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.
Contents:
- WHY JUNE 26 IS ALREADY A LANDMARK DAY FOR GAYS AND THE SUPREME COURT
- WILL JUNE 26 BE OFFICIALLY SIGNATED "GAY DAY"?
- COMMEMORATG THE SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE CISN 5 YEARS LATER
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
WHY JUNE 26 IS ALREADY A LANDMARK DAY FOR GAYS AND THE SUPREME COURT
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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?
WILL JUNE 26 BE OFFICIALLY SIGNATED "GAY DAY"?
Some are llg for a new feral holiday to mark three major Supreme Court lgs on gay rights that all arrived on the same day * june 26 lgbt *
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.
COMMEMORATG THE SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE CISN 5 YEARS LATER
And now, a number of Twter ers are llg for the tablishment of a new natnal holiday, labeled "Gay Day. Officially clarg June 26th #GayDay. On June 28, 1969, New York Cy police nducted a raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar Greenwich Village.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
The raid was ostensibly bee the place lacked a liquor license—thori didn’t often approve them for gay bars—but was the latt a long le of actns taken specifilly to persecute the cy's LGBTQ muny.