Illinois may be considering gay marriage in the next few weeks, if they can find the time. But the time is coming, the only question is the when. It is, like the end of slavery, and the recognition of equality for women, an arc of history, inexorable, unstoppable, and positive.
Congratulations to those who were married by Mayor Corey Booker in Trenton, New Jersey.
Shame on Governor Christie for obstructing the will of the people, and for being too afraid to have Booker on the same ballot with him (to the tune of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars for no good reason).
Hooray for the courts in New Mexico for striking a blow for freedom and equality as well, against the old fuddy duddy homophobic conservatives, who have no justifiable reason to deny anyone else the right to marry their partner, other than an obsession with forcing their religious beliefs on others. So very often, we see this is "do as I say, not as I do". They are more interested in maintaining the status quo than genuine liberty.
And a big Hooray and congratulations for the gay couple who found a way to get married in Oklahoma, in spite of their discriminatory ban against true freedom and marriage equality, by marrying on one of the OK Indian Reservations. From the HuffPo: