Posted on 06/29/2015 10:49:58 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Americans marked Gay Pride Day this year with an extra measure of gusto, turning out en masse at Sunday's festivities in New York and other cities to celebrate the Supreme Court's landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the country.
Two days after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off the New York City celebration by officiating at the marriage of two men outside of the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that is considered the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement.
"I want you to know I'm a little nervous today - it's my first marriage," Cuomo joked before marrying a couple in front of a crowd of several dozen onlookers.
Earlier this month, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission granted official landmark status to the Stonewall, site of a June 1969 riot that galvanized the then-incipient gay rights movement.
After Sunday's ceremony, one of the men called Cuomo an "LGBT hero" and said the experience was "a dream come true."
Tens of thousands of people attended pride parades in Chicago, San Francisco and Minneapolis, culminating a weekend of festivities in those cities. The events and parades mark the 46th anniversary of a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, setting off protests widely credited with the start of the U.S. gay rights movement.
The court ruled on Friday that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban marriages between two men or two women. With the landmark ruling, marriage becomes legal for all people in all 50 states.
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Hmmm....would Reuters be shouting through their cheerleader megaphone as loudly had the decision gone against the gays?
And a truer statement would be:
The majority of Americans stayed at home and shock their heads in disbelief and disgust.
Only the mentally afflicted celebrated the legalization of future children rape and sodomy...
lol!
Can we declare a new holiday called F**k You, Supreme Court Day?
Yeah. It’s June 26.
Liars.
I would have used a different verb than ‘exude’ especially in a sentence about Gay Pride.
Sorry. Better not let me write headlines either.
I think its safe to say this article is full of bunk.
I’ll bet sales of K-Y, Vaseline and Astrolube hit records over the weekend.
I would assume so did sales of Preparation H.
lol!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/foxs-father-jonathan-morris-claims-2-men-spit-on-him-at-nyc-pride/
Guess the two guys who spat on the good padre didn’t get the “Lovewins” memo….
Yesterday I did not witness anything remotely like the activities described in that article.
I appear to miss a lot by living in central Virginia.
Fortunately.
Andrew Cuhomo.
Eureka! and we wonder why they’re always butthurt…
“Americans”… not gay/ alphabet Americans. The implication is *all* Americans.
Noooo.
You can bet Slick Willie will be “exuding joy” in the Oval Office sink again, if Hillary gets elected...
No they don’t. SOME Americans are celebrating. Others are in mourning. Still others are cleaning their weapons and stocking up on supplies.
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