Title pretty much says it. The Supreme Court has voted down DOMA in a 5-4 vote. For those who don't understand what this means, same sex marriage is no recognized on a federal level. Before, states could legalize same sex marriage, but their marriage was not recognized by the federal government. If a same sex couple gets married in one of the states that legalized gay marriage, their marriage is now recognized on a federal level as well. Of course, this does not mean individual states have to legalize same sex marriage. That decision is still up to the states.

Personally, I was happy to see this. It is not quite there, but it is still going in the right direction of treating everyone as equal citizens. Though it is still going to take a long time for the mid-western and southern states to move in the direction. But at least the struggle is getting that much closer to ending. 

Thoughts, opinions, etc?

Local Mods : This thread got double posted. Close this one for me?