US SUPREME COURT’S LANDMARK RULING LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE IN ALL 50 STATES
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution
provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the
American gay rights movement.
The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of
due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban
same-sex marriages. With the landmark ruling, gay marriage becomes legal in all
50 states.
Immediately after the decision, same-sex couples in many of
states where gay marriage had been banned headed to county clerks’ offices for
marriage licenses as state officials issued statements saying they would
respect the ruling.
President Barack Obama, appearing in the White House Rose
Garden, hailed the ruling as a milestone in American justice that arrived
"like a thunderbolt."
"This ruling is a victory for America," said
Obama, the first sitting president to support gay marriage. "This decision
affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts. When all
Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free."
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