Marriage Equality Update - May 2013

It’s been a month of stunningly fast developments as three additional states, Delaware, Rhode Island and Minnesota have all passed marriage equality statues, making the total eleven states and the District of Columbia now offering full civil rights. Hooray! Plus, there are a few more states working towards it even now. We in Maryland have had same-sex marriage for months and (big shocker) there have been no negative effects, just as there haven’t in any state that’s extended rights.

Since, it’s pretty clear that the battle has been won and it’s just a matter of time, it would be fantastic if the Supreme Court next month declared the discrimination illegal under the equal protection clause and made same-sex marriage the reality in the entire country. Sure, lots of conservative heads would explode, but they’d get over it pretty quickly and we could move on to the next thing. Wouldn’t that be lovely?