The road to this incredible victory stretches back to 1970, to Jack Baker and Michael McConnell, who brought the first challenge to laws against same-sex marriage. It runs up to 2013, to Edie Windsor, who toppled the Defense of Marriage Act. And it extends through 2014, when Kyle Lawson, Joanne Harris, Paul Rummel, and many others fought for the freedom to marry in their home states. We owe a deep debt of gratitude to these heroic people.
So much has changed in the last 50 years. But one thing hasn't. At the end of the 1967 documentary, the guy [hiding his identity] behind the plant said something that could have just as easily come off today's satellite feed. It was a wish.
"A family, a home, someplace where you belong, a place where you're loved, where you can love somebody. And God knows I need to love somebody."
Love never was just a straight thing. As the court has now confirmed, it's a human thing.
Earlier this month, Arthur posted Uniquely Nasty: The US Government's War on Gays. I had not heard these stories.
Also, 42 years ago, and I had heard about this, possibly from the aforementioned Arthur, The Worst Mass Murder Of Gay People In US History.
So, during Pride Month, it is a most pleasant comparison to celebrate the Supreme Court case OBERGEFELL v. HODGES, Argued April 28, 2015—Decided June 26, 2015. Here are President Obama's comments, and Andrew Sullivan: It Is Accomplished.
As Jim Obergefell, the name on the case, said in an ACLU fundraising letter:
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A landmark decision on gay rights....implementation and attitudinal change is now important..good info!
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