YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Supreme Court of the United States of America have just ruled on the constitutional right for LGBTQ to marry. In a 5-4 decision, with the majority opinion written by “swing vote” Justice Kennedy, SCOTUS has declared that every gay person in America has a constitutional right to marry. *mic drop*
Every single gay person in a red state has the right to marry. Every single gay person in a blue state has the right to marry. Every single person in America has the right to marry whomever they want.
Apparently, the conservative justices were so butthurt that every single one of them wrote their own minority opinions. HAHAHA!! I can’t wait to read more of Scalia’s jiggery-pokery nonsense.
Coming on the heels of SCOTUS reaffirming the Affordable Care Act, upholding the Fair Housing Act and now this… this week has been like Liberal Christmas for me.
USA!! USA!!! USA!!!!
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Congratulations America!
I got the goosebumps! What a lovely victory!! Congratulations America!
So did I. I literally got goosebumps. I got to see this in my lifetime. YAYYYYYYY!!
Also goosebumps. Congratulations, us!!
I’m so happy for this. It’s been a good week in SCOTUS.
Now my friends can get married and ugh my heart is so happy.
About time! Wonderful. All citizens should be treated equally.
Fourthed! Well done, guys.
Whoooooo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8mm1Qmt-Y
I’m taking out my tu-tu and my freak ’em shoes!!!
HARVEY MILK THIS SONG’S FOR YOU BABAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
Just in time for PRIDE weekend and the big parades! Can’t wait to see the joy and celebration in SF tomorrow 🙂
+1
Will add my Congratulations For All Americans. It makes me so happy every time we get these announcements.
America f*ck yeah!
This is awesome! It’s about time.
I’m so happy! This is a great day for equality and America.
When I feel like I’ve lost hope in my country,it sneaks up and surprises me.
So happy!
Yay! It’s about time!
I told myself once I click on this and read it I wasn’t going to cry. Tears are streaming!
As much as this really is more of a personal preferene for people it’s against the constitution to impose that on all citizens. Regardless of their personal preferences these SCOTUS members do justce to their positions here.
Finally, SCOTUS upholds the rights of all Americans…3x in a row!
Hundredthing this! It’s about time the US caught up with the times!
I am soooo happy about this! It will make such a positive impact on so many people!
After the Citizens United and Hobby Lobby decisions, I had lost faith in the Supreme Court. The two decisions this week have made me cautiously optimistic. 😀
A GREAT DAY for social equality and justice. Well done America for finally upholding the Constitution, and about time too! So happy for my gay friends here in Texas. Now they can flip the bird at all the Redneck Republicans around these parts, although they’re much too polite to do such a thing. 😂
It is a GREAT DAY! 😀
::: does happy dance :::
Educate me though because I always get Federal and State laws mixed up… Does this mean that a local business in say, Arkansas that sells, I dunno… car insurance – has to honor a same sex union and include them on a “family plan” just as they would have with male/female spouses or can they reserve the right to turn down their business?… Or is that now considered discrimination at a Federal level?
How does this affect law on local levels?
Also… and now – can we please move on to legalize Pot on a federal level? 🙂
I’m sorry, the Supreme Court ruling that all citizens have the right to marry who they choose, and to receive the benefits that go along with marriage, is a landmark decision. It’s about human rights. I don’t know why you would think that Insuring that people can buy and sell marijuana is remotely as important.
Mytbean, yes, this decision means that rights and benefits extended to heterosexual married couples must also be extended to homosexual married couples. So there’s now no such thing as “gay marriage” anymore under constitutional law. There’s just “marriage.” And state and local laws must adhere to our federal constitution as well. So a local insurance business could not deny coverage to a gay married couple on the basis of their homosexuality.
And I agree with you that marijuana should be legalized nationwide. It’s a very important issue for the many people it benefits, and a good potential moneymaker for state economies once they are given the opportunity to regulate and tax it.
Yes, now those companies who have denied health benefits to same sex couples can no longer discriminate as they will not be merely a “partner” but a legal spouse. And Lissanne get off your high horse! This was a very valid question and this ruling affects more than just a legal right to marry. It impacts health insurance and social security benefits as well. Geesh get over yourself.
Yes. And just as importantly they can make medical decisions for their spouses over family members. And they can’t be denied access to their spouse by the family when they are I’ll and in the hospital.
The reason that legalization of marijuana is far more important than it seems at first glance is because an amazing number of people have been arrested, convicted, and imprisoned over the years for a plant we can grow in a flowerpot. Read the history of it , going back many decades. The roots of the anti-marijuana crusade were clearly racist and political as well as completely baffling. Medical people at the time tried to point out that the politicos were lying about its effects, to no avail. The laws have caused considerable harm to many generations. And I say this never having smoked the stuff ever. I don’t even use alcohol, which is a far more harmful drug for the user and everybody around the user. Our laws have been so weird that they’ve made it hard to get hemp rope or the very nutritious hempseed and hempseed butter.
SO HAPPY, SO PROUD!!!!!!
And so happy to have seen Andrew Sullivan come out of retirement to write a post about it. He brought me to tears.
I don’t cry easily but this had me in tears:
“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people be come something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope 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.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.
It is so ordered.”
— Justice Anthony Kennedy
I just want to run around saying “The judgement of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed. It is so ordered.”
Well that and “Make it so.” Because Jean Luc Picard is everything.
@ Cran: This says it all:
“They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”
The joy in my heart because of this decision cannot be put into words. I had a gay uncle who hid his sexuality for DECADES because of the bigotry gay people face. My one regret in today’s SCOTUS decision is that it came seven months too late for my uncle to witness. I love you, Uncle Richard, and I’ll do my best to celebrate enough for the both of us tonight!
Scalia is losing his damn mind over this and the ACA. His dissent is filled with more cray cray.
YEA FOR THE FREEDOM TO MARRY WHOM YOU WANT!!!!!
I need to read his dissent for the laughs!
And, congratulations USA! Woo-hoo!! 😀
Thomas’ is even crazier.
Abbott is right.
Part of Clarence Thomas’ dissent:
“The corollary of that principle is that human dignity cannot be taken away by the government. Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits. The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away.”
Unbelievable.
@belle de jour, whoa, Thomas has lost his mind.
Uncle Ruckus has his nose permanently glued to Scalia’s butt. Every time Scalia tells him to jump, Thomas says “How high?”
His dissent is unprofessional for a member of the judiciary and is a sign he should retire. If you can’t write a dissent with legal arguments instead of personal attacks then there were no real legal grounds for denying that right in the first place.
Roberts is the only one in that group of four that has a legal brain worth keeping. Thomas is super useless as well.
You are absolutely right. His dissent was completely filled with bitterness and lacked any real legal argument. It was just filled with a bunch of “the SCOTUS isnt a good representation of all of America, all dems folks are from places not affected” BS.
Excellent point Nic. His decisions are based on personal beliefs, not law, and that’s not right.
Yeah, it’s a bit sad that a Supreme Court judge can’t actually act like a mature human being instead of a petulant child. His dissent is nothing more than a tantrum on paper, instead of a proper legal argument.
