The US now has same-sex marriage nationwide!

[rachelmanija]

Says it all.

I look forward to summer weddings and news outlets filled with photos of happy couples.

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[conuly]

Oooh, great image. I'm gonna spam that everywhere.

[kore]

I JUST WOKE UP AND OH MY FUCKING GOD.

[cadenzamuse]

Holy crap, I didn't expect that to make me cry. Liberty/Justice forever.

[loligo]

One of the articles I read pointed out that it's been almost 46 years to the day since the Stonewall riots -- which is how old I am. So that's a cool perspective on it, from my point of view. I can say, "In my lifetime, we got from there, all the way to here."

(Here's hoping for more awesome justice in the upcoming portion of my lifetime!)

[kore]

Holy fuck! It's 12 years to the day Kennedy wrote the opinion decriminalizing same-sex activity, too, and I think it's two years to the day that DOMA and Prop 8 were struck down.

Holy fucking keysmash I don't even know. I was not expecting to live to see this. Wow.

[sholio]

Such wonderful news to wake up to. :) I'm still boggling (in a good way) at how hugely support for it has snowballed in the last 15 years. I never would've guessed, just a few years ago, that we'd get to this point so quickly.

[davidgillon]

I was grinning in delight for all my American friends as my twitter feed erupted this afternoon. Not quite as cool as Justice snogging Liberty, but one I really liked was that @White_House had turned their White House logo rainbow-coloured for the occasion.

[ranalore]

That is the best image.

[kore]

OMG this was on the LJ side http://buzzfeed.tumblr.com/post/122507936602/a-special-celebration-from-sir-ian-mckellen-and

[em_h]

Gay marriage was made legal in my province before it was legal across the country, so the national decision here didn't affect too many people I knew. But one of the things I remember best about the provincial decision was *how incredibly happy* the staff at City Hall were. It was like one big giant City Hall party for weeks. It seemed like they'd been waiting almost as eagerly as the couples themselves.

[nenya_kanadka]

I've been going through today in a perpetual state of "holy shit!!"

I mean, I expected it in my lifetime. It was obvious it was going to happen nationally in the US sometime soonish. But, you know, five to ten years out, maybe twenty, I kept thinking. In my nephews and niece's day.

But no. Holy cow!!

[rachelmanija]

I was driving through West Hollywood tonight, and it was a madhouse - even more than normal for a Saturday night. The sidewalks were full of people celebrating. Bars and clubs and restaurants were overflowing. Rainbow flags everywhere. Everyone was so happy!

[nenya_kanadka]

Apparently Seattle painted their crosswalks rainbow colours? :D

[cyphomandra]

Yay!!! Congratulations!!

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

It's about time too!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I'm so thrilled! I have been involved in this cause for years! Lots of years!

[ivy]

It's made it a really fantastic Pride in Seattle. [grin] So many happy people! I really wish that I had thought of this yesterday... the backpack 5k I did, those folks generally bring and carry giant American flags. I wish I had had a Pride flag; I totally would have carried that!

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[consonantia.livejournal.com]

Yes, such exciting news! Timely too, with Pride this weekend. Here the flags! Are everywhere! The railings encircling the escalators even at Nordstrom are lit up in rainbow colors. <3

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Two awesome days in a row!!!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful moment <3

[desperance.livejournal.com]

(That's Sir Derek Jacobi too, I am just sayin'. And I have shaken both their hands, these theatrical knights. I'm not much in favour of the honours system as a whole, but I do love the tradition of giving knighthoods to vagabondy disreputable queer actor types.)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

OOPS. Corrected! Also, I am jealous.

YAY, yes yesterday's ruling was so special!!

[ancientone.livejournal.com]

when i think of all my friends who have been treated badly as a couple, yesterday was great!!!