It happened. The future is now.
Gay marriage has been legalized in all 50 US states. Uh, wow.
Of course, there's a caveat: religious objection to same-sex marriage is still a thing (like, for example, a religious college only allowing married-student dormitories to opposite-sex marriages) but doesn't permit the government to deny marriage benefits to gay couples that are available to married couples of the opposite sex.
It's always been a finicky issue in the US, but this ruling is truly landmark. It's fucking huge.
Like, Prohibition huge, but like the opposite way around. It's allowing people rights to do things. And that's really great and really American.
But like, American in a good way. Like freedom. America.
If I can get a little Internet political though: I really hope this doesn't cause social media to say things like "What about transgender marriage?!" because...okay, look: that statement is just goofy.
Boiled down, people of the opposite biological sex have been able to get married for like nearly forever and this new ruling now means that people of the same biological sex can get married too.
Gender/sexual identity is one thing and it's not a discussion for right now. In the end, people can get married to people. And that's cool by me, because now all people can get married.
(American people)
Quote:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/sup...riage.html
Gay Marriage Backers Win Supreme Court Victory
Gay marriage has been legalized in all 50 US states. Uh, wow.
Of course, there's a caveat: religious objection to same-sex marriage is still a thing (like, for example, a religious college only allowing married-student dormitories to opposite-sex marriages) but doesn't permit the government to deny marriage benefits to gay couples that are available to married couples of the opposite sex.
It's always been a finicky issue in the US, but this ruling is truly landmark. It's fucking huge.
Like, Prohibition huge, but like the opposite way around. It's allowing people rights to do things. And that's really great and really American.
But like, American in a good way. Like freedom. America.
If I can get a little Internet political though: I really hope this doesn't cause social media to say things like "What about transgender marriage?!" because...okay, look: that statement is just goofy.
Boiled down, people of the opposite biological sex have been able to get married for like nearly forever and this new ruling now means that people of the same biological sex can get married too.
Gender/sexual identity is one thing and it's not a discussion for right now. In the end, people can get married to people. And that's cool by me, because now all people can get married.
(American people)
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