Absolutely true Thomas doesn’t even ask questions and Scalia is vile.
So happy about this!
100% Agree.
Scalia will be a stain on the court in the history books. His views are so archaic now, imagine how they will appear in 50 years. People will read his words and feel shame that such things were written by the highest court.
He forgot that SCOTUS gave him the right to marry his wife in all 50 states too. How do you compare this to slavery, internment camps and dignity? Thomas is uncle Ruckus for real.
Scalia’s dissent actually includes the term “Huh?”
Scalia is an odious, bitter old man.
Please, Scalia. Please resign in protest. Please resign in protest. And take your “values,” “anger,” and vitriol with you, wherever you decide to go. And stop trying to turn America into a fascist state, a la Mussolini’s mafia-rife Sicily.
Scalia: “So it is not of special importance to me what the law says about marriage. It is of overwhelming importance, however, who it is that rules me. Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court.”
There is so much wrong with the above. But for starters, here’s crossing our fingers that if he suddenly finds his job unconscionable & the power of the Supreme Court so odious, he resigns out of conscience and high moral obligation.
I’m hoping a fellow wingnut may convince him to fight for ‘justice’ on his own; that someone or some group can pander to his outrageous ego + sense of drama and convince him he needs to resign in protest and lead the charge from elsewhere.
God what an idiot.
When someone so painfully and ignorantly doesn’t know their own job I can only think they need to crawl back into the dark recesses of their fellow ignorant FOX-news haven.
The SCOTUS doesn’t rule us Scalia. It steps in when we have an issue of such large disagreement on a federal level that it is required for a final vote to decide what the appropriate action is. At least the right amount of people realized that we have no legitimate reason to keep denying a segment of the population rights.
Scalia’s dissent had nothing to do with gay marriage per se, but of the bigger issue of the Court’s ever-increasing power. Our three branches are supposed to be checking and balancing one another. Instead, Congress has increased the power of the Executive branch where a single stroke of the pen decides law (something that was never intended), lawsuits like this one have made the Supreme Court the deciding factor on state law and the Legislative branch is pretty much a useless appendage at this point.
I don’t care which side of the fence you’re on, the power of the people of the United States lies in it’s representatives in Congress. They are the ones closest to the people who elect them. The President should not have the power of a dictator and the judges of the SCOTUS are appointed by whichever President is elected at that time not by the people of the United States.
Our representative republic has been destroyed.
I’m not against civil unions for everyone, I am just disturbed by the destruction of our Constitution and power being given to 2 branches of government making the third (the one closest to the people) useless.
^THIS a million
Congress did it to themselves. And now we have a two-ringed circus instead of a three-ringed one. Maybe you ought to get your own petition started to get a measure on the ballot that reinstates some of Congress’ powers and removes their ability to abdicate decision-making in favor of politicking, punditry, and pandering to corporations and the 1 percent?
Thank you.
were you disturbed by the corporate power grab and democracy destroying nature of Citizens United and Bush v. Gore? Somehow those weren’t offensive to Scalia. Maybe because he’s a bigoted, mean-spirited fascist pr!ck.
@buzz You said it! Bush v Gore is when all this bullcrap started. And we’ve been suffering for it ever since.
Exactly Pinky.
When do we start responding to the govt. and world we have instead of the perfect fantasy one that’s ‘supposed’ to be?
People are being denied their basic rights for no other reason than because they think homosexuality is icky, let’s actually work on helping people and once our members of congress stop being useless sacks of flesh that actually vote based on the desires of their people and not lobbyists.
Everyone in Congress is happy with the way things are because Congress is now Republican and they believe there’s going to be a Republican president voted in next year. That stroke of the pen flows for either party.
They don’t care about the erosion of the Constitution, they (meaning both parties) only care about growth of the Federal government and the power that goes with it. Each group just anxiously waits for their turn to wield it.
Sherry, your doom and gloom prognosis is unrealistic. “Lawsuits like this” have been happening since Thomas Jefferson. Scotus being above state rights and defining the Union is as old as the republic.
@Sherry parts of your argument have nothing to do with this decision or the written dissent, but let’s take your argument that the way the Constitution is now is not what was intended in the creation of our country. First of all, if we went by what was intended you would have no vote, nor own any land or home on your own as you are a woman. People who make this argument always piece meal it to what they believe, and that is not how it should work especially in law and justice.
My question is have you actually read the Constitution? It does state the Supreme Court has the right to provide decisions on cases like this. Sorry the decision is not to your liking. The only legitimate argument against their decision, is that the states have a right to decide on laws, but in this case the interpretation could be that you are violating the Constitution certainly by not respecting other states laws, and a good argument could be made for not providing equal justice for all too. All perfectly legitimate interpretations of the Constitution.
As far as Executive power creating laws with the writing of a pen making him a pseudo-dictator, not entirely true. Keep in mind aside from our ability to elect a new President, the Congress has the ability to overrule anything done by the President with a law voted by veto proof majority of members, and the Supreme Court can rule it unlawful if they think it violates the rule of US law. I would say the checks and balances are working which was the intent of the founders.
“lawsuits like this one have made the Supreme Court the deciding factor on state law”
No, there is legal history here. The Supreme Court’s rightful position IS to interpret the laws, especially when there is conflict between Federal and State laws. States have rights to make laws, but they can’t make laws that trample on rights that have been given to citizens by the Federal government.
In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a basic civil right of man, that “cannot be infringed by the State”. To act as if the decision today has no precedent is not factual.
Funny that conservatives come out attacking the Court’s abuse of power only when the decisions come down against them. I did not hear this outcry when the Court arguably destroyed democracy with Hobby Lobby or empowered my employer to stop coverage on my birth control.
yes, jaygee, the GOP only rails against “legislating from the bench” when the decision goes against them.
So because I’m anti-big government it makes me a conservative Republican? Okay … I actually have no political affiliation. I think people should be able to live their lives their own way without the government telling them what they can and cannot do.
Freedom … it was good while it lasted.
” I think people should be able to live their lives their own way without the government telling them what they can and cannot do.”
The government and the court system is there to prevent one person’s freedoms from overriding another person’s freedoms. If someone is infringing on another person’s freedoms, it is absolutely correct for the government to intervene. If an employer is abusing an employee, if a person is discriminated against, etc. While some might look at such intervention as trampling on a discriminator’s “freedom” to discriminate, or an employer’s “freedom” to abuse staff, the intervention is actually protecting the freedom of the person being discriminated against.
I don’t see how you can opine that freedom is over, when this ruling is giving CITIZENS the freedom to marry and merge their estate with the person they love. Do you sincerely think there would be more freedom if homosexual couples were told that they can’t marry another consenting adult?
I don’t think the government should have a say in that at all. And therein lies the problem.
It seems to me that everyone wants their particular lifestyle legislated so that everyone else has to accept it, whether that be drugs, marriage, merchandise. If a certain group is offended about something, they want a law providing for their viewpoint in order to force everyone else to fall in line.
I’m not talking about gay and straight. If, heaven forbid, Rick Santorum were to become President, I don’t want him deciding how everyone should live anymore than I want Rosie O’Donnell deciding whether or not I should be able to own a gun.
