Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal In All 50 States

It's official now.
here are some of the details for people wondering about it.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ules-all-states-must-allow-same-sex-marriages

I for one like this road of unbanning things. hopefully they keep it going.

 

inb4 ridiculous riots and protests that serve to accomplish nothing. America seems to like protesting nowadays.

 

So long as the ruling does not force religious institutions to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies, there shouldn't be too many complaints by churches of Christianity. The more accepting ones might be reluctant, but may go ahead because it's not their place to judge. Westboro Baptist and the ones who continue to pretend to speak on behalf of God will protest like crazy, hopefully burn themselves to a nice crisp, but that might be too much to ask. Churches are only for fellowship and spiritual teaching, not for speaking on behalf of God (which, by the way, is mentioned in the Bible as an act of false prophets).

I'm not sure on other religions, as I've not done much research into them, but if they're similar to Christianity, they might not have very many complaints either so long as the ruling doesn't force their religious institutions to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies.

 

Hearing this new while I was at work made me happy.

 

Agreed. No one should be forced to do anything. I seriously doubt that would happen. I'm a straight Christian, yet I believe it's about damned time. Good for them!

 

I'm frustrated. I'm frustrated at Abbott and his stupid conservative beliefs. I'm ashamed we'll be shamed into legalizing it cause according to government "IT'S IMMORAL OH GOD IT GOES AGAINST OUR CONSTITUTION"

How you stupid higher ups, get with the times, gay marriage is accepted in TODAY's society, we're a democracy, not a dictatorship. You people need to realise that your legislations passed based on your beliefs will not last forever, and there will be revolts, and you better know I will be right in the middle of them.

Shame on you Australian Government, shame on you.

 

Ha thought you were talking about the Texas governor for a second there, who said much the same thing about today's ruling.... Tony Abbott and Greg Abbott, so different but so very much the same.

 

Was happy to see this happen. Its about time honestly. There are many countries far ahead of the US with same sex marriage, we are just catching up. Imo who is the government to judge how other people can love anyway? People really shouldn't even need permission to love the way they want to.

lol'd really hard at this entire thing. Relevant. "6/26 is now our 9/11 from a moral standpoint".

 

It's honestly no surprise Texas is against it.

You know what's bad? We'll most likely get Tones as PM again next election. I'm right-wing, but Abbott is a horrible leader to this country. He spends too much time focusing on Terrorism, when in reality it's not that big of a threat. Si a few Aussies have gone over to join ISIL? Big woop, it doesn't mean their motives are to bomb Australia.

Frankly it pisses me off, he's acting like a mild Hitler with these new Citizenship Laws. What's next? He's gonna perform another Holocaust on the Middle East cause "MUH AUSSIES ARE TERRORISTS, BETTER DESTROY THEM"

He needs to go away from terrorism for a while, he's done what he could. Why not focus on medical research? We're the leaders in that. Our local hospitals need to be extended and new equipment needs to be added in order to accommodate a 20 million + population.

We're like, way behind compared to other first-world countries, we're too far back in a colonial times and our Parliament is too scared to change the constitution. We only recognise same-sex marriage as a de-facto relationship.

But hopefully as we are allied with the US, this will push same-sex legalisation in Australia.

EDIT: disregard that last remark cause he's still a conservative asshole

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...-views-unchanged/story-fn59niix-1227417747524

 

The fact that America is ahead of us on this. The fact that America is ahead of us on this is more offensive than wind turbines.
I mean, it's great and everything, but, no offence, wasn't expecting America of all countries to do it before Aus...

All the rainbow DPs on my Facebook are tripping me out. XD

 

Abbott is a carpet muncher whose opinions have f**ked this country over for same-sex marriage.

 

He's a full-blown Catholic, that's why he hates them so much. It's why he disowned his sister, cause she went against his beliefs. And it's cause of these beliefs that he's f**king over millions of homosexual Aussies because "MUH MORALS, IT'S AGAINST MY RELIGION DESPITE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE MOVEMENT."

The problem also lies within the Parliament, the people in the Parliament have grown up in a time where homosexuals were looked down upon, this is their belief and as such if a bill wants to get passed, it must coincide with their beliefs, which is why Shorten's same-sex marriage Amendment was not passed, cause they believe Australia doesn't need to recognise it.

Stupid Government, listen to the people for once, 90% of citizens are not against it, don't let your beliefs influence bill making, it's the people's opinions that should.

 

This this this this this. I was totally gonna post this, but forgot. How's that for marriage equality?~
(I'm totally against the idea of marriage, if you couldn't tell. It's not something society actually needs.)

 

RAINBOWS! Rainbows everywhere!

 

Can we get married now.

 

A post I saw on tumblr:

 

That why your avi?

Hah! Nice! Well, apart from the homophobia...

 

If you're willing to come to the states.

More or less. Also for this week's theme.