Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules

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Post by _hv99 » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:13 PM UTC

Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
nytimes.com

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Post by danceswild » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:18 PM UTC

this is great! congratulations US!

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Post by troycarlson » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:19 PM UTC

Hopefully this whole "issue" will just go away soon...so many more important things that deserve the public's attention.

Edit: To clarify, I support marriage equality and believe this is great news that deserves celebrating.

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Post by agd » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:19 PM UTC

Great decision. It's amazing how quickly gay rights have advanced in the western world.

Unfortunately it's still legal in many states to discriminate against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Hopefully that's next to be fixed.

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Post by tosseraccount » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:21 PM UTC

If love is about ignoring race,class,gender,age shouldn't it be about ignoring numbers, too?

Polygamy is the next hurdle for society.

The judges should declare all consenting marriage legal !

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Post by ebbv » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:21 PM UTC

troycarlson wrote: post #3

Hopefully this whole "issue" will just go away soon...so many more important things that deserve the public's attention. Edit: To clarify, I support marriage equality and believe this is great news that deserves celebrating.

Spoken like a straight person who has never been denied the ability to do something straight people take for granted.

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Post by empressplay » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:21 PM UTC

Hopefully Australia's next!

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Post by Lawtonfogle » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:22 PM UTC

Is there a general summary of the arguments made by the dissenting 4?

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Post by 4tacos » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:24 PM UTC

troycarlson wrote: post #3

Hopefully this whole "issue" will just go away soon...so many more important things that deserve the public's attention. Edit: To clarify, I support marriage equality and believe this is great news that deserves celebrating.

Could not agree more! As a straight person I couldn't give a st

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Post by feld » Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 2:24 PM UTC

ebbv wrote: post #6

troycarlson wrote: post #3

Hopefully this whole "issue" will just go away soon...so many more important things that deserve the public's attention. Edit: To clarify, I support marriage equality and believe this is great news that deserves celebrating.

Spoken like a straight person who has never been denied the ability to do something straight people take for granted.

I don't think he meant it like that. I echo the sentiment: it shouldn't have come to this. It should not have been a social, political, or legal issue. There's so much hate and bigotry in this country that needs to go away.

edit: at least I hope he didn't mean it like that :(