There is no more debate and disagreement. Everyone wants to beat down the other side and make them acquiesce to their beliefs and if they don’t, then they want the government to make them do so.
If you don’t think government should have a say in protecting people’s freedoms, then you are for anarchy?
This isn’t about legislating a lifestyle, actually it is the opposite.
The gay community has been a part of our country for as long as it has existed, and they are our fellow citizens. There is no need for legislation to recognize that. However, their rights needed defending AGAINST legislation that was trying to trample on their rights.
No matter who is president, rights are rights. This isn’t about “legislating” so that the gay community has rights…the Constitution and the 14th Amendment says they always had those rights, they were just denied them up until this decision.
I probably am an anarchist. My husband has called me that several times and he’s on the far, far, right. Obviously, any society needs rules to live by, I just think our rules and laws have gotten out of hand over the last 50 years.
If a person thinks that no benefits or privileges should come with marriage, I can entertain that idea to a certain extent. What I disagree with is the actual licensed status that is marriage as it exists in our country today, being applied differently to different people based on reasons that aren’t supported by law.
The 14th Amendment says that privileges of US citizenship can’t be infringed upon by the state. Marriage, as clarified in previous Supreme Court ruling, is a right and privilege of adult human beings in the United States ( who are legally able to sign a contract). What it does in relation to the government is it binds two estates together and documents it. It designates a position to make decisions on behalf of the estate and its heirs (spouse), it comes with tax benefits, pension and death benefit rights, a sway on Visa and immigration status…the list goes on and on. There is no legal justification to apply these benefits to only some licensed marriages.
@ Sherry: ” Everyone wants to beat down the other side and make them acquiesce to their beliefs and if they don’t, then they want the government to make them do so. ”
What a drama queen, restricted view of political debate you have. You don’t understand how civil rights work.
It’s very simple: everyone has the right to experience an as shitty marriage as yours.
I’m very suspicious of anybody who says she’s pro-civil unions. Why do you need a different language? Start with making that claim.
PS Anarchist? Pffft. For better or worse anarchists are ready to sacrifice for the common good. It’s not sufficient to just sit on your porch and bitch about government intrusion.
@Sherry: The way you view society is interesting. It seems to imply/presuppose a very ‘adult’, or advanced, stage of civilization. I don’t necessarily think it has anything to do with anarchy, but more with a free-spirited view of doing/choosing the ‘right thing’ without interference by (any) legislation. Unfortunately, we as human beings are not that far yet, and perhaps never will be. This Supreme Court decision wasn’t about legislation of a ‘lifestyle’, but about protecting human rights. I remember (since we are on a showbiz gossip site) Barbra Streisand telling the audience at some Oscar that came under the theme “Year of the women”, that the idea of having that theme was to make sure there was no need for a theme like that later on. So, there you go, we still have to go to court for something that, for many here on this site at least, seems to be completely clear, and self-evident. However, I completely understand your idea about a society that doesn’t need all those rules, and regulations. And all the political ambitions connected to something that should be just common sense about life.
@ Sherry…..Sorry, you are wrong, dear. The PRESIDENT didn’t bring about these gay marriage cases. CITIZENS DID. Furthermore, the PRESIDENT signed the Affordable Care Act AFTER it was passed by Congress. So, what is YOUR ISSUE AGAIN????? Your entire diatribe consists of calling out the Courts and the President for what you feel is unilateral action that isn’t deferential to a legislative body.
OBAMACARE was passed by that LEGISLATIVE BODY known as CONGRESS in 2010 and signed by the President. Remember that??? Further, the Congress and the legislatures of the states ratified the 14th Amendment to the United States along with its Equal Protection Clause. Remember that??? It seems like LEGISLATIVE BODIES of their OWN ACCORD are EXACTLY why such issues are being brought before the court.
Scalia has been a bigoted, partisan hack from day one. He needs to go.
Yeas, I am happy for all, finally…Bravo!
Next fight we really have to fight for is waiting since forever..Women Equal Rights !!!!!!
There is a Scalia burn generator that is going around, and it is so funny. He’s a joke.
Interpretive jiggery-pokery is abounding!
Welcome to the 21st century, America! Woo hoo for equality
So overwhelmed by the Supreme Court decisions this week. Truly feels like we are moving in a positive direction. #lovewins
This week sucks for the bigots. Bahahahahaha
Doesn’t it though?
It is lovely to behold.
I’m waiting for the Fox News meltdown. Unfortunately my kid is watching handy manny, so the insanity must wait…. Sighs.
I hear you. I normally watch Fox at my parents’ house at times like this so I can indulge in a bit of schadenfreude but unfortunately they’re out of town at the moment. Anywho, enjoy. 🙂
LMAO!
I’m waiting for all of the bigoted whining in the opinion sections of the newspaper to start.
Thanks for breaking it down!! Best comment yet!!
I know right? Flags coming down, minorities have to be treated fairly in housing, ACA is legal, and marriage equality is finally happening.
Here’s what I don’t understand:
Does that mean it is now constitutional?
Then why does the Supreme Court not make the Women’s Equality Act constitutional?
Because congress has to vote it into law. The Supreme Court only rules on something when a law has been challenged as unconstitutional. In this case it was ruled that the states as individuals had no right to discriminate against same sex couples.
This ruling was based on already existing amendment–the 14th aka the due process one. The ERA is only a proposed amendment.
Hooray for america
Finally! It’s only 2015.
This is good. This is really good.
Rights to see husband/wife in hospital, insurance, adoptions, etc. This will make things easier for all.
Yay!!!
Yes! It’s not only about love, although that should be enough.
One of the arguments I hear over and over from the conservative side of my family is that “gays can be in love without marriage”. But marriage provides countless legal and social benefits that you can’t get without it.
I just hope there are not too many local loonies who will try to pass state law to circumvent this. You know they will try!
Meanwhile I’m gearing up to be my cousin’s best woman when he marries his partner of 20 years. About naffing time 🙂
A friend of mine just got engaged after ten years with his partner, yay! I guess he’s not his partner anymore, he’s his fiance! And they will not be having catered pizza at their reception. ☺
And a boom for the wedding industry.
yay! What a victory!!
So happy and relieved.
Yay! Someday people are going to look back and be amazed this was such a big deal. Today, it’s a great victory for equal rights.
I usually don’t watch Fox News but today I will make an exception just to see them in misery.
Please report back. I expect Henny Penny levels of chicken-with-head-cut-offedness.
Ohhhh yea me too. And then I can’t wait for Stewart to roast them over it later.
I watched Faux News during the last election night and the meltdowns that occurred when states kept polling in blue was just hilarious.
Guessing it is going a little something like this…. ASSAULT on MY religious freedoms!!!!
First confederate flags removed, the ACA & now this, perfect time to watch. Bad week for Fox conservatives haha. Wonder how many believe the end is nigh?
Well, Antonin Scalia for starters.
I’m crying right now I am so happy.
Me too! Amazing and awesome week of SC rulings!
Yes, tears here too.
