Saturday, June 27, 2015

San Francisco celebrates Pride — and the right to marry

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SAN FRANCISCO — The commencement of Pride weekend was extra sweet here after the Supreme Court decided in favor of the constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry nationwide.

"Happy SCOTUS," a man exclaimed, hugging a friend in the heart of the city's Castro district, near the joyful scene that unfolded Friday evening in the wake of the court's historic decision. In the 5-4 vote in Obergefell v. Hodges, the court's justices effectively enshrined the right of all Americans to marry, regardless of their sex or the state in which they reside

San Francisco, an epicenter of the fight for gay rights since the movement's beginnings, was jubilant. Read more...

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