10 years ago
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Happy Anniversary!
#OnThisDay in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage, legalized it in all fifty states, and required states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses in the case Obergefell v. Hodges.
pic.twitter.com/okA00Jx8Vx— American Bar Association (@ABAesq) June 26, 2025
I can't believe it's been 10 years already! I remember the NYC gay march that year was full of electric energy.
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Was just going to post this NPR interview with Jim Obergefell.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5439207/gay-marriage-obergefell-hodges-10th-anniversary
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@Mik I think if you asked the three-quarters of a million gay couples living in the US, they would say they don't believe it. They know it, they live it. From spousal Social Security to inheritance to survivorship rights, and many other essential benefits. I participate almost nightly on an LGBT board where a great number of the participants are around my age (68) and older. So many of them have been in committed relationships for 30 to 50 years. They are lucky to not have to suffer the heart ache and anguish that preceded our generations. And marriage for gay people hasn't hurt anyone. It's a win-win and the US is a better place for it.
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Was just going to post this NPR interview with Jim Obergefell.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5439207/gay-marriage-obergefell-hodges-10th-anniversary
@wtg Thanks for posting that, wtg. I really needed it after the NYTimes' distasteful decision to run Andrew Sullivan's diatribe against the LGBTQ community today. Why they thought publishing a litany of hyperbole and anecdotes attacking the community under the headline "How The Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way," on the anniversary of Obergefell was a good idea, I can't fathom. Other than the insatiable desire for clicks. It was the last straw for me. Coming on the heels of their couching an endorsement for Cuomo in their "non-endorsing" editorial, and the general descent of their online front page into bland, very "safe" but clickbait headlines, the sum of which leaves one completely unaware of the horrifying situation the US finds itself in, I decided to cancel my subscription.