“Apparently, the conservative justices were so butthurt that every single one of them wrote their own minority opinions. ”
Show me Thomas’s. Because Thomas doesn’t write anything. He doesn’t speak, he falls asleep, and he just follows Scalia’s lead and cosigns whatever loppty-loop word string Scalia commits to the page. If Thomas wrote a single danged thing, I will eat my hat, yours, and the whole millinery.
Roberts’ is 31 pages!
On another note, that is a brilliant selection for the thumbnail photo (the one of Obama smiling).
I thought the same thing about the President’s picture! POTUS has such a lovely smile.
Roberts and Scalia couldn’t blow harder if they tried. And boy, do they try.
(But not on each other. No. ‘Cause that would be a delightful, freeing, pleasurable sin, and “Freedom of Intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage. Ask the nearest hippie.”–Scalia, in his dissenting, snarky, hepcat opinion)
I want to read Roberts, because as opposed to the others I think he generally has a reason for his decisions and am curious about his decision. Thomas and Scalia are just fodder, don’t know much about Alito, but think his decisions are often based too much politically and not legally.
F*CK YEAH! My soul is flying. So happy for all our brothers and sisters that are now able to marry whomever they love in a union recognized by our government. It’s such a beautiful day. One love, one heart. *hugs everyone*
Seriously. I literally get the tingles when I think about what this means, I could just about cry — this is so amazing <3
Yes. I’m in happy tears, here.
Happy tears for all my friends. I love fair play!
Hugs back at you! “My soul is flying” …lovely!!
We’ve had marriage equality here in Mass for ages…about time equal rights were guaranteed for Americans in ALL states (and across state lines)!
Yes, One love indeed.
This is absolutely amazing. What a victory. Proud of you, America!
Equality, dignity, AND LOVE WIN!!!!
For now this is great news!
The cynic in me has a feeling this is not over.
The proper legal decision absolutely and the morally right one.
To anyone envoking the supposed incoming wrath of God; I am writing this from Canada, where same sex marriage has been legal nationwide for eight years. Yep, still here. I just looked out the window and…yep…still no fire and brimstone. 😉
And the horses aren’t eating each other!
(Marks to anyone who gets that reference)
Now Macbeth can get married to whomever he pleases.
Lay on, Macduff!
This is what I’ve never understood…people preaching doom and gloom and the downfall of society – all we have to do is look to the north to see the world has continued to turn after Bob and Steve or Sue and Lisa are joined in matrimony.
I kept waiting for all hell to break loose in the countries that legalized gay marriage before the USA, and it never happened. Instead it looked like they were having some f$%^&*( FABULOUS parties and actually treating people the way they themselves would want to be treated. MIND. BLOWN.
Pride parade Houston will be OFF THE CHAIN tomorrow. Pray for me that I will make it out alive.
Actually it was in 2005 across Canada, 2001 in Ontario. So really 14 years of no hellfire and brimstone.
And there have even been same sex divorces and the country has not yet fallen apart!
LOL! Oops, you’re right. See this is what a “shocking and massive change” it was, I don’t even remember when it happened!
It’s true, there have been lots of same sex divorces in Canada too (still no fire and brimstone), including one of the couples involved in the initial lawsuits. We are truly all equal…equally bad at marriage. 😉
Should I be excited about this? I mean it’s awesome, but hasn’t this happened before and then got appealed or something? Is this permanent? If it is then I’m really happy and it’s about damn time. I hope it sticks and doesn’t get turned back or something.
There is no where else this can go past the SCOTUS. It has already been challenged and ruled on, making it permanent. Now, new suits can be registered causing issues, but for the most part, this IS the final ruling.
Awesome!! Now I’m excited!! I don’t really understand how it all works, so I was thinking states would be able to keep denying marriages and filing cases for appeals against the supreme court and it would just continue to be a back and forth thing.
The only way to overrule the SCOTUS when it declares that something is unconstitutional is to actually amend the Constitution, which is a difficult thing to do. But I’ve already heard blowhard Conservatives say that is where they are taking the fight. Don’t worry though.
The Supreme Court has never ruled on this before. They did rule last year on whether same-sex married couples could collect spousal share of federal benefits, like federal pensions and Social Security, but that ruling didn’t reach states that ban marriage equality and they overturned California’s ban. This ruling basically holds that no state can discriminate against homosexuals when issuing marriage licenses.
We still have quite a ways to go. Currently, the EEOC does not include sexual orientation as a protected class for cases involving employment discrimination.
I have permanent goosebumps! My heart is so happy.
I’m Proud of the USA..
My friend can marry his partner of 25 yrs in August…they can now finalize their arrangements. Such a great day & it’s about f@cking time!
Yahoo, so exciting. Great news.
I guess Bristol who has talked about how important it is to have a mother and father in the household can’t jump in like she normally would on this subject on her blog, can she? When Obama said his daughters’ acceptance of gay marriage helped shape his views, Bristol said maybe he should lead the family and “help shape their thoughts instead of reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of
Glee.” Unbelievable.
LMAO. That poor ignorant kid is gonna get roasted over the flames. Smh, guess she did teach one thing. Ego does not work as a form of birth control.
I didnt know Obama said that. But Obama’s presidency has brought some good change . First healthcare, now this (not sure how involved he was in this result.) how does his pro gay marriage stance mesh with his secretly being Muslim?
Where’s the proof that POTUS is “Muslim”?
Can’t believe everything you see on Fox.
How exactly is that homophobic bigot leading her own son? Is she teaching him that getting an education and following a career path are worthy goals? Is she teaching him not to bring a child into this world without a stable home or the wherewithal to support that child financially? Why no; no she is not. Such a hypocrite.
Edit this was supposed to be in reply to Jayna. Stupid phone, I’ll try again.
If Sasha or Malia end up pregnant in the next couple of years, then she can comment on the President’s parenting. Until then, she can keep quiet and reflect on why she has to deal with pregnancy number two (three?) out of wedlock again.
That’s a wonderful news! 100 more years and maybe my country will legalize gay marriage as well. For now, I’m happy for you guys – huge congratulations!
What country are you from, NBM?
Poland. More and more people in my country, especially the young ones are very tolerant – we have democratically chosen openly gay and transgendered parliament members (a transgendered woman was very close to running for President), mayors and all sorts of public figures and officially there is a separation of church and state but in reality – politicians are too afraid too oppose the church in any way.
We are currently at the stage where fertility treatments are the most controversial topic and every time I open a news website, I see a priest screaming how in vitro is evil and how allowing unmarried couples (read:gay) to have children is a crime against God. Legalized gay marriage seems like a science fiction for now.
If Ireland can do it, and Ireland did do it; there is hope for Poland.
I don’t know…I kind of like the traditional definition of between a man and a woman. Now it’s between a human and a human or a man and a man or a woman and a woman or man and a man. I would have come up with a different word but given it the same benefits of marriage. Don’t misunderstand…I think gay unions and gay couples should have ALL the same rights as everyone else.
Separate but equal worked out so great the last time, right?
BOOM. Now you get to drop the mic. *slow clap*
DO you know what separate but equal means? It means separate toilets, sitting in the back of the bus, eating at different restaurants, etc. You comment is irrelevant to what I wrote.
