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US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by PRYCE(m): 4:37pm On Jun 26, 2015
The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States.

It means the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the plaintiffs asked "for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."

It is unclear how soon marriage licences will be issued in states where gay unions were previously prohibited.

The ruling, which sparked celebrations outside the court in Washington DC, brings to an end more than a decade of bitter legal battles.

President Barack Obama said the ruling was a "victory for America".
"When all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free " he said.

However, Christian conservatives decried the decision.
"We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat," said Mike Huckabee, Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor.Loud cheers erupted outside the court after the ruling was announced, said the BBC's Paul Blake at the Supreme Court.
Hundreds of people had camped out for hours awaiting the news.Minutes after the ruling, couples in one of the states that had a ban, Georgia, lined up in hope of being wed.
On social media, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton merely tweeted the word "proud" and the White House changed its Twitter avatar into the rainbow colours.

The first state to allow same-sex marriage was Massachusetts, which granted the right in 2004.

In recent years, a wave of legal rulings and a dramatic shift in public opinion have expanded gay marriage in the US.

In 2012, the high court struck down a federal anti same-sex marriage law.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33290341
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by fernandoc(m): 4:48pm On Jun 26, 2015
Shi7 happens.
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by boboLIL(m): 4:53pm On Jun 26, 2015
Believe dis w0rld is c0min t0 an end.. Buckle up...
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by kromoto: 4:56pm On Jun 26, 2015
A country lost in madness!
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by dealslip(f): 4:58pm On Jun 26, 2015
Liberalism, Equality and Fraternity is the mantra of the owners of America, the Jew Freemasons. Alot of evil is perpetrated under the guise of this mantra equality and liberalism. The world will be engulfed in worse vices very soon. All of this we see now is a plan which is perfectly carried out by the puppets of these ventriloquist.
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by tucky200(m): 5:03pm On Jun 26, 2015
Useless set of people...
America consist of all the evil words we know
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by Nobody: 5:04pm On Jun 26, 2015
Now Mugabe can marry Obama without any let or hindrance.

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Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by LoveMachine(m): 5:17pm On Jun 26, 2015
Strange people. They are living foul.
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by Flets: 5:19pm On Jun 26, 2015
Without rules, we are nothing but savages.

There are major undertones to these events ....
I cant categorically tell why the world is speedily heading down a defined but weird path.

Biblically, Sodom and Gomorrah comes to mind. Someone, we are speedily altering the natural flow path of creation.

Destruction beckons, maybe the trumpet might sound pretty soon.
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by Nobody: 5:34pm On Jun 26, 2015
tucky200:
Useless set of people...
America consist of all the evil words we know

The last time I checked, our people still queue up to go there and spend their hard earned money or even live there. It simply means the US is less mad than Nigeria.
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by Nobody: 5:35pm On Jun 26, 2015
That's their business!.

Our acts an their consequences are always concomitant!
Re: US Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is Legal Nationwide by wexyee: 5:39pm On Jun 26, 2015
Hmmm

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