From Stonewall

On June 28th, 1969 at a gay bar in New York City, called Stonewall Inn, the patrons that night had reached the breaking point of being raided and abused by the N.Y.P.D. simply for existing. They fought back and riots began. The police beat them back but by the next morning word had spread throughout the gay community and over 1,000 people took to the streets around Stonewall and the riots began again and so did the birth of the Gay Rights Movement.

Today in 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of equality of marriage for all. It was a 5 to 4 vote, it should have been unanimous. No where in the U.S. Constitution does it state that marriage is for heterosexuals only, given that, the Justices that voted against the right of equality have no justification beyond personal prejudice. Although Chief Justice Roberts dissent is conciliatory, he is wrong.

To those who continue to believe that this issue should only have been decided at the state level, you also are wrong. This issue was always bound for the Supreme Court. Left to the states alone full equality would never have been attained. Our history is full of such injustices which were not rectified until addressed at the Federal level, either through Congressional action or the Judiciary.

To those politicians against equality who are spouting off today, you are a mixed bag of cynics, demagogues and morons. You know who you are and sadly rather than being a positive leader you choose to fan the fires of hatred.

The overriding reason for the persecution and continued discrimination against the L.G.B.T. community is religious belief. Listen carefully to the words of the anti equality forces when they say marriage is between one man and one woman, that's a shot at the former polygamous ways of Mormonism and an attempt to justify a view completely contrary to the Constitution, specifically the separation of Church and State, which unlike marriage is actually present in the text.

Marriage requires a civil license to be legally recognized. That means you cannot deny someone that license based upon your religious beliefs. Marriage is the foundation of society and no one should ever have been denied that opportunity, any society is strengthened by an all inclusive system. Gay people getting married is not a threat to heterosexual marriage and by the way 50% of that groups marriages end in divorce, so what's the soundness of that foundation?

It's a good day for the L.G.B.T. community but rest assured that some fifteenth century politicians across the country will be trying to pull some shenanigans.

The fight for full civil rights continues.