No, Jaina’s comment was completely relevant to what you wrote. In Brown v. Board of Education, it was decided that you can’t have separate institutions for different groups of citizens, as that is “inherently unequal.” It violates the 14th Amendment (equal protection under the law) to segregate citizens in such a way.
Exactly Tiffany. By setting up a two tier system you are inherently saying that one of them is better, it is restricted to the “right” type of people after all.
Actually, Jaina’s comment was spot on what you wrote and Justice Margaret Marshall addressed your suggestion about civil unions, none too gently, I may add, in her landmark decision in Goodridge v. Ferguson, the Massachusetts case that got this ball rolling ten years ago.
The traditional definition of marriage used to allocate a woman as her husband’s property. It wasn’t until the last few hundred years that people started associating marriage with romantic love. Marriage has evolved. A person doesn’t belong to another, and a person should have the right to make a legal commitment to another person of their choice. Someone’s gay marriage does not impact someone else’s straight marriage.
+1000 well said, Hawkeye!
In some cultures, “traditional marriage” involves multiple wives.
The traditional marriage that reflects your own unions and not the dozens of other traditional marriages that were between all sorts of members of society.
Happy conservative traditional marriage as they like to imagine has existed for a very SHORT amount of time. Traditional marriage is marriage for all.
If you think gay unions should have all the rights as everyone else, why continue to define their union as “other” then? You think they should be treated equally but not given equal recognition in how it’s phrased? Why continue to force the divide? It’s a totally nonsensical idea.
Did you even read what I wrote.
Clearly I did. Perhaps if you didn’t have such a backwards and, honestly, idiotic viewpoint I wouldn’t have asked for further clarification.
And that’s fine for church marriage. No one will force a religious body to perform gay marriages–though many will. We have a separation of church and state. And thus marriage as a CIVIL contract, a legal agreement granting one certain rights and privileges towards their spouse is what SCOTUS affirmed today. That there is a constitutional application separate from marriage as a holy Union and that to deny this based on sexual orientation was not legal or constitutional. In France, you have the civil marriage then, if desired, the religious one. It’s the civil marriage that marks you as married in the eyes of the government. Now that theory, if not practice, will apply here in all 50 states.
Meme, if you want gay people to have the same rights, why does it bother you what it’s called?
Second time this has been asked of this user and still no clarification. Seems even he/she knows how stupid such a stance is and how little sense it makes.
The word “marriage” has deep meaning. Why should you get to enjoy all that it entails while others do not?
Find another word for it? There is only one word that adequately describes this act and it is marriage. What would you suggest?
I mean, really. You are arguing semantics here. If it walks and talks like a duck, its a duck. Not something else because you decided to give it a different name…
Finally!!!!!! It has puzzled me for so long that anyone, in this day and age, could stand up and say they believe someone’s sexual preference should be ILLEGAL.
We have a serious problem in this country; too many of our politicians don’t care about what we want. They no longer represent the people the way they’re supposed to. They make decisions based on THEIR personal beliefs.
The U.S. is a country that was founded literally to grant freedom from religious persecution, and yet gay people have had to fight for their rights because some Christians in power don’t believe that marriage between two men or two women is “right”? How ass-backwards have things become? It is things like this that are supposed to separate the US from the rest of the world. You know there is a serious problem when 60% of the population supports something and yet our government refuses to allow it. The same can be said about the legalization of marijuana.
I feel like certain members of our society, along with certain politicians have a need to be hateful and discriminatory, and since segregation ended and racism is frowned upon and generally unaccepted, at least in CIVILIZED company, their new target has been gay people. Any politician who feels his or her god has a right to make decisions for the rest of us should never again be voted into office. This practice goes against the very core of American beliefs.
Unfortunately, I think you have a little bit of the this is not what was intended when our country was created just the other side than the conservatives think. Our country, although created with religious freedom in mind, has always had certain members of our population that they discriminated against legally, either women, African Americans, Japanese American, LGBT members etc. We have a long history of this, and we are truly evolving into a better society albeit slowly. Still in the US we have a system that lets people voice their concerns, not all countries have that ability. Today is a very good day for all Americans, and as President Obama said equality for one creates equality for all.
Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t have one.
YES! Seriously. I don’t understand why anyone feels that THEIR religious beliefs should be able to control what others do.
Because they can’t fathom what “separation of Church and State” means.
Yes. I’m also still waiting for the sanctity of my own marriage to be ruined….. *rolls eyes*
Absolutely! Freedom for all and no church state! – that’s why our country was founded!
Been holding back tears since hearing the news. Who are we to deny another’s happiness? Love is love.
HAPPY DANCE!!!!
It’s about time.
GO SCOTUS!!!
Go USA!!!!
UNITED we STAND!!!
Yes! So happy for the LGBT community and equality fighters. Love is love, people!😄
Over the past two days, we got healthcare and marriage equality.
Congrats to the Supreme Court for finally putting America where other first world nations have been for years!
Other civil rights SCOTUS news this week:
“In a 5-4 decision Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals saying federal law bars not only intentional discrimination against minorities in housing but also “disparate impact.” The majority opinion in the case of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project was written by Justice Anthony Kennedy. The ruling is widely viewed as a major civil rights victory.”
http://www.dailykos.com/main/2
Yes! Good news all around.
what a delicious Delicious week at Fox News Must this be turning into: First their beloved Dog whistle of a Confederate Flag gets to be repudiated like it should, next Affordable healthcare gets ratified not we can stop parsing and everyone that wants to get married can!!! I know so many friends of mine are just texting me brimming with happiness!
Seriously! I wanna bathe in the tears over at Fox News.
I KNOW!
God this week has been good for seeing ignorant people slapped down!
I may have to break all household rules and watch Fox just to enjoy the meltdown. I did hear on CNN that Ted Cruz was already talking about an amendment to the Constitution to override this decision. It won’t happen. The times they are a-changing and it is wonderful! This 4th of July is going to be a huge celebration!
oh Me Too Giddy, I’ll be using them #RepublicanTears as replenishing sustenance for my Condo Pool
FOX is so pathetic that all they have done is proceed to ignore all the news about celebrations and commentary to concentrate on the terrorist activities today. Not only that, they are almost reporting exclusively on the attack on a single man in France (because OMG, it was an AMERICAN company) and very little on the larger tragedy in Tunisia.
An amendment? Oh, do let him try. How does he think he would ever get enough states to ratify his ridiculous bigotry?
It’s a great day. Love for everyone!
Congratulations!
And over here, in good old Germany, there is no LGBT equality within sight. Because we have a government (queen Merkel holding court in Berlin) who brings up the most stupid reasons for NOT allow gay people the same rights. Merkels reign of CDU is ruling in ignorance of reality and society (not only in this case) for years now. And the opposition of SPD is laughable – they always falter…..
Sad thing is, the majority of German society supports gay marriage. But wiht THIS government (and Merkels Bauchgefühl) Germany will not get it. That old wench has to go. NOW.
Is this for real? WOW! What sensational news!
