It’s been a long time coming and a hard fought battle, but marriage equality is finally here.
This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States finally issued a ruling, and it’s a 5/4 in favor of equal rights. Justice Kennedy swung over to the right side of history and sided with the more liberal Justices (quick shout out to my girl, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, RBG in the house!) while Roberts and Scalia, of course, wrote their dissents and pouted. Ok, that’s unfair, I don’t know that they pouted, but I imagine they did. Kennedy wrote the decision on gay marriage, and it’s long but worth reading.
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for a while, you know that I’m a huge GLBTA supporter and ally; I’m bisexual, after all.
Some friends of mine have been planning their wedding, and decided to put it after the ruling from SCOTUS, because that ruling would be the deciding factor in where to host the event: Chicago, where it’s legal, or Texas, where it wasn’t before. My vote would be for one in both places, just in case, because Texas can be a miserable location for a summer wedding. It’s so hot and humid here! I’ll be hitting the locally owned gay bar in town tonight for the celebration, and I expect to see a lot of cute queens getting proposed to on the dance floor!
The fight for marriage equality isn’t over, however.
With this new ruling, bans on certain types of marriages are struck down all across our nation. Naturally, those who oppose equal rights for all will be working to do a quick run around the law, just the same way various states worked to oppose de-segregation after Brown V The Board of Education. Various forms of impediment to the free exercise of our civil rights will automatically pop into place, like mushrooms after a storm. But, right now, right here, in the calm before the next wave of battle, it behooves us to pause and celebrate.
Marriage equality and equal rights under the law are now, finally, recognized.
Raise your glass, because we have a ruling, a precedent, some legal recognition that gay people deserve to be treated exactly the same, legally, as straight people. Let us celebrate! There’s going to be a wedding!
Ms.Harper, In a country as diverse as America, whatever opposing views a person have I believe people should be able to live side by side. “This ruling is a victory for America,” the president said. “This decision affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free.”
Exactly correct. Let equality and fellowship mark the day!
I am super happy that gay marriage is finally legal. You know what’s funny is the number of posts on the internet that state, “gay marriage is legal, time to move to Canada.” However, it’s been legal in Canada since 2003, so We are the one’s that are behind. In time, I hope that people progress to the point of putting aside petty hatred, but then again I am a dreamer… Great Post!
I’ve seen people wanting to move to Mexico, too. Their Supreme Court made equal marriage legal last month, so. lol!
I figure if other people’s marriage effects your marriage, you’re probably a cuckold with a tiny dick, and that’s sad all by itself. Trying to deny other people the same rights you’ve got just because your dick is too small… I can satisfy a woman better than a tiny dick cuckold, is what I’m trying to say here. 😉