In another major victory for the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court struck down all the gay marriage bans in various states, making marriage equality the law of the land.
From CNN
In the 5-4 ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority with the four liberal justices. Each of the four conservative justices wrote their own dissent.
Nearly 46 years to the day after a riot at New York's Stonewall Inn ushered in the modern gay rights movement, the decision could settle one of the major civil rights fights of this era. The language of Kennedy's opinion spoke eloquently of the most fundamental values of family, love and liberty.
Obama: "Sometimes there are days like this - when that slow steady effort is awarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt"
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) June 26, 2015Watch the President's full statement on the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality. #LoveWins http://t.co/nRBI49pQT5
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 26, 2015#ICYMI At 10:01am today #MarriageEquality reached all 50 states, shortly after rainbows appeared over @WhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/G4UXjCu8ZL
— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) June 27, 2015Proud. pic.twitter.com/9J44PCYeuQ
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 26, 2015It is hard to believe this happened. What a day...
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 27, 2015what a week pic.twitter.com/V3pLCz0H8g
— Jonah Green (@jonah_green) June 26, 2015Gay men's chorus of Washington DC singing national anthem outside Supreme Court steps pic.twitter.com/vud3h7eSUN
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) June 26, 2015First couple to get marriage license in #Dallas County. They have been together 55 years. @CBSDFW #lgbt #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/YZA0Z8vIRy
— Teresa Parrish (@SLObot60) June 26, 2015Isn't it great? #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/6j6Mri9vyn
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) June 27, 2015
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