Friday, June 26, 2015
Today, Love Wins
The Supreme Court of the United States decided today, in a 5-4
decision, same-sex marriage would be legal across the United States. Continuing
with the tradition of divided court decisions, court watchers sat on the edge
of their seat waiting what could have been a disastrous decision for the
LGBTQ/Equal Rights Movement. But today, history has been made and the United
States has taken one more step toward equality.
President Obama, in a moving speech he gave in the Rose
Garden, categorized the ruling as a “victory for America”. He stated, “America should be proud” and that
although progress is sometimes slow, “there are days like this, when that slow
steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.”
In Massachusetts Same-Sex Marriage was official legalized in
roughly 10 years ago but the battle for marriage equality has been raging for
roughly forty years. Although the battle for full equality is not over today is
certainly a time of celebration for both queer and straight community members a
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