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What a day!

    States cannot keep same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions, the Supreme Court says in a ruling that for months has been the focus of speculation. The ruling was made by a 5-4 decision.

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user-inactivated  ·  3198 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    What a day!

What a lovely day!

Sometimes, though very rarely and even then in careful measure, we just need to force people to progress.

thenewgreen  ·  3198 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I teared up when reading the last paragraph from Kennedy's ruling.

    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.

The very real and positive impact that this will have for millions of Americans cannot be overstated.