Gay marriage is constitutional 5-4

So yeah big win for equality today. In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has made marriage between 2 people regardless of sexual orientation legal. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?referrer=

More seriously: great news

Great news. Time to celebrate the news in South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, or Alabama.

I like good news =D

The tears from Conservatives will be delicious.

@Aljosa23: The meltdown on Fox News will be legendary.

Expected. Just read through a lot of Scalia's dissent. How on Earth is that short troll even a SC Justice? His reasoning is both fallacious and atrocious.

Mah relegious values are being threatened!!!!1

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!!!!!!!!1

Seriously though, good news. Lets see how the southern states can **** this up though.

I'll drink to that!

Good news

Thomas's is even worse. He straight up says the government can't strip anyone's dignity which is just ridiculous to claim.

@dylandr Can you make that 2 please?

Oh yeah Awesome News. Can't wait to hear Fox News bitching about this :-)

@davillain-: tonight we drink

FOR EQUALLITY!

"I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch," Huckabee said. "We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat."

A presidential hopeful straight up saying '**** the legal institutions of our society'. Yeah, real tyrannical there. Someone needs a dictionary.

hmm what happened to state sovereignty?

Buggery is here to stay conservatives, move on already, or secede what do I know.

LMAO...tough week for conservatives. First the SCOTUS upholds the Affordable Health Care law and now gay marriage. I love watching Fox News foam at the mouth.

State Sovereignty doesn't trump constitutional law.

Congrats 'Murica! You're now as civilized as:

• The Netherlands
• Belgium
• Spain
• Canada
• South Africa
• Norway
• Sweden
• Portugal
• Iceland
• Argentina
• Denmark
• Uruguay
• New Zealand
• Brazil
• France
• England & Wales, Scotland (later)
• Luxembourg

Took you guys long enough :P

Someone please find me a way to watch the meltdown on Fox. I reeeaaallly don't want to miss it xD

LMAO how on earth could someone - let alone a presidential candidate - spout that malarkey openly? It basically says the judiciary is sovereign and esteemed in as much as it agrees with my views and furthers my agenda; that sums up the conservative approach to governance and public institutions.

@Desmonic: I know, right? (sigh)

-Byshop

I find Justice Roberts statement disturbing. All you have to do is change a few words around and...

"In his dissent, Roberts argued that by declaring gay marriage a right they overstepped their constitutional bounds into the realm of legislative matters.

"Today, however, the Court takes the extraordinary step of ordering every State to license and recognize same-sex marriage," Roberts wrote. "Many people will rejoice at this decision, and I begrudge none their celebration. But for those who believe in a government of laws, not of men, the majority’s approach is deeply disheartening. Supporters of same-sex marriage have achieved considerable success persuading their fellow citizens—through the democratic process—to adopt their view. That ends today. Five lawyers have closed the debate and enacted their own vision of marriage as a matter of constitutional law.""

"Today, however, the Court takes the extraordinary step of ordering every State to license and recognize de-segregation," Roberts wrote. "Many people will rejoice at this decision, and I begrudge none their celebration. But for those who believe in a government of laws, not of men, the majority’s approach is deeply disheartening. Supporters of de-segregation have achieved considerable success persuading their fellow citizens—through the democratic process—to adopt their view. That ends today. Five lawyers have closed the debate and enacted their own vision of racial equality as a matter of constitutional law."

Don't know what you're talking about, the USA was first. We led the way just like always

So apparently San Francisco Pride is tomorrow...

that shit's going to be bonkers

It's still concerning that 4 voted against it.

@lostrib: lol

But seriously, I do wish you guys better luck in the second important battle: Gay couples (married or otherwise) being able adopt kids. Not sure if that is already a thing there (if it is, awesome!) but here (Portugal) unfortunately that has been a very uphill battle. Very little progress on that has been made ever since gay marriage was approved in 2007.

The issue was nothing more than a way to take people's minds off of important issues. The government should not be involved in marriage. Period. Unless you are a gay American who wanted to get married, your life isn't effected by this ruling or the actions of this ruling contrary to what some want us to believe.

Mexico too, it´s only those retards of the Catholic Church and the conservative wing of the PAN political party the ones against gay marriage but fortunately nobody fucking needs them.

@Desmonic: Wait, you're Portuguese?

Also, this is great but it took a while

Go Massachusetts!

What's awesome about this is the effect on the kids in who will start school/reach an age of understanding the world in 5-10 years. When gay marriage was approved in my country, despite being young, I still had to adapt what I knew of the world/my country to add that new bit of it all. Not that I was against it, but it was something new from the status quo.

However my nieces, which are still in primary school, don't even question it. That is the status quo for them, gay marriage is just like any old thing that might as well have existed for 1000's of years! And that is amazing to see honestly! :)

Unless parents are dicks about it and "teach" them that it's wrong, the next generations should in theory be much more accepting of it and see it as it should be seen: a normal occurrence in everyday life.

@korvus: Yeah dude! Still recovering from St. John too! :P

@Desmonic: If you're a Northerner I can see why =P

@korvus:

Yup.

Remember kids, alcohol and hammers don't mix! :P

Some people aren't only concerned for themselves...

@Desmonic: O pior martelar é o da manhã seguinte quando acordas =P

But we're derailing the thread...just surprised I never knew you were Portuguese =)

I agree though, next step is adoption =D

I think that is one that is state by state, but in most states it is legal, but may be more difficult

In other news, when did Gamespot start auto-deleting images in quotes?

Shouldn't have been an issue in the first place especially in civilized countries.

i guess it doesn't apply to discrimination

.. I guess you must have a huge problem when things like racial segregation laws were struck down by the federal government..

That's awesome. But I'm sure certain states will find ways to make it difficult for same sex couple to get married that it effectively act as bans. Look at DC vs Heller (incidentally also 5-4 decision), it lifted the ban on guns, but it's still next to impossible to own guns in DC.

The evil that men do live after them.

@Desmonic: People came to the United States to get away from those countries.