They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. Love is now equal for everyone across all 50 states, so says the Supreme Court, which ruled 5-4 that marriage between same-sex partners is a right bestowed by the constitution.Īs Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the court's opinion of the couples who brought the case, 'Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions.

No longer will loving families be barred from the rights and benefits of marriage. No longer will anyone be barred from marrying the person they love because that person happens to be their same sex.