These days it is almost a full time job keeping up with all the Marriage Equality wins. Today Oregon became the 18th state (not counting Washington D.C.) to fully recognize marriage for same-sex couples. The map of the USA now looks like a patchwork that must leave people from other countries scratching their head. What I take away from this map (see below) is that full marriage equality in the US is not only an inevitability – but likely before the next Presidential election.
Judge Michael McShane, US District Court Judge, had this to say on today’s ruling. “Oregon recognizes a marriage of love with the same equal eye that it recognizes a marriage of convenience. It affords the same set of rights and privileges to Tristan and Isolde that it affords to a Hollywood celebrity waking up in Las Vegas with a blurry memory and a ringed finger. It does not, however, afford these very same rights to gay and lesbian couples who wish to marry within the confines of our geographic borders.”
Thanks to JMG for the great quote from Judge Michael McShane.
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