Today marks:
18 years since Lawrence v. Texas struck down state laws that made gay sex a crime.
8 years since US v. Windsor said the federal gov't must recognize same-sex marriages.
6 years since Obergefell v. Hodges said gay couples have a right to marry in all states. #Pride
18 years since Lawrence v. Texas struck down state laws that made gay sex a crime.
8 years since US v. Windsor said the federal gov't must recognize same-sex marriages.
6 years since Obergefell v. Hodges said gay couples have a right to marry in all states. #Pride
"Times can blind us to certain truths & later generations can see that laws once thought necessary serve only to oppress. As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."
—Lawrence v Texas, 6/26/03 #pride
—Lawrence v Texas, 6/26/03 #pride
"DOMA instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons with whom same-sex couples interact, including their own children, that their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others. The federal statute is invalid..."
—U.S. v. Windsor, 6/26/2013 #Pride
—U.S. v. Windsor, 6/26/2013 #Pride
"The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times. The generations that wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment did not presume to know the extent of freedom in all of its dimensions..." #Pride
"...and so they entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning."
—Obergefell v. Hodges, 6/26/2015 #Pride
—Obergefell v. Hodges, 6/26/2015 #Pride
"It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. ..."
—Obergefell v. Hodges, 6/26/2015 #Pride
—Obergefell v. Hodges, 6/26/2015 #Pride
"Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”
—Obergefell v. Hodges, 6/26/2015 #Pride
—Obergefell v. Hodges, 6/26/2015 #Pride
Another important date:
Next Wednesday, June 30, will make the 35th anniversary of the Bowers v. Hardwick ruling—which upheld sodomy laws and determined states DO have the right to criminalize sex between two men or two women.
Lawrence v. Texas overturned it 17 years later.
Next Wednesday, June 30, will make the 35th anniversary of the Bowers v. Hardwick ruling—which upheld sodomy laws and determined states DO have the right to criminalize sex between two men or two women.
Lawrence v. Texas overturned it 17 years later.
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