The New York Times has talked with a dozen couples who married the day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws against same-sex marriage in a landmark 5-4 decision June 26, 2015.
The American family still stands. The war against dignity continues, however, with the likes of a discriminatory birth certificate procedure for same-sex parents in Arkansas and a brand-new Texas law to discriminate against gay people in adopting children, among many other official acts aimed at preserving discrimination against LGBT people.
The two-year anniversary tomorrow is also a good time to remember that, for a brief and shining period, Arkansas was on the cutting edge of freedom and dignity thanks to Circuit Judge Chris Piazza’s ruling May 9,