What's your SECOND favorite thing about the tidal wave of gay-friendly court decisions?

[11 Bravo]

I imagine that most of us are primarily thrilled by the reality that this country is moving inexorably toward the position that love is love, regardless of the gender of those individuals who share it.

But how about other than that? For myself, I have to admit that I experience an inordinate amount of joy at the thought of the gut-wrenching, stomach-churning anger and sadness of the homophobes and bigots who must feel like their entire world is collapsing.

Consume feces and expire, you narrow-minded self-righteous fuckwads!

[valerief]

1. I like how it chips away at Christianity and other fundamental religions. nt

[genwah]

7. I don't know that it "chips away" at religion, people will believe in anything. What it does do is

protect us from their beliefs being 'enshrined', as it were in our laws.

[Swede Atlanta]

10. I ask those of who who are anti-religious to tone down your rhetoric.......

I agree that much of the anti-gay, anti-marriage-equality, etc. efforts have been driven by so-called Christians.

But keep in mind there are many of many faiths who do not share those views. I am an openly gay Christian man. I have no problem reconciling my faith with "me" as a gay man. My faith tradition is evolving...so far only allowing congregations that wish to accept clergy that are in same-gender relationships as pastors. They have yet to adopt a policy of allowing the blessing of same-gender relationships and of course not performing such marriages. But it is evolutionary.

For those of us of faith it is important that we drive our traditions to embrace love in all its many facets.

Please do not categorize all people of faith with a broad view. We are not all the same. I am very different from the Southern Baptist Convention, the precepts of the Roman Catholic Church or the LDS.

[valerief]

12. I find pro-religious rhetoric offensive. I guess we'll all have to live with being offended

sometimes.

[Jamaal510]

23. Thank you!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[JaneyVee]

2. Rightwing heads exploding.

[shenmue]

3. Seeing happy people in front of the courthouse

And being grateful that the religious right's chokehold on the courts is loosening at last.

[gollygee]

4. I have a good number of friends directly affected by this

I guess I'm mainly focused on that, and hoping I'll get some wedding invites before long.

[Glorfindel]

5. You said exactly what I was thinking

[underpants]

6. All the Chick-fil-a's closing in the states were people's rights are finally being recognized

They are doing that....right?

It must be hard to stand on your principle like that but hey they are people of their faith first.....right?

[Arkana]

8. Freeper tears.

They are as sweet to me as a rare wine. Every time I see a gay marriage ban overturned and their subsequent wailing and gnashing of teeth, it warms the cockles of my cold, black heart.

[NuclearDem]

19. Oh the tears of unfathomable sadness! Yummy!

[Bluenorthwest]

9. I love the way it makes all the 'Pragmatic Centrists' who spent the last decade demanding that

marriage equality was a toxic issue which would cost us all elections look like short sighted, craven twits. The folks who said 'of course I support equality, but be reality based, equality is impossible for at least a generation so stop asking for a pony and compromise on your basic human rights, that's just pragmatism!!!!!!!!'
It's delicious.

[genwah]

11. I'm enjoying the potential evolution of the English language in re: familial relationship names.

English doesn't tend to generate specific words for specific relationships. Some languages separate "uncle" into mother's or father's brother, 'morbror' or 'farbror'. Family relationships are narrowed by adding defining terms (second cousin). Marriage equality is something that strikes me as out and out needing some new words here and there.

Are there going to be new words to accommodate new marriage realities, or will we stay with husband/wife/spouse? Will we have a new word or two, as 's/he' tried to be? Or will we start changing spellings again, maybe 'wyfe' in the same way 'womyn' was around? Or adopting words from other languages, which English does quite well? Already several states with marriage equality are changing the marriage licence form to something like 'Party 1'/'Party 2' instead of Bride/Groom.

Could be fun watching what happens next.

[geek tragedy]

13. that the judges are rubbing Scalia's face in it by quoting

his own opinion from Windsor.

[msanthrope]

16. Ding! We have a winner!!! nt

[DURHAM D]

18. Agree

It makes me smile as big as a raccoon eating cactus.

[LeftyMom]

14. The pictures are adorable.

[upaloopa]

15. My sister-in-law and her partner of 20 years got

married last December and I was a legal witness on the marriage certificate. They asked me to sign as a witness and I was honored to do so.

[TlalocW]

17. Picturing Tony Perkins

Wailing and gnashing his teeth.

TlalocW

[Mister Ed]

20. I like the way the sun still comes up in the morning.

The birds still sing, the grass still grows. My marriage to Mrs. Ed is strong as ever. Western civilization hasn't crumbled into dust.

I was scared all those things were gone for good if we tried being a little nicer to The Gays, 'cause the right-wing sound machine told me so.

[NuclearDem]

21. Laughing my ass off at the impotent rage from the bigots.

[nomorenomore08]

28. +1

[sagat]

22. The salt.

[AlinPA]

24. It drives the right-wing fundamentalists and GOP bonkers.

[xfundy]

25. With every ruling, the right wingers and "Christians™"

spew more hate and lies, more sky-is-falling rhetoric, reminding Americans what assholes they are. People will remember come election season.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

26. Fighting it wastes the money of people who would otherwise be spending

that money on battles in which they're still winning in their quest to oppose every sort of minority around.

In other words, the fact that it's a losing money pit for the right.

[lame54]

27. The PA judge was appointed by Santorum

[theHandpuppet]

29. I will be able to give my beautiful wife of 24 years the wedding ring she has long deserved