Saturday, June 27, 2015

RSN: Gay Marriage Ruling: Expected and Yet Shocking




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FOCUS: Glenn Greenwald | Gay Marriage Ruling: Expected and Yet Shocking 
ACT UP protest. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "By a 5-4 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that laws denying same-sex couples the right to marry violate the 'due process' and 'equal protection' guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. With or without the court ruling, full-scale marriage equality was an inevitability thanks to rapid trans-ideological generational change in how this issue was perceived; today's decision simply accelerated the outcome." 
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