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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease keep the bouquets away from me!!! I like being single!
But to all that have fought for love for so long, CONGRADULATIONS!
Gay Marriage Backers Win Supreme Court Victory
The New York Times-By ADAM LIPTAKJUNE 26, 2015
WASHINGTON In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in the 5 to 4 decision. He was joined by the courts four more liberal justices.
The decision, the culmination of decades of litigation and activism, came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion, with polls indicating that most Americans now approve of same-sex marriage.
Justice Kennedy said gay and lesbian couples had a fundamental right to marry.
read Story @ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0
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Please keep the bouquets away from me!!! I like being single! (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
Jun 2015
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Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)1. Ouquet.
TexasProgresive
(12,158 posts)2. Lady Freedom you only need to worry if you are gay
'cause doncha know- heterosexual marriage is finished, done for, I know 'cause I heard it on the innnertubes.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. Oh my.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)4. That has become an issue for me lately.
I have expanded my field of play, if you will, and have enjoyed it. But I still am not the marring kind.