SCOTUS strikes down gay marriage bans, legalizing marriage equality nationwide

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besada said:
Bunches of counties were handing out licenses. Tarrant, Travis, Dallas, Harris, and Bexar -- most of the biggest counties -- were handing them out. It's mostly rural counties that have been "waiting for new forms" like Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. Not that surprising given their rural centers and bad direction from the AG's office. The majority of those will start issuing on Monday.
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This is really good to hear. I live in Lubbock and (as far as I read a few hours ago) they're using the "waiting on new forms"approach.
 
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#DEAD

Also, congratulations. Was seriously way overdue.

The sky isn't falling, so I think we're all gonna be okay.

Good thing I don't have any reason to be near the courthouse in downtown Decatur. Place is probably gonna be packed.
 
NastyBook said:
#DEAD

Also, congratulations. Was seriously way overdue.

The sky isn't falling, so I think we're all gonna be okay.

Good thing I don't have any reason to be near the courthouse in downtown Decatur. Place is probably gonna be packed.
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LOL. Thomas in that pic reminds me of the guy in Too Many Cooks. He defies reality!
 
cajunator said:
But tolerance is one thing, what you want is full acceptance.
I dont like when people "tolerate" something. That means the begrudge it. Fucking accept it. Its the new reality, so swallow pride and accept whatever it is.
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By tolerant I meant accepting, loving, etc.

No need to get angry friend.

Tolerant does not mean to begrudge at all in this context, it's a synonym for acceptance.
 
Went to Stonewall last night, it was an absolute blast, so many very very very happy people. There were so many people just hugging everyone around them, it was really beautiful.

From there I went to BK so that we could have some drinks with a few of our friends who were partying in Bushwick, and that scene was much younger and also filled with happy people.

The generational difference between the two places was telling.

Stonewall was filled with generally older LGBT people who weren't so much elated as shocked happy. Probably because they lived through the 60s, 70s and 80s. The younger generation (and at 30, I'm definitely part) had much more of a "well of course, why did it take so long?'

A lot more tears of Joy at Stonewall, and a lot more shots in Bushwick.

All around, yesterday was a very very good day.

I think in my lifetime there have been 4 really important world changing events.

Fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11, Barrack Obama's election and yesterday.

Here is hoping Hillary gives me a 5th.
 
Korey said:
More Than A Dozen Landmarks You Won't Believe Were Turned Rainbow

How did all these places get rainbow lights set up on such short notice? Is there a rainbowlightrentalsandinstallationforlargebuildings.com or something?
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Most buildings have LED lights at this point, and it's relatively inexpensive to have color options for them.

I do not however think Empire State was lit up last night. 1WTC was rainbow, but ESB was white. They typically light it up for Pride weekend, so I'm guessing that was an oversight? Not sure.
 
StoOgE said:
Went to Stonewall last night, it was an absolute blast, so many very very very happy people. There were so many people just hugging everyone around them, it was really beautiful.

From there I went to BK so that we could have some drinks with a few of our friends who were partying in Bushwick, and that scene was much younger and also filled with happy people.

The generational difference between the two places was telling.

Stonewall was filled with generally older LGBT people who weren't so much elated as shocked happy. Probably because they lived through the 60s, 70s and 80s. The younger generation (and at 30, I'm definitely part) had much more of a "well of course, why did it take so long?'

A lot more tears of Joy at Stonewall, and a lot more shots in Bushwick.

All around, yesterday was a very very good day.

I think in my lifetime there have been 4 really important world changing events.

Fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11, Barrack Obama's election and yesterday.

Here is hoping Hillary gives me a 5th.
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This is a great post, thanks. I haven't been to NYC / lived there for a few years, but I would have loved to have seen this. At least you gave me a birds eye view, means a lot.
 
I love how gloriously colourful everything is right now - not just social media but so many landmarks and monuments too. Magical.
 
Yrael said:
I love how gloriously colourful everything is right now - not just social media but so many landmarks and monuments too. Magical.
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I'm going to swing by the Minneapolis bridge this evening. They light it up most years for pride and it looks stunning over the water
 
Seanspeed said:
Gone over this already. You're choosing an interpretation of tolerance based on what it *could* mean if you took it that way, but as always, its important to put things into appropriate context, and within civil rights issues, tolerance has generally been sort of synonymous with 'acceptance'. Civil rights leaders themselves will proclaim to 'preach tolerance' after all.

I do agree acceptance would be technically be a better term, but I think you should understand what somebody means by it before arguing against them.
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Except that when it comes to gay people tolerace means we still have shit like "Love the person, but hate the sin". Which basically means we love you... until you start talking about your "disgusting lifestyle". Or the less religious standpoint of "We have no problem with gay people, we just don't want it shoved in our faces".

That's tolerance, not acceptance.
 
Kinda LTTP, but still wanted to say that this is great. Congrats, US, congrats GAF on the awesome logo*

I hope Poland is not too far away from marriage equality!


*already saw so much salt about logos like this, I won't have to buy kitchen salt for at least a year. Feels good.
 
Love the new logo, that's super neat haha

Edit: How could my avatar be rainbow-ified.. Don't think that'd work haha. Anyone feel free to try tho.
 
Well, if everyone's joining the rainbow party, my grimly looking avatar can do that as well (but remain looking grimly) ;)

Now to wait how long it takes for Germany to follow suit...
 
icarus-daedelus said:
Honestly, I'm more surprised that San Francisco City Hall isn't lit up with rainbow lights every day of the year.



I wasn't born yet for the first of these, but I completely agree that the other three just felt like such momentous occasions - for good or, in the case of 9/11, ill, it felt very special to be alive as they were happening and you could feel the world shifting under your feet.

I'm still tearing up! Like part of me just still can't believe this is happening, even though I had known it should/would/could for a very long time.

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Yeah, that about sums it up.
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Did I miss something big? Because having to buy shitty insurance through my work that has like a 6k deductible before it even pays for anything doesn't strike me as Universal Health Care.
 
TCRS said:
Even Germany? Kind of ironic given that we don't have SSM here. pretty cool though.
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No:

That picture was taken at the "festival of lights" in 2012. Germany ist still far away from legalizing same sex marriage :-(
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And honestly, due to what you said, I'd find such a display pretty inappropriate in Germany. They can do that when we get SSM.
 
Yeah, last night was surreal. I think there was a general sense of wonderment to it. It felt a lot less SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS! than something celebratory.

I mean, we did it.

nny said:
The Pride Festival here in Lexington is today. Great timing!
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Watch out for ISIS.
 
Like our logo on here, there's an interesting trend to show support. Probably partially because of pride but also because of the win. I was a bit surprised to see some of the ones on there like github, who has even changed the logo on their site. Pretty awesome to see this.

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soco said:
Like our logo on here, there's an interesting trend to show support. Probably partially because of pride but also because of the win. I was a bit surprised to see some of the ones on there like github, who has even changed the logo on their site. Pretty awesome to see this.

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After Reddit's spring cleaning. Where are they now?
 
I don't much care for how that rainbow filter people are using for their Facebook profile images looks, so I went with something a little bit... similar but different.

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Not familiar with US legislature, but can a court decide this? Shouldn't new laws, or law amendments pass through the legislative body, congress and senate? Or do the courts in the US have more power than other countries?
 
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