LGTB
On the 26th of June 2015 history was made yet
again as the US Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution guarantees the
right for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 US states. That’s right equality
for all and as a fellow gay I couldn’t be more supportive! We believe that
love is love and it doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, male or female and
we aren’t the only ones. There has been a massive outburst of support and
celebration worldwide, and don’t fret you don’t even have to be gay to join in!
Celebrities
and those of status have been known to use their fame to back up their believes,
Vivienne Westwood rarely brings out a collection without an obvious political
message at the forefront, Russell Brand
isn’t one for keeping quiet on his road to radical change and the celebrity
support shown for the LGBT community hasn’t been quiet either. From Ellen
DeGeneres and Kylie Jenner to J.K. Rowling and Cara Delavigne, Hollywood and
the UK are illuminated at the news that same-sex marriage is finally legal, no
matter where you live in a great majority of the world. Like we believe ‘Love is love’ and Hundreds of
celebrities took to social networking sites to share their elation and at times, emotional reactions.
Wow. Another historic day for #MarriageEquality!
Love won. #MarriageEquality
"In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were. It is so ordered." #SCOTUS xoxo
Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins
As the first black president turned the Whitehouse rainbow,
realistically we’re sure many are furious, thousands from all across the globe
came together to show their happiness, their support and their pride. It was
monumental for the LGBT community to be proud of a country that allowed its
religious extremism and suppression of minorities to overrule for so long. For
years people have been afraid to show their true colours, yearning for their
chance, and for their love to be completely legal! And now that time is here!
The legalisation of same sex couples to marry in all states of America is a
pivotal landmark in history, a day that everyone will remember for centuries to
come and best of all we get to be a part of it! In the last month over 4,500
videos have been posted and shared, on YouTube, of same sex marriage proposals.
That means there were over 4,500 couples who were waiting for the day they
could be liberated and celebrated for who they are, and it isn’t just young
couples who are benefitting from the new law. Jack Evans, 85, and George
Harris, 82 having been together for 54 years and waiting over half a century, on
the 26th of June, they were
able to say the most important words to one another ‘I do.’ And if the question is ‘do you love it?’ then
we do too!
Despite the elation and the celebration however, we know to be realistic and its already been seen that prejudice isn’t going
to be wiped away by a passing of a law, it is however going to be harder when people
of faith apply their religion in ways that conflict with the new right to
same-sex marriage. How do we stay quiet when a religious college provides
married student housing only to opposite-sex married couples, or a religious
adoption agency declines to place children with same-sex married couples. Maybe
that’s just it? We don’t stay quiet..It’s clear that marriage equality is an
issue strongly supported not just in Hollywood but all around the world because
it stands for so much more than what it is. Could it be that in ten years time
we will be writing to a public who are entirely equal in all aspects of life? Where
the unimaginable is imagined daily? In reality we don’t know, but what we do
know is that it’s our dream along with thousands of others and we will support
it every step of the way! Just remember to love and life will be worth living.
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