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It’s a historic day for gay marriage in the USA
I’m still in a bit of shock over what happened at the US Supreme Court today.
While I was waiting to see which of the seven gay marriages from five states might be reviewed in the new term, it turned out that none of them would be – none of them.
That means that same-sex marriage is now legal in the states of Utah, Virginia, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Wisconsin. And soon after the court’s decision, Colorado announced it would begin to issue marriage licenses to couples beginning today.
The court’s decision has also paved the way for marriage equality to begin in Kansas, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Wyoming in the near future.
Pictured here are Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin of Oklahoma. They got married today after 27 years together. They filed the lawsuit challenging their state’s marriage ban back in 2004.
See my story over at Gay Star News.
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K. Martinez says:
This is awesome news! I know how Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin must feel. We didn’t get married until after 30 years together. It was a long time comin’, but it happened thanks to all the people like this couple who pushed to make marriage equality happen. I’m so happy the younger folks and newer generations will now be able to get married when they want to. 20 more states to go!
FAEN says:
After 14 years together my partner and I can finally get legally married. This is just surreal.