Supreme Court Affirms Right to Marry for Gay Couples in All 50 States

The United States Supreme Court issued a historic ruling today which grants same-sex couples across the nation the right to marry in all 50 states.

In a 5-4 ruling this morning, the Supreme Court decided that state prohibitions on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional. A quote from the ruling is below.

"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. 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. 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."

You can read the historic opinion in full HERE.