In America...

It's okay to be gay.

They must have seen the CollegeHumour video about supporting gay marriage and felt insecure.

I bet if I went on Facebook right now I'd see some angry posts from my grandparents.

Finally, it must be emphasized that religions, and those
who adhere to religious doctrines, may continue to advocate
with utmost, sincere conviction that, by divine precepts,
same-sex marriage should not be condoned. The
First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and
persons are given proper protection as they seek to teach
the principles that are so fulfilling and so central to their
lives and faiths, and to their own deep aspirations to
continue the family structure they have long revered.

Slowly but sure, the whole world goes gay.

I'd argue that the manner in which it was passed -- via the Supreme Court and not the legislature -- is ultimately detrimental to the state of democracy in the US. I mean.... what exactly does Congress exist for? All meaningful government activity in the millennium, from the war in Afghanistan to the legalization of same-sex marriage (and probably marijuana too, soon) is coming from the executive and judicial branches. Mind you -- this predates a republican majority. Everything is happening outside the legislature. What, uh...... doesn't that make us an oligarchy?

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To be fair, this isn't a new phenomena at all. They decided abortion, interracial marriage, seggregation, and even whether or not they were entitled to overrule state courts. I think, if anything, the fact that the Supreme Court is at the forefront of so many major decisions now is because the legislature has been too divisive to do much more than make political moves at each other.