The United States Supreme Court on Friday
delivered a historic ruling legalising same sex
marriage across the country.
In the historic judgement, Justice Anthony
Kennedy said gays, like every normal human,
have the right to be happy.
She said, “No union is more profound than
marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of
love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In
forming a marital union, two people become
something greater than they once were.
“Their hope is not to be condemned to live in
loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s
oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in
the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants
them that right.”
Friday’s Supreme Court ruling now makes the
US the 21st country in the world to legalise
same-sex marriage across its territory. Following
the latest development, couples of same gender
would now be accorded every rights and
privileges enjoyed by normal unions.
Reacting to the development, President Barack
Obama congratulated the gay community in the
US, saying the ruling had changed the country.
“I just wanted to say congratulations. Americans
should be very proud, because small acts of
courage slowly made an entire country realise
that love is love. The situation has changed our
country,” he said.
