I grew up in San Francisco a few blocks from the famed Castro district, and I covered the Pride parade in the ‘80s as a journalist, so I admit to having become somewhat blasé about Pride.
The celebration now dates back 43 years—nearly two generations.
Do people still have a problem with gay culture?
Evidently, yes.
So it was great to see the Supreme Court rule on matters last week, vacating the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act and throwing out California’s Prop. 8, the anti-same sex marriage law.
Wasn’t it self-evident—discrimination should be unconstitutional?
The DOMA ruling didn’t make gay marriage legal. It just makes the federal government recognize same-sex marriages in any state where the marriage is legal. Now, in the 13 states where same-sex marriage is recognized, those couples are no longer second-class citizens.
