Well you might have noticed lately that a lot of your friends on Facebook have suddenly turned rainbow coloured. If you have been living with your head in a box then you might be wondering why. Fear not though, Newsnibbles exists so that you do not have to be at all well informed.
On Friday 26th of June, 2015, a date that will now go down in history, the US Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favour of legalising same sex marriage in all states.
You may wonder why this is such a big deal, after all, here in the UK we passed a same sex marriage law in early 2014, and there wasn’t such a big fuss. Well, the big deal is this. America is big. We are surrounded by American media – Hollywood films, American TV series are everywhere, and whether we like it or not their opinions and decisions impact us.
It is therefore really nice to be able to report on some good news regarding American law making, now everyone has equal right to marry and equal protection of their marriage under the law. What is perhaps most pleasantly surprising is the reaction to this, globally.
Following the #LoveWins trend on Twitter just showed lots of very happy people celebrating, all over the World, in many different languages. It seemed that everyone understood the impact of this decision, and were celebrating it. We couldn’t see any trolling, just joy and celebration.
Monuments and buildings all over America, including The White House lit up rainbow coloured to celebrate this monumental ruling, and it’s great to see that most of the faces on our fans list of Facebook are rainbow. If you would like to join our “Rainbow Gallery” get in touch.
The White House, Empire State Building, Disney and Niagara Falls celebrate the SCOTUS ruling on #marriageequality.
Posted by Urban Cusp on Friday, 26 June 2015 <—- Click the date to see the pretty pictures. They were supposed to embed, but they didn’t.
If you would like to be included in our rainbow gallery then tag us on Facebook and we will upload you! Happy Pride Nibblers.
