In the United States of America, same-sex marriage has been legal in all states, Washington, D.C., as well as all U.S. territories except American Samoa, but not on Indian lands, since June 26, 2015, when the United States Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.
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Roy Moore Suspended From Alabama Supreme Court For Anti-Gay Marriage Order
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Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended over same-sex marriage order
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
(September 30, 2016)
Alabama’s chief justice Roy Moore was suspended without pay Friday, September 30, for the rest of his term for directing probate judges to enforce the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
The state Court of the Judiciary, in a 50-page decision, cited Moore’s “disregard for binding federal law” as a reason for the suspension.
Moore’s administrative order to probate judges was issued in January – seven months after a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalized gay and lesbian nuptials nationwide.
Moore’s term runs through January 2019.
He is 69 and will be ineligible to run for re-election because of his age.
Friday’s ruling also cited Moore’s “history with this court,” saying it was the second time he had been brought before the judiciary court for “actions grossly inconsistent with his duties as Chief Justice.”
It was almost one month ago today, when the Supreme Court of the United states was deliberating on the constitutionality of several issues.
The momentum for marriage equality had been steadily building and the people where waiting, rallying outside their building .. wondering about the outcome.
I wasn’t there but I was surely keeping up with the news. Suddenly, there is was ….all over social media!
Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide
I never thought I would see this in my lifetime.
It was beyond happiness, it was beyond belief.
It had become the “law of the land“.
No more waiting.
Marriage equality was legal nationwide.
This is only the first step after many efforts. I’m fully aware that there’s a lot still pending to be done and achieved. Yet, this moment in time, will forever be in my heart, mind and soul. This moment is ours.
Freedom to Marry is an organization which campaigns for the right of same-sex couples to marry in the United States. Freedom to Marry was founded in New York City in 2003 by Evan Wolfson, whom many consider to be the father of the modern marriage movement.
According to its “Roadmap to Victory”, Freedom to Marry is working “to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage” by winning same-sex marriage for more states, growing the national majority support for same-sex marriage, and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act a law it sees as discriminatory.
Jennifer Hudson’s ‘I Still Love You’ Video Follows A Reluctant Dad Who Learns To Accept His Gay Son
Jennifer Hudson channels her inner dance diva and shows her support of same-sex marriage with her new music video, “I Still Love You.”
The clip, which made its MTV and Logo debut June 3, follows a father as he comes to terms with his gay son, who then ties the knot in an interracial wedding.
Hudson said “I Still Love You,” which is a cut from her latest album, “JHUD,” is “about love, and everyone should have love and have the right to love who they want to love.”
She told MTV, “I thought it would be powerful to take a concept like trying to find your equality in love no matter who you love.”
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The 33-year-old Oscar winner and “American Idol” veteran has long been an outspoken supporter of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Joking that she is “a queen on the inside, too,” Hudson told The Advocate last year,
“The gay community has meant so much to me throughout my life, and there have been many gay people who have been positive influences for me.
From my best friend to many of my teachers, my first producer, and more — there have been so many.
That’s why I feel like this campaign is a perfect fit, because it’s something I’m fully supportive and passionate about.”
The new video launches Logo’s #All50 marriage equality effort and is also part of the “Turn It Up for Change” campaign, a new initiative between the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and W Hotels that is focused on the fight for same-sex marriage across all 50 states.
The phrase “sanctity of marriage” always gives me the feeling of having a pebble in my shoe.
I wonder “how dare they?”
When you have a glass of glass, you better make sure you don’t throw stones. According to this, I strongly believe that my marriage is stronger, real , real …. and is a much better indicator of “sanctity”.
Born and raised by underpaid public school teachers in Sanford, Fla., Andy Marlette graduated from the University of Florida and became staff editorial cartoonist at the Pensacola News Journal in 2007.
Marlette received a priceless editorial cartoon education while living with his uncle and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Doug Marlette in Hillsborough, N.C. Doug’s tragic death in July of 2007 made evermore poignant the elder Marlette’s fierce and faithful devotion to the art form of editorial cartooning as a cornerstone of American free speech. With this in mind, Andy works daily to learn and uphold the disciplines and values passed on to him by his late uncle.
Andy’s editorial cartoons have become both hated and adored by daily readers. His work has been awarded by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors for best editorial cartoons on state issues and former Governor Charlie Crist referred to himself regularly as Marlette’s biggest fan, despite the fact that he was also regularly a target in cartoons.
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