They BETTER make the right decision.

I'm so nervous.

If this is gonna be the official thread for the ruling make sure to update the OP cause it's gonna be big.

DOMA's predicted to be struck down so federal benefits will be allowed.

Prop 8's predicted to get a "middle-of-the-road" ruling.

Basically that would mean California's getting gay marriage again but the ruling won't affect anyone else at the state level, so the 34 (I think) states that have state constitutional bans will have to go through the process of repealing them through (likely) the voters which will take decades for all of them to eventually reach. One's that already have it (Massachusetts) won't be affected.

As long as gay marriage is federally allowed, I'll be happy. I'm so nervous though.

Gay marriage will be legal this year, trust me.

My ass will be ******** BRICKS tbh

I think DOMA will die BUT the state amendments will stand

That will most likely happen

So many big issues in one week.

I think i'll forward this piece of info to @WBC

I'm thinking positive here.

It's actually shocking/embarrassing to think that gay marriage is still banned in parts of the US.

I'm not in US but I hope this passes thru not only for my sisters in US but also because some other countries could follow the same path and make the gay marriage legal

I will come online to update as often as I can. If you don't see me another thread can be made by a more responsible member It better not take decades for these states though

I have a feeling the right decisions will be made.

...which sucks. But with how quickly things are going, we very well might get a constitutional amendment before "decades" pass. That's probably what it will take for some (such as my flop state of Texas) to legalize it.

They need to get rid of the states decision on it. I'm tired of that **** and I'm not even gay. I have a feeling it won't happen, but miracles can occur.

I'm completely with you on this. Everyone is expecting a middle-ground ruling on Prop 8 but I'm (naively?) convinced that they're going to issue a monumental ruling allowing for marriage equality.

I would imagine that anyone who payed attention to the arguments in favor of prop 8 during the trial in California would agree. Every one of their arguments was religious in nature, backed only (& barely) by the bible, while the case for it was supported by leaders in virtually every sector from sociologists to scientists.

At the end of that case, it was clear that 1) homosexuality is natural and 2) marriage is a legal contract, not a religious one. I'm feeling like this is our generations Roe v Wade.

I literally cannot see a group of strong & objective minds whose only confinement is the constitution reaching any other logical conclusion.

Supreme Court don't fail us now!

My body is ready

I'm not 100% clear on this, but could couples not take their states to court if gay marriage is deemed a constitutional right at federal level but denied to them by their state? I mean, surely the opposition wouldn't have a leg to stand on if the case had already been fought and won at the Supreme Court?

It's pathetic that we even still have this issue of not being able to marry. This isn't the 60's.