Now we take time to celebrate, but what will our next battle be?

[Fearless]

Marriage equality was a concrete and attainable goal, we've reached it now. I'm curious what we all think our next goal should be. Of course, a court decision does not end homophobia or discrimination, except from the legal system. Let us all as LGBTers parlay this victory into a new fight for further equality.

What is the next step for you?

[blm]

1. VOTING RIGHTS - no doubt about it.

With that we can address what truly matters for every man, woman, and child, and species - environmental concerns.

[William769]

2. Work hard to elect Hillary President!

Well, you asked.

[DURHAM D]

4. This

[Betty Karlson]

3. It was recently suggested in Great-Britain:

use the GLBT network to help other groups that are hurt. Mr. Obergefell set the example when he spoke about Charleston on the occasion of today's great victory.

Helping other groups will not only make society move swifter in the direction of full equality for all (injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere) but it will also cement the positively changed public opinion on GLBT equality.

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Although an end to gay income inequality, workplace and housing discrimination, and a firm stop to bullying and the suicides it engenders are concrete goals too.

[PeaceNikki]

5. Abortion, please.

[Call Me Wesley]

22. Spot on ... (as always.)

Have you watched this documentary,

?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessel_%28film%29

Great documentary, great warrior woman.

[PeaceNikki]

23. Thanks! I have not, but queing up on Netflix now.

[PeaceNikki]

24. Oh, these are the women doing the abortion drones!

Love them. I dream of dedicating my life like they're doing.

[jeff47]

6. How about employment/housing discrimination protection?

It's hard to exercise your right to marry if you'd get fired and thrown out of your home for actually getting married.

But I'm straight, so I may be missing something very important

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

8. Those sound like good ones to me. Of curse Abbott in Texas is already at work issuing orders to go

against the current ruling, so court cases against his actions may end up beating those out in terms of time.

[Rhythm]

19. This was my first thought as well...

Being able to legally get married in every state actually exposes some folks to potential housing/job discrimination if they do so in more homophobic locales, as the issuance of marriage licenses is a matter of public record, and is usually printed in local newspapers and such.

This was a ~huge~ step yesterday...
But there are many more before we have reached the summit of full equality.

[Kalidurga]

7. I am not a fighter

We keep on celebrating and we keep on speaking out for what we believe in. I don't need to actually battle anyone we will kill them with kindness. It's working when people see hate they move away from the people that hate. When they see people who will stick up for them they move towards the people who will speak up for them. When they see that we are happy and celebrating equality they will want to be a part of that. Those that can't celebrate with us feel left out. Eventually they will want to come to the party.

[William769]

9. Another suggestion would be ENDA.

Along with voting rights. Those two would help dramatically.

[Starry Messenger]

10. ENDA, voting rights, abortion, stemming the tide of anti-union USSC decisions.

[Zorra]

11. +1

Good places to start.

[dbackjon]

12. ENDA

And elect Democrats

[Behind the Aegis]

13. Employment and housing.

Our fight is far from over, even in regards to marriage. There will be challenges in that area too.

[LostOne4Ever]

14. ENDA and trans rights

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]It is my understanding that now some insurance companies might force some long term same-sex couples to get married which would out them to their employers.

If that happens in a state without anti-discrimination legislation they could be fired and then evicted for being gay. That has to be stopped now.

And trans rights are needing a lot of support to. Not only can they be fired and evicted, but rejected by homeless shelters as well. This isn't even starting to touch the issue that in some states they don't even have the right to use their gender's restroom...[/font]

[Behind the Aegis]

15. BAM! There it is!

[Heddi]

16. I think that ensuring protections for LGBT folks in housing, employment, etc

I live in PA and it's still legal here to fire someone for being gay, or deny them housing for being gay.

I think that's just ridiculous, and I would hope that this same-sex marriage ruling will codify the "citizenship," if you will, of gay folks, and lead the way for these equally bigoted laws to be struck down.

[nightscanner59]

17. Voting, not only at the polls, but with our $$$

HRC provides a very good rated shopping guide for companies that support equal rights, and those who don't.
It is available PDF document, on line and an app.
http://www.hrc.org/apps/buyersguide/index.php

[Jamastiene]

18. I would like to see, in my lifetime, a ban on reparative/conversion therapy.

It is what did all this damage to me, that still isn't completely gone, even though I sometimes think I might be ok. The worst thing about it was that I was a teenager when they did this to me. I didn't even want to be a part of it. I was forced into it by parents, county mental health employees (government funded), and pretty much everyone around me where I live. I would like to see a future where no one else is destroyed so horribly, mentally and physically, by that horrid "therapy" that has been proven to not only not work, but also to do more damage to a person AND cause higher suicide rates.

Of course, getting rid of housing discrimination and job discrimination is very important too. I can think of plenty of areas we could work on, but I wish all of the equal rights organizations and psychological groups would start a campaign to fully discredit reparative/conversion therapy and drive the message home that it is dangerous. That would be first on my list of next things to do.

[nomorenomore08]

25. Certainly should be banned for minors, at the least.

Along with class-action lawsuits against the "reparative therapy" charlatans.

[DemocraticWing]

20. A comprehensive ban on discrimination in employment, housing, and public services

The Civil Rights Act of 2017 has a nice ring to it, now let's get a Democratic Congress to pass it.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. I kept quiet yesterday so as to not gloat

But today - I gloat.

And tomorrow I stand with this community on your journey.

[on point]

26. Besides climate change, need to recover rights of women lost

To conservatives pushback.