🇺🇸🇺🇸Well done, America!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
I hope our ultra-conservative, pig-headed Prime Minister will now take a leaf from your book and, at least, allow the issue to be DEBATED in our parliament.🇦🇺
I have tears in my eyes and love in my heart. Finally, beauty aand change is occurring as well as equality. Yes!!!!!!!
A day Americans can hold their heads high. Congratulations to everyone; we all win on this.
So Gay Marriage is legal in all states, Obamacare still stands, and Bristol Palin is pregnant again… Sarah Palin is officially having the worst week ever. Which is an amazing thing (except for maybe the Bristol pregnancy thing, she seems like she wants to part in this second pregnancy, but she can’t really do much.) for everyone.
Don’t forget that the Confederate Flag has now been accepted for what it really is..a dogwhistle for racism.
Sarah and Antonin Scalia should get together.
ABOUT. DAMN. TIME.
YAY!!!
Also can I just say the way you phrased “Every single person in a red/blue state can marry!” made me giggle and think of Oprah. “You get a marriage! You get a marriage!”
Ugh, FINALLY. We are FINALLY making some small progress as a country! I hope those Republican presidential hopefuls are SCARED. This country no longer wants your bigoted ignorant beliefs to be the majority rule. We DO want change!
Woohoo! Liberal Christmas indeed! So happy to finally see this day.
It’s about time. Now I have a bunch of upcoming weddings to get ready for 🙂
❤️
Mazel Tov !
Everyone soak it in… this is our Loving v. Virginia moment, and we get to witness history in the making.
My boyfriend and I were talking about the same thing this morning. This is a BIG moment in history, and I feel so fortunate to have witnessed it!
In news less covered then the ACA and gay marriage rulings, SCOTUS also affirmed that institutional racism is real and exists. A pretty good day for civil rights all around.
Really??? Wow go SCOTUS!!! Right on time for the 4th of July. It’s going to be a good Independence Day even if I am working.
Seriously?
YUSH! Damn I’m gonna need this to mark this day on a calendar.
Supreme Court: You have been AWESOME this week! Tonight you can eat Popsicles and stay up as late as you want 🙂
I know for those fighting the fight, this has been a long battle. But things have changed very quickly in my lifetime alone. Last night a transgender woman outed herself on Big Brother, and she received applause and cheers – even from the token redneck character.
Now let’s get to work on racism.
Wonderful news!
Wonder if that idiotic preacher will keep his promise to light himself on fire. Wish I knew his address so I could send him a lifetime supply of matches.
So that would be one box? 😉
I shouldn’t be mean-spirited. It’s just been too good a week up at the Big House of Justice!
That is what I wanted to ponder. Will he do it on the Faux News or at church???
“Houston pastor Rick Scarborough has promised to set himself on fire should the Supreme Court rule in favour of gay marriage!”
You bring the matches and I’ll bring the marshmallows.
Yes, yes, yes! Great stuff America, Europe, time to follow!
So heartening to have this news! Progress is possible. I’ll be wearing a lovely tacky red, white, and blue ensemble with a little extra pride on the 4th of July! 🌈🇺🇸
Side note: any big celebrity couples left that have taken the “we are waiting for it to be legal for everyone…” stance before they get married? Curious to see if they get hitched too.
Alright all my lovelies this is TRULY a great day for the world~humanity has won a victory!! JUST REMEMBER in the coming election cycle that the President of the USA is the one who appoints Supreme Court Justices. When you break it down, only TWO of the SIX men voted for marriage equality, while all THREE of the women were of course in favor of it. So if you want social justice to continue to progress forward, REMEMBER who is the one who appoints these people to these positions and VOTE accordingly.
WORD.
GREAT POINT!!!
***I think everyone should read phlyfiremama’s comment! ***
Appointments to the Supreme Court come from the President and those appointments have consequences for DECADES!
Scalia SO OFFENED by inappropriate use of power for SSM.
Was FINE when Supreme Court appointed dangerous sociopath and vote-loser George W. Bush as president.
Was FINE with letting billionaires buy our democracy courtesy of Citizens United.
Bush v. Gore remains the only case in which Antonin Scalia has ever found a violation of the equal protection and/or due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, an amendment he has actually gone on record as saying is not actual law.
Equal under the law. This IS Justice. Congratulations to all of those who have fought for their right to love. This is a great day!
This has been a great week!
I am Supreme-ly (pun intended) over joyed!
Hip hip HOORAY!
Two thoughts: First and foremost< yippee!!
Second thought: I wonder how this plays out in NC, where gay marriage is legal, but the State Assembly of Morons voted to allow county officials to refuse to perform the marriages based on their religious beliefs. If I'm correct, Federal law supersedes State law, which makes that little out illegal? I want to believe that, anyway. Maybe somebody here will have a better grasp on that?
If I were a betting woman, I would put my money on something like Johnny County Clerk himself doesn’t have to do it if he has a religious abstention, but there has to be someone available to do it at the county clerk’s office .
I’m still waiting to see how this plays out in my home state. A circuit court ruling struck down the ban on same-sex marriage earlier this year, but the state Chief Justice and governor essentially threatened probate judges with punitive action, and many elected not to issue marriage licenses at all until a stay was issued pending the SCOTUS decision. Sadly, I’m hearing today that many probate judges are again refusing marriage licenses to all pending appeal of this decision. What a tragedy.
“Sadly, I’m hearing today that many probate judges are again refusing marriage licenses to all pending appeal of this decision.”
Who are they planning to appeal it to–God? There IS no appeal of a SCOTUS decision. Those probate judges need to take a basic civics class.
The plaintiffs can file a request for reconsideration to the Supreme Court. The request has to be filed within a certain number of days and must include certain points showing that the decision failed to address some point or other and wasn’t supported by fact or law. Highly unlikely the Court would grant the request, even more unlikely that it would overturn its own decision so, within a month, those probate judges will have to grant licenses. People shouldn’t have to wait at all but even those who are resisting will have to comply.
So while CNN and MSNBC discuss marriage equality,Fox is covering ISIS and terrorism
This is great news. Only a few years ago, Obama himself was against gay marriage. It’s a nice thing to see him turn his opinion around.
Edit: Sorry, posted this as a reply instead of as a comment.
Watched it & they were talking all of the lawsuits that will follow lol. Of course they will & it waste millions of dollars to only prove over & over again gay marriage is now legal. Their heads are exploding this week after ACA & this. like to read the Fox FB postings, they believe the end is nigh & their America will go down in flames. It hilarious IMO to see them panic & rant like little children.
Lawsuits? On what grounds? This is the last level of lawsuits. Somebody at Fox really needs to read the Constitution some day.
ISIS and terrorism seem like a pretty important subject
We were driving to my daughters basketball tournament this morning when we heard the news. I told both my kids they are living through historic times.
It was only a few elections cycles ago that Bush and Company used this wedge issue to get a second term.
Yay! Happy day!!
Divorce attorneys everywhere are celebrating.
Too soon? I couldn’t help myself. LOL
Lol, don’t worry Jayna. Even while celebrating I thouht that too. They are seeing $ bills in their future!
