10 Years of Marriage Equality

Sunday, June 29, 2025

He sued for marriage equality and won. 10 years later, he fears for LGBTQ+ rights

Posted by retort at 11:38 AM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

On the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationally, advocates of gay rights are approaching the milestone with trepidation as much as celebration.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Jun 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM

Comments

Well... there is another "Obama thing" for Trumpanzee to go after.

#1 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-06-29 01:06 PM

there is another "Obama thing" for Trumpanzee to go after.

Marriage equality?

Obama had nothing to do with it.

Zero.

Nada.

Zilch.

Matter of fact. Obama felt the states should determine what they want to do about marriage equality.

Most democrats were ambivalent or against marriage equality before they were for them.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-29 01:12 PM

SCOTUS handed you Marriage Equality. Not Obama and definitely not Joe Biden, neither wanted anything to do with it.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-06-29 01:27 PM

SCOTUS handed you Marriage Equality.

Eventually.

After 37 states had already voted to legalize it.

Before 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex marriage was a constitutional right, 37 states and the District of Columbia had legalized same-sex marriage in some capacity.

en.m.wikipedia.org

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-29 01:38 PM

Also.

No one "handed" anyone anything.

Homosexuals fought for our civil rights.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-29 01:39 PM

I have friends that felt so confident about US views of their relationship, and were so bullied by the local bigots, that they've left the country.

#6 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-06-29 02:35 PM

Homosexuals fought for our civil rights.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-29 01:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

None of that means shat when you still voted for people who didn't give 2 schitts about your civil rights.

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-06-29 03:48 PM

Obama had nothing to do with it.
Zero.
Nada.
Zilch.
#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-29 01:12 PM | Reply | Flag: YYYYAAAAWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNN!!!

Sometimes you come off as such a little hot head...

Here... this is what I was referring to..

www.nps.gov

It was a significant event...for its symbolism..

nnnnnkaaaayyyy???

you know... before the transactivists crashed the party demanding everyone feed their narcissistic self-delusions...

#8 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-06-29 07:24 PM

@#7 ... when you still voted for people who didn't give 2 schitts about your civil rights ...

How so?

Please be specific.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 07:33 PM

Can we get it all out in the open?

The US generally has no problems with childless white lesbians. As Jack Lemmon said in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, "Lesbians? Yummy."

All other lgbtqia++, ick.

Except for people who really have a problem with them.

They end up with wide stances and reshapen jaws, and are strangely interested in trans sports stories.

#10 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-06-29 09:42 PM

@#10 ... Can we get it all out in the open? ...

OK, let's.

... The US generally has no problems with childless white lesbians. As Jack Lemmon said in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, "Lesbians? Yummy."

All other lgbtqia++, ick. ...

... and the reason for that opinion is ... ?

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 09:59 PM

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