing dingbats

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33269991
Been a bad week for the right wing dingbats

Lets hope they continue to have such "bad weeks."

 

[Gingerman]

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/26/go_...ture_wars_are_over_and_hate_and_the_gop_lost/
The fucknuts still can't accept it,Huckabee,Jindal ugh ....what a bunch of godawful creeps,really is a race to the bottom with the Repugnants.

 

[1%er]

So America has become the 22nd country to give people of the same sex the right to get married, about time really. They have spent years going around the world saying they are bringing freedom to people, why has it taken them so long to bring freedom to millions of their own.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Checking Facebook this morning:

 

[Diamond]

Great piece from Richard Posner on the judgment:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...issent_in_obergefell_is_heartless.single.html