Voting on equal rights or crying that the SCOTUS ignored "the will of the people" simply does not compute. If "the will of the people" was all that counted, we would still have slavery.
I am somewhat amazed still that the tide turned so fast. Think how long it took in this country for civil rights to become the law of the land - I certainly remember Anita Bryant, the John Briggs initiative, and so forth - all that less than 40 years ago.
I honestly think if we hadn't been fighting as hard as we've been this would not have worked. We had it better here in MN, but it was still a fight and took a lot of talking and calling to convince people.
Well done! I agree with you: I think a lot of people were against same-sex marriage then who saw the fight and began to question themselves, and that's part of why opinions changed. And I do think those changed opinions, that changed climate, contributed to this ruling.
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I am somewhat amazed still that the tide turned so fast. Think how long it took in this country for civil rights to become the law of the land - I certainly remember Anita Bryant, the John Briggs initiative, and so forth - all that less than 40 years ago.
it's been a good week.
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And of course there is still a long way to go.
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*Cheers*
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