Why June 26 is already a landmark day for gays and the Supreme Court | Constutn Center

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• WHY JUNE 26 IS ALREADY A LANDMARK DAY FOR GAYS AND THE SUPREME COURT
• WILL JUNE 26 BE OFFICIALLY SIGNATED "GAY DAY"?

WHY JUNE 26 IS ALREADY A LANDMARK DAY FOR GAYS AND THE SUPREME COURT

As the Supreme Court nears a cisn on same-sex marriag, observers of Court history have noted that June 26 already has special signifince for cisns that have favored gay rights landmark s. “[W]hat jtifitn uld there possibly be for nyg the benefs of marriage to homosexual upl exercisg ‘the liberty protected by the Constutn’? Surely not the enuragement of procreatn, sce the sterile and the elrly are allowed to marry, ” Slia wrote back 2003, “What jtifitn uld there possibly be for nyg the benefs of marriage to homosexual upl?

On Friday the Supreme Court led that gay Amerins had the right to marry every state the untry. Bee June 26 isn’t jt an important date for gay Amerins– ’s a date that symboliz how rapidly change n happen Ameri, how quickly our attus n evolve, and how, when ed rrectly, our system is one that propels all towards a more equal state.

Only 11 years ago, 2004, Massachetts beme the first state to allow gay upl to marry. In a ltle over a , gay marriage has gone om a provotive pipe dream to a legal and nstutnal right.

WILL JUNE 26 BE OFFICIALLY SIGNATED "GAY DAY"?

June 26 isn’t jt a symbol of marriage equaly or gay rights– ’s a day that memorat a llective change of md, the Amerin abily to choose eedom and equaly.

Will June 26 be officially signated "Gay Day"? Could June 26 someday officially be nsired "Gay Day"?

The cisn me down on anniversary of two other Supreme Court lgs that proponents of gay equaly marked as a victory. And twelve years ago, on June 26, 2003, the urt stck down so-lled "sodomy" laws that banned gay sexual activy Lawrence v.