It’s never too soon for equality in all aspects of marriage, both good (marriage) and bad (divorce). I’ve seen too many queer couples celebrate their union before it was legal only to claim it wasn’t legal when they later on break up to deny their ex the same legal rights they would’ve had if they were legally married, i.e. alimony, child custody etc. i’ve always felt that was extremely hypocritical so I’m glad that our unions will be equal in all respects!
The named plaintiffs in the marriage equality case in Massachusetts, the very first of these rulings, married and divorced. It is part of life. They celebrated today and were giving interviews about how much this decision means to them.
Congrats to all! A bit ashamed that it took us so long to get here..but here we are 🙂
Didn’t Angelina and Brad promise that they would morph back to Alien-form, get in their UFO and continue their journey into the Galaxy when all of America had marriage equality? Or am I confusing them with another celebricouple?
Actually, Brad and Angelina were at Kensington Palace having tea with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, discussing William’s charity to stop the poaching of endangered animals. Maybe now the Prince and Duchess will be inspired to work more.☺
Congratulations America, history has been made. And now, I shall wait for my country to the same thing (and yeah, we need to legalize divorce too). I just hope that I’m still alive when it happens since I want to witness that #LoveWins no matter where you are.
Faux News must be imploding as we speak with this news today and the Affordable Care Act ruling this week.
Are you kidding? That’s not how news works. Fox News will get bigger ratings than ever as those who don’t think their views are represented tune in. Happens every time on both sides.
When Obama was elected the first time, Rush Limbaugh came out and said that at least it was good for business, and by that, he meant his business. The angry tune in, the happy don’t.
Fox will beat CNN and the networks by even larger margins and laugh all the way to the bank.
and confederate flags going down
Its a badddddd week for Faux bots.
I’m very happy with this decision, just like I was happy with the Obamacare decision.
What does disappoint me is that the next time a decision is made that progressives are disappointed in, they’re still going to decry this horrible conservative court and scream that something needs to be done.
Predictable responses from Governor Bobby Jindal and the like, but the governor of Georgia surprised me.
“One of those states, Texas, was quick to react to today’s decision. The state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, tweeted this: “Marriage was defined by God. No man can redefine it. We will defend our religious liberties.”
“Similarly, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal issued a statement saying the Supreme Court’s ruling “will pave the way for an all out assault against the religious freedom rights of Christians who disagree with this decision.”
“But Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia, one of the 13 states, said he would accept the high court’s decision. “While I believe that this issue should be decided by states & legislatures, not the federal judiciary, I also believe in the rule of law,” Deal posted on Twitter. “The state of Georgia is subject to the laws of the United States, and we will follow them.”
I’m sorry but I can’t help but laugh out loud at the absurdity of the first two quotes.
Between the feverish hysterics about an assault on Christians (yeah because THAT’S what this ruling was about) and the harping about religious liberties (oh you mean like freedom FROM religion?) these people are so f*cking ass-backwards and so f*cking out of touch.
Religious freedom means that everyone should have access to the same rights and privileges that heterosexual Christian white folks enjoy. Rights should NOT be denied to any under the guise of religion. THAT is what freedom of religion means.
Governor Deal was (smartly) diplomatic.
Never thought I’d see the day where GEORGIA was the sane state in this.
To defend my state a bit;(I’m in TX) there’s only one county in the state that’s actually not issuing licenses today. The local counties don’t care what the Gov and AG say. It’s happening whether they like it or not. Most people here are really happy about it. Everyone’s talking about it and I haven’t met anyone who’s in mourning or anything and I’m not in the middle of a big city. The younger people here are generally pretty liberal. Polls have shown that the legislators are out of touch with the population about gay marriage too. More here are in favor than oppose it. We can’t shake the ultra conservatives in power, and it seems like there are more moving in here all the time. Even most of the conservatives I know aren’t like our gov. I’m not that old and it seems like all the progress we were making when I was in HS 10 years ago is gone. It really infuriates me. I love my home but I’m tired of all the crap going on to please an extreme minority.
Our last election was such BS it still infuriates me. The Dems failed us completely with that nomination. She had no chance to win that.
So basically; please don’t think our idiot gov and/or our AG is even in control of the situation. All they can really do is whine to the press and make the rest of us ashamed.
I too am from Texas and Greg Abbott is the absolute worst. Whether he and the other bigots like it or not, change is here to stay.
Freedom of religion means freedom FROM religion just as much!!! God abbott is an idiot. I know they rigged the election, there was NO WAY he won over Wendy Davis. I am from Texas, and I stumped on her campaign~I KNOW!!!
WD didn’t get 40% of the votes in that election. Not sure how that’s rigged. It was a landslide for GA. The party needed a strong candidate to even have a chance and she was far from it. And WD’s strategists failed big time in pretty obvious areas. It was bad all around.
Sadly, Texas is infamous for their non progressive views. I don’t think it was rigged as much as the people of Texas were not ready to accept that women’s bodies do not belong to anyone other than themselves, the death penalty is archaic, and that religion has no place in politics.
Excuse me…it is not all or nothing. I am conservative and ecstatic about gay marriage! Liberals and dems do not own gays and racism..i mean..caitlyn jenner is a repub for crying out loud..
That’s interesting because in some religions, God has defined marriage as involving polygamy.
If I was a divorce lawyer I would be happy. I would be getting extra busy before too long. Now that everyone can get married everyone can get divorced.
I know!
Isn’t it great?!
EVERYONE can be treated equally and have the same opportunities and rights as everyone else. It doesn’t make everything magical and mean no one will ever break up but it does mean we’re taking steps to be a more balanced and fair society.
That’s, of course, what you meant 🙂
LOL~
So you aren’t happy because you aren’t a divorce attorney? Never too late to go back to school~I hear student loans are pretty easy to obtain!!!
Could you have signed on as another name? Now people will possibly confuse my opinions with your intolerant views.
*Updates name in a hurry*
What’s intolerant about saying now everyone can get married so everyone can get divorced. That’s sounds like equality for everyone. It’s a true statement.
Yeah… I’m sure your comment wasn’t tongue in cheek at all. Nope. Not at all.
CONGRATULATIONS AMERICA!!!
Congratulations from the Netherlands (if I may be so bold to speak for my country).
Years ago the Netherlands was one of the first to accept gay marriage. It has shown that it positively benefited our society and our families.
I’m LOSING MY MIND, I’m SO EXCITED!! Holy cow!! I’ve been tearing up all day!! Celebrating ALL WEEKEND!!
Yeah for America!
And oh my gosh, did anyone just see Obama’s speech at the Charleston funeral? I got goosebumps! Preach it!! Now, I remembered why I voted for him twice!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! Misty-eyed. Haven’t felt this kind of PRIDE for ‘Murica in a while and man does it feel good!! Holy sh*t, we got something right you guys!!! WAHOO!!!!!!! Go SCOTUS!
I have tears in my eyes reading about the male couple, together for 54 years, both in their ’80s (82 and 85), going down and getting their marriage license today.
My Wishes:
In addition to this historical ruling today by the SCOTUS…let’s remember to please be kind to each other and treat everyone with respect and dignity.
