The Rhodes Brothers capture the energy on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in the moments leading up to the historic ruling on marriage equality.
This is joy.
On The Steps Of SCOTUS When The Ruling Came Down
Marriage News Watch – June 29, 2015
From Matt Baume at American Foundation for Equal Rights:
Last Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects marriage for everyone — including same-sex couples. It is a decision we have been waiting decades for.
And now, all our work is, well, actually, not quite done yet. Let’s take a look at what the court just decided, and what comes next.
CBS’ Sunday Morning: Supreme Court And The Dignity Same-Sex Marriage
Very sensitive piece by CBS’ Sunday Morning chronicling the journey of marriage equality in the US, the historic ruling this past Friday, and the dignity of same-sex marriage.
CNN Asks Donald Trump: What’s So Traditional About Your Three Marriages?
CNN’s Jake Tapper asks GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump how he can say he only support “traditional marriage” when he himself has been married three times…?
Trump’s answer? He really doesn’t give one.
Broadway: Tyne Daly Shares Her Very Personal Connection To Marriage Equality
Tyne Daly, currently starring on Broadway in IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, took a few moments at Friday’s curtain call to celebrate the historic news of marriage equality with the audience.
During her curtain speech Tyne explained her own very personal connection to the issue of marriage equality for all.
Very touching, heartfelt and worth your three minutes.
Watch below:
Matt Baume Debunks SCOTUS Marriage Equality Dissenting Opinions
Yes, it’s true that four Supreme Court justices dissented from Justice Kennedy’s ruling that granted the freedom to marry nationwide.
But that doesn’t mean that everything those in the minority wrote makes complete sense.
Matt Baume takes a look at the reasons they gave for objecting to marriage equality — and why their reasoning really does not hold up.
Marriage Equality Is The Law Of The Land, But Mississippi & Louisiana Resist
Reuters reports that although the ruling by SCOTUS makes marriage equality the law of the land in the United States, two states remain holdouts:
Same-sex marriage remained on hold in Louisiana and Mississippi, even as a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday legalizing it nationwide led to gay couples joyously tying the knot in other states that banned such weddings before the decision.
In Louisiana, Republican Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office issued a statement saying that it had “found nothing in today’s decision that makes the Court’s order effective immediately.”
The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association advised clerks not to issue licenses for 25 days, the period in which the Supreme Court could be petitioned for a rehearing, said New Orleans lawyer Brandon Robb, who works with the gay community.
Mississippi was waiting until a lower court lifted a stay to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said state Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, adding that his office would not stand in the way of the ruling.
The White House Basks In Marriage Equality Glow Tonight
After The Supreme Court Ruling – What You Need To You
From the guy who explains all things same-sex marriage, Matt Baume.
As he says, today is a great day for everyone. Freedom was expanded. No one harmed.
Forward.
The FIRST Same-Sex Marriage In Dallas County
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| Jack Evans and George Harris of Dallas, Texas |
Together 54 years!!!!
(I am blissfully aware that I just wrote the words “same-sex marriage in Dallas County.”
This day.
Just – this day. I’ll leave it at that.
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