Same-sex marriage ruled a constitutional right by the Supreme Court 5-4

[Sugilite]

@ me and my future wife

 

[tumut]

I'm so glad it's finally settled! Lmao at all these Republicans calling the Supreme Court a judicial tyrant after all these progressive decisions.

I can't stand republicans honestly.

 

[Geoni]

God it's taken so long to get here, props to the people that fought hard to make it happen.

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Reminder that the fight is long from over though, especially for the trans community.

 

[tobi!]

I went outside to get my newspaper and this was on the front page!

My parents are upset about it but they support gay marriage. They just wanted it to be settled by state law. I don't think the government should have any say in marriage, though.

But congrats to the ruling from me. I can't believe people are now complaining that it took so long. At least it happened.

 

[LambdaDelta]

Not trying to hate, but shouldn't this be in the LGBTQA - Discussion and Support thread?

it could go there, yes. but I honestly feel its important enough to warrant its own thread


also, I will say I am mildly disappointed it just barely passed, as if this was even a thing that needed debate. but the fact that about half these judges with ****ty regressive ideals have to now deal with this more than makes up for it.

not to mention that the homophobic reactions to this have all been great. thanks for the comedy, terrible people

 

[ThomasNLD]

I truly believe old people shouldn`t be judges. Because lets face it, they are losing touch with the core essence of society. They should keep their bigotry for the nursing homes. Step aside for the new generation grandpa`s.

But congrats, welcome to the 21st century America.

 

[-Apples-]

Now that gay marriage is legal, all they need to do is to shut down the Westboro Baptist Church. Fred Phelps may be dead, but WBC is still active. So the issue is resolved, but there's still work that's needed to be done.

 

[terrycko]

God it's taken so long to get here, props to the people that fought hard to make it happen.

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Reminder that the fight is long from over though, especially for the trans community.

I can't stress that last bit enough. I can really bring myself to be happy about this, which sucks, because this is a good thing. But there are so many people who will think that this means the fight for LGBTQ+ rights is over, and that sucks even more.

For one thing, it's ridiculously hard to get a job as a trans person. I couldn't even tell the people at the last job I had that I was trans, which ended badly. You can only handle being called the wrong name and the wrong gender for so long until you break

 

[Money Hunter]

Could you please add 'In the US' in your post?

 

[Finnian]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ThIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT!!
NOW EVEYRBODY IN THE USA CAN GET MARRIED!!!
Mormonville, TAKE THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN
CAN'T WAIT TO GET MARRIED AND BE ABLE TO MOVE WHEREVER I WANT!!!

 

[kassie]

It's seriously about time!

 

[Ghost Soda]

On topic:

But I'm very happy about this. Christians can whine all they want.

 

[Geoni]

I can't stress that last bit enough. I can really bring myself to be happy about this, which sucks, because this is a good thing. But there are so many people who will think that this means the fight for LGBTQ+ rights is over, and that sucks even more.

For one thing, it's ridiculously hard to get a job as a trans person. I couldn't even tell the people at the last job I had that I was trans, which ended badly. You can only handle being called the wrong name and the wrong gender for so long until you break

It's still something worth celebrating as a step, and it was the big 'gay' topic for the past like...thirty years, so now new fights for rights can be fought by the public at large. But reminders do need to be given that gay adoption and job discrimination laws/hate crime laws have a long way to go, and trans rights have an even longer way to go. I'm happy about this even though I don't want to ever get married myself.

 

[shinkuzame]

Words cannot describe how wonderful this is, but the fight is far from over. While marriage equality a huge step in the right direction there are still establishments that can and will fire you for being gay/lesbian & you can be fired for getting married now as well.

Until these problematic things are taken care of amongst other issues, the fight for complete equality is still one to be fought. None the less, this is something to celebrate. As a woman who is pansexual with a girlfriend, I can only express that I am deeply thrilled that this has come into motion.

 

[Finnian]

It's still something worth celebrating as a step, and it was the big 'gay' topic for the past like...thirty years, so now new fights for rights can be fought by the public at large. But reminders do need to be given that gay adoption and job discrimination laws/hate crime laws have a long way to go, and trans rights have an even longer way to go. I'm happy about this even though I don't want to ever get married myself.

But DAD what about MOM??


I had to I'm so sorry.

 

[Superpenguin]

My parents are upset about it but they support gay marriage. They just wanted it to be settled by state law. I don't think the government should have any say in marriage, though.

The way minds have been changing over the years and considering the number of states that legalized gay marriage through state law, it was pretty much inevitable it would've been settled positively by state law eventually, but the Supreme Court did the right thing by speeding the process along.

 

[Rosie :)]

Great! This is amazing, although I am not gay/bisexual, other people can be happy and enjoy their lives without getting legalized and tormented.

 

[Naiad]

today is a good day

 

[crystalmilktea]

Congrats, USA!

 

[Celestefey]

This is great news, I am so happy. Even though I don't live in the US, as someone who considers themselves to be bisexual, I must say it makes me happy knowing that gay marriage is becoming much more accepted into our society.

Even though I understand why some people are well, still upset because... Well, the fight isn't completely over... We should still celebrate this. Through the hard work and support of LGBTQ people, something that could completely change lives for the better has come of this. We should still be praising this and be happy about this. Even though there is still much to be done, today is still truly a day to celebrate. It is progress. And just because there are still problems that we have to solve and improve on, it doesn't mean that we CAN'T celebrate or be happy.