Day 543: Marriage Equality

Much of the nation is celebrating tonight because the Supreme Court ruled both DOMA and Prop 8 unconstitutional by votes of 5-4!  We are so happy!  For DOMA, the four liberals and Justice Anthony Kennedy were in the majority.  But for Prop 8, a strange alliance of Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan, Roberts and Scalia formed the majority and said that case was improperly before the court. That ruling then permits same sex marriage to resume in California.  


The historic decisions will have a profound long term impact on life in the US.  Although the rulings do not extend marriage equality to all states, the decisions set a principle that will permit other plaintiffs to challenge laws in the other 37 states.   Discrimination is crumbling legally, although there is still work to do.

The finished patio!

The entire yard is ready and I really wish the tour was today.  

The first day lily of 2013

Japanese iris