Your move, Australia.
During a nightmarish evening of terrorism, with a decapitation in France, a suicide bombing in Kuwait, and a massacre in Tunisia, the storm of hate and brutality was interrupted in a brief reprieve by the appearance of a rainbow.
The Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled, by a majority of 5 – 4 that gay marriage should be legal throughout the country’s 50 states. It doesn’t provide much respite from the maelstrom consuming much of the Middle East, nor explain exactly how and how far that ever widening conflict’s tendrils reach.
But, for American cake decorators, it was a great night.
Because make no mistake, last night was an iconic moment in the civil rights movement. Among the most iconic for gay rights. Up until this point gay marriage was legal in 37 of the 50 States.
In ruling that the discrimination against gay people is unconstitutional, the USA has joined 18 other nations, including New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Australia’s ongoing failure to address the issue will seem increasingly absurd – unless gay marriage causes those countries to be hit by a sudden increase in multi-coloured and stylish natural disasters…(And, yes, natural disasters are something that prominent American politicians continue to connect to ‘the gays’. Here’s Presidential candidate and Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal doing just that).
Obergefell v HodgesGiven how immature the debate around this issue can often seem, and how deranged much of the opposition is, it’s worth quoting the final paragraph of the Supreme Court judgement written by Justice Anthony Kennedy (on behalf of five Supreme Court Justices) which set out the reasons for upholding the constitutional right to marry:
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Australia doesn't need to follow the rest of the countries that are sick homesexual queer people just because you can have sex with the same sex doesn't mean it's right or moral right a thief steals a car is that right to do the sick people should think about the sickness they spread around the world you are free to choose but you are not free from the consequences of your choice which will be paid in full
I hope that the rumoured private members bill does come to parliament later this year and that it's successful.