Also in response to #49 (Mayamae)…Yes i agree, let’s get to work on racism!
Love and Hugs to Everyone in the World!
So now churches will get sued and lose tax exempt status if they don’t do a gay marriage service?
Um, no. Not even at all. Those are separate things. Marriage equality has been legal in Canada (and in plenty of other countries) for more than a decade and the Catholic church has never been forced to perform a gay marriage service.
No. They are religious institutions exempt from many federal laws, unlike businesses.
No, they will not. Marriage equality has existed in Massachusetts, a heavily Catholic state, for TEN years and the Archdiocese of Boston has not performed a single gay marriage, just like it refuses to perform marriages for divorced individuals, and nobody has threatened its tax status. People are free to marry in city hall. Seriously, this is an argument that we’ve been hearing for ten years now from conservative pundits and all I can do at this point is roll my eyes. Separation of church and state.
No. It has nothing to do with religious marriage ceremonies. It has everything to do with the marriage licenses issued at and recorded at City Hall.
Wow, I obviously wanted this to happen but I didn’t think it would affect me all that much. My wife and I have already been legally married here in Canada for 4 years. Marriage equality has been a thing here since even before I came out. I knew this would be a big historic day for so many people and would warm my heart, but I wasn’t prepared to come to tears over it. The thing is, I am currently 4.5 months pregnant. My mom has lived in the USA for nearly 20 years and reading through this article and the comments I had the realization that my little girl will never have to know a world where her moms aren’t legally married when we go to visit Grandma. The world will have to treat her parents the same way that the treat her Aunt and Uncle. We won’t have to worry about the logistics of what happens if she gets sick while visiting down south since we will both be able to accompany her at the hospital. Just wow.
Warm congratulations on both your marriage and your lovely baby to come. Brava!
I’m absolutely thrilled, and frankly, I’m surprised. Did not trust SCOTUS to OK same sex marriage OR affordable Heath Care, because I thought they were too out of touch in an elite tower. I’m very very relieved. Next: ratify the ERA!
This is my first comment on Celebitchy, although I’ve been enjoying reading comments for a while – I just want to say I am proud to be an American today!!
Yay!
Welcome Chanteloup! It is indeed a good time to be an American!
Thanks so much! & Yesssss 🙂
Mazel tov!!
It’s about freaking time, now let’s legalize pot and starting throwing violent police in jail and life will be perfect. I am so happy for my gay and lesbians friends, this new is great.
Recently Ireland and now the USA. This will put real pressure on our parliament here in Australia to follow suit.
I certainly hope so, there is no logical or legal reasoning behind denying the right of marriage to all individuals.
Urgh, yes. Unlike America we can’t do it state by state first, it’s got to be all in or none in. We should just have a referendum like Ireland since the majority clearly support it and our politicians are useless.
I’m American but grew up in Tasmania until I was 17, then went back to the States. Oz will always be my second home. Not sure why Australia hasn’t passed it yet as I always felt they leaned more liberal than the US, but have faith. If it does pass, I will be flying back to Tassie as my BFF from high school can finally marry her gf. We LGBT allies in the States thought we’d see this day, Australia will have the celebrations someday soon too!
In Australia, its petty party politics, pure and simple. We have a horrible, conservative PM who refuses to allow a conscience vote in parliament and also relies on the support of some fringe right wing independents. Gay marriage has about 72% general support (much higher in people under 25), which is more widespread support than in the US I believe. So, if it was a poll like Ireland, it would pass easily in Australia. However, marriage is governed by an act of parliament so it has to be changed there, it can’t be changed in the courts or by referendum.
I commenting again because I feel this should be bigger than the Palin post.
WhooHooo I’m off to WeHo! Party in the park time!
Two things I have been hoping would happen in my lifetime. This (Yay!!!) and alien contact. Now all I have to do is get my popcorn and tinfoil hat. So happy that love wins and there is no gay marriage and same sex marriage it’s just marriage.
I hope this decision has a major impact internationally and that other countries world wide will follow suit and get their heads out their medieval asses.
It had to happen in the US of A to have a huge impact globally. This is finally happening. I am so happy for everybody who finally will have a choice as to whether they want to get married or not.
I’m not sure about that, honestly. The really liberal countries did it years ago. I think it will push some places that have same-sex civil partnerships, like Australia and Germany, to take the extra step but I don’t think it will make much difference in the non-Western regions. I’d love to be wrong but there are about 80 countries where being gay is illegal, never mind getting married. Those places have a long, long way to go.
I totally agree with you, msd. Unfortunately, we do still have a very long way to go. And I think that it is also true that the US vote will push coutries were civil unions of some sort are already in place, into accepting full-term, same-legal-rights marriage. That alone, too me, is a huge victory, as opposed to, Yeah, you are allowed to marry, kinda, but still segregatedly, kinda. Marriage light, we can allow you, but not the real thing. – This is going to change. It will be same rights for all, goddamnit!
Also, I was so surprised by Spain years ago, and now by Ireland, I think there are more surprises for us in store in Eastern European Countries, for example. Just wait for Hungary to come around post-Orban.
In terms of being surprised by Spain and other countries, there’s an awful lot of country-specific politics involved. People think there’s a direct correlation between what the population favours and gay marriage laws but it’s not that clear cut. South Africa, for example, made gay marriage legal almost 10 years ago, but it’s actually much more homophobic than places like Australia or Germany that still haven’t done it. Basically, in some countries, the politicians pushed it, whereas in other countries, politicians are the ones holding it back. That’s why Ireland is so impressive, in my opinion – quite a few countries that have gay marriage wouldn’t have it if it had come down to a popular vote.
Although I’m a conservative Catholic, I’d like to extend my felicitations to this declaration of love. It’s a wonderful scene, two men loving each other instead of killing each other. I for one would rather have love than war.
Consider yourselves lucky. Violence and discrimination against LGBTs still run rampant in other countries (Apparently, they throw them off buildings in Kenya). I’m coming from a VERY religious country with no divorce because fat bellied congress members want to “keep the family together” while they’re off f*cking peeps on the side like the hypocrites they are. The divorce bill here has never been passed in congress and it’s been fought for by female politicians for years now. Apparently the separation of church and state does not exist here.
Funny thing was, I was hearing other people here bemoaning that the next law to be passed would be interspecie marriages, like man-animal marriages. Slippery slope much? LOL
As Pope Francis said, “Who Am I To Judge?”
Anyways, Congratulations. Love is love, in all its shapes and forms. Love never fails. 🙂
Great News, Mr. Obama.
Now go fix that TPP mess and don’t let the corporations win!
What a huge day for USA! My heart is full of much happiness!!
I was so sad when I read about the gay couple in Texas with twin children, who weren’t even allowed to be on the birth certificate of their own biological child. The surrogate mother (who has no genetic link to either child) was the only one allowed to be listed. And because the men were not legally married in the eyes of the state, they couldn’t even adopt the other twin. Hopefully now with this ruling. they will be able to LEGALLY complete and enjoy their little family.
Yay one of the biggest countries in media in the world is finally forgoing with a good example on this point.
Congratulations America!! 😀
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