by Chris Bodenner
BREAKING: Judge strikes down Oregon ban on #MarriageEquality; officials set to begin marriages “almost immediately” http://t.co/v5FRwwfmzm
— LogCabinRepublicans (@LogCabinGOP) May 19, 2014
YES! Marriage equality has come to Oregon. Everyone should be free to marry the person they love – plain & simple. #gaymarriageOR
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 19, 2014
Congrats, Oregon!
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) May 19, 2014
UPDATED SCOREBOARD:
States with marriage equality: 18
States where cousins can marry: 25
Getting closer!
— Slade Sohmer (@SladeHV) May 19, 2014
READ the Order in the Oregon marriage equality case at @BuzzFeed –> http://t.co/Lz3CHHHwno
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 19, 2014
A reader highlights the ruling’s “beautiful ending”:
Where will this all lead? I know that many suggest we are going down a slippery slope that will have no moral boundaries. To those who truly harbor such fears, I can only say this: Let us look less to the sky to see what might fall; rather, let us look to each other … and rise.