Justice Kennedy said it best, I think:
“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 become 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.”
We’ve caught up to Ireland, at least. There’s still a lot of discrimination to tackle, not just in gay rights but in universal rights.
It’s unkind of me, but I’m enjoying the hand-wringing, rants, and shock of conservatives who didn’t see this coming.
It’s a good outcome for people in America; it’s a good outcome for the world. I look forward to the day that my own country follows. Public opinion is more in favour than against; the present government is against. We still have work to do.
Best wishes to everyone in America who has been waiting for this verdict so they can marry.