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#WHITE HOUSE LIT UP IN GAY PRIDE COLORS FULL#
Now, not even seven full years later, it appears that even the most obvious and popular victory in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights is on the conservative chopping block. Then-President Barack Obama compared the decision to “justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.”
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My partner and I could get married if we wanted to.
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A different kind of life could be possible. The Constitution grants them that right,” Kennedy wrote. “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. I remember feeling the impact of Obergefell v. Lead Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell was a guest of honor at the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, riding in a convertible for cheering crowds. Pride parades scheduled for the following weekend had a new frenetic, ecstatic energy. It was a jubilant time! Is there a more straightforward way to say that so many were so excited because a better world seemed possible? So rarely do you get to live in good historic times. Then-First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughter, Malia, even snuck outside of the White House to join the after-dark celebration. residents flocked to Lafayette Square to hug each other and celebrate this win-marketed as #LoveWins-after decades of defeat. That day, the Supreme Court had delivered a 5-4 opinion (authored by the mercurial then-Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy) declaring same-sex marriage was lawful. Link to tweet On the evening of June 2015, the White House lit up in rainbow colors.