46 years ago tomorrow, the Stonewall riots “transform the gay rights movement from one limited to a small number of activists into a widespread protest for equal rights and acceptance.”
America! Fuck Yeah! Bringing down the flag of Southern Traitors and raising up the Rainbow Flag of tolerance. By all indications the Supreme Court of the United States may be about to take another step in the direction of extending equal rights and civil liberties to patrons of a gay bars in New York’s Greenwich Village and elsewhere.
The decades long guessing game of what the Supreme Court will do about gay marriage will end either Friday morning or early next week.
Proponents on both sides of the legalization issue are hoping for a victory, but several other theories abound about what the nine justices might do in this landmark case.
At stake are the marriage laws of 14 states — including Alabama — where lawmakers and voters acted to retain laws that define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
Arrayed against them are dozens of court rulings in favor of gay marriage, backed up by hundreds of gay rights plaintiffs, gay marriage campaigns and fresh public opinion polls showing approval of the nuptials.
“It’s never wise to be certain, but we are certainly hopeful,” Mary Bonauto of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders has told supporters.
One of the best things about this (if it comes to pass) is that it is going to give Scalia a kanipshin fit.