Same-sex marriage legalized in

all of the US: Americas reaction

OnJune26,2015,crowdswerecheeringin
exhilarationasthesupremecourtlegalizedsame
sexmarriageinall50states.Fromthatdayon,
genderdidnotblockadeapersonfrommarrying
theonewhomtheytrulyloveandwishtospend
therestoftheirliveswith.Finallyeveryonewas
entitledtomarriageregardlessofsexual
orientation.

HoweversomestillnotagreewiththeSupreme
Courtsruling.
Editorials
say

Thedecisionof
Congressandthestatesfortwocenturieshasbeen
todefinemarriageasaunionbetweenamananda
woman.Webelievethatwastherightcall.Justas
important,webelieveittherightofCongressand
thestatestowritethisdefinition,notthecourts.
(FurtherDamageoftheGaymarriageruling).In

Sohowdidpeoplereact?
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otherwords,thesepeopleclaimthatmarriagehas

celebratedtheoccasionbylightingrainbowcolor

alwaysbeendefinedtobebetweenamanand

lightssymbolizingtheLGBTflag.ManyLGBT

womanandthereforeitshouldbekeptthatway

activistsmetupinWashington,outsidethe

andthateachstateitselfshoulddecidewhether

supremecourt,tocelebratetheruling.Overall,

gaymarriageshouldbelegalornot.Whatthese

manywereenthusedbytheoccasionasitgave

peoplefailtorealizeisthattheworldischanging

theLGBTcommunityhope.

andevolving.Before,beingwiththesamesexwas
unheardof.Thepublicwasunfamiliarwiththis

Howdosomefeelabouttheruling?
andclassifiedthesepeopleasweirdjustbecause

Columnists
whoareproponentsofgaymarriage

ofthegenderwhomtheyfeltattractedto.These

agreewiththesupremecourtsrulingandbelieve

peoplewereafraidofchangeandbeingdifferent.

Denyingsomepeopletheoptiontomarryis

However,manytelevisionshowssuchasWill&

discriminatoryandcreatesasecondclassof

GraceandModernFamilyhaveopenedthe

citizens(Shouldgaymarriagebelegal?)and

publicseyesandtaughtthemaboutgayculture

GaymarriageisprotectedbytheUS

usingcomedy.Thesetelevisioncharacterswere
justlikeusandmanyviewersoftheseshowscan
relatetothesecharactersregardlessofsexual
orientation.Americafinallybegantounderstand
problemsfacingthesepeopleincluding
discrimination.Nowsamesexrelationshipshave

Americanscelebratingthesupremecourtsruling

becomeanaccepted,normal,andfundamental

Constitution'scommitmentstolibertyand

aspectinAmericansociety.

equality.Inotherwords,notallowingsame

sexcouplestomarryservesonlytodiscriminate
anddeprivethesepeopleofoneofthemost
fundamentalinstitutionsofoursocietySamesex
couplesshouldnotbetreatedanydifferentlythan
heterosexualcoupleswhichincludesbothhaving

thesameandequalrights.

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