So how is the gay marriage ruling going to impact you?

[Dalisclock]

I'm married already, so it doesn't affect me personally. Unless by some chance now that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, straight marriage is now illegal. Oh wait, that was a daily show sketch and not reality.

I am kind of enjoying watching the fundies squirm and scream about how the end of the world is coming because now the gays can marry in the US, speaking of "christian persecution" and how "God's Judgment is coming". With apparently no sense of the irony involved. A lot of them seem to be rather oblivious to the fact gays have been able to marry in numerous other nations, in some cases for over a decade, and they are not post apocalyptic hellholes.

 

[C14N]

Unless you are actually gay, it won't affect you in any way at all.

 

[DefunctTheory]

All I wonder is what's taken you so long? Public opinion's supported it for a while now, not that public opinion should be what you use to decide who should be able to marry who in the first place.

In support of gay marriage, there are multiple smaller groups, some of which don't consider it the number one issue when it comes to politics. In support of 'traditional marriage' is one mega group - The 'Religious Right,' who very much consider it a top issue.

There's also the age problem - In the United States (And in most other countries I would wager) political power is held by the older generations. Almost as a rule, the older you are, the further you are behind on social issues. Thats on average, of course - Some elderly 74 year olds are obviously a head of the curve.

 

[happyninja42]

Unless you are actually gay, it won't affect you in any way at all.

Incorrect. As I said in my original post, it's going to impact my work significantly. There are lots of ways that the rule could impact someone even if they aren't gay. Hence why I asked the question.

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

It means I get to marry the woman I fall in love with. She won't have to be my "special friend." It also means I can get married in any state in the country, because one can never tell when or where they'll meet the love of their life.

 

[McElroy]

It certainly isn't my thing, but it also isn't mine to judge. So basically, KappaPride Twitch emotes and other rainbows jumping at my eyes.

 

[McElroy]

Sorry for the double post.

 

[visiblenoise]

Someone in my social circles might bring it up at some point, I guess

 

[Fox12]

Not at all, really.

I did get into fights with some of my more... Religious friends. They got a little ugly. But my gay friends can get married, so that's cool.

 

[Souplex]

As a heterosexual man in a state where it was already legal, in a country where something like 80% of people, and 99% of gay people lived somewhere where it was legal before the ruling, (Please don't lecture me about how Wyoming actually has a huge LGBT community I didn't know about, I'm being hyperbolic) not one bit.

...Actually, that's not entirely true; two of my friends couldn't come to my birthday because they were marching in the victory parade.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

It has absolutely zero impact to me in any way, shape or form. That's why I've always been in favor of it.

 

[Stu35]

So how is the gay marriage ruling going to impact you?

I live in Britain.
I'm not gay (and therefore have no plans or desire to gay marry anyone).


So... Not at all. Not even a little bit. This decision has no bearing on my life, and as such have no feelings about it. In short: Good luck, and bon apetit.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

From a professional standpoint? Well if I manage to get to a point where I can reasonably get off disability, probably not. Nothing I want to do would see any change from this law.

From a personal standpoint, well being trans causes all sorts of insanity when same-sex marriage isn't legal, because people are really stupid. Now whoever I marry, if I marry, it doesn't matter what gender they are, if they're trans, or cis.

The problem is that this ruling is gonna get fought like crazy, I'm wondering if it'll manage to hold up.

 

[jklinders]

Canada has had it legalized for about 15 years.

Strangely it has had no affect at all on me as a straight person but I am sure it has been a massive comfort to LGBT folks nationwide. The sun is still rising in the east and setting in the west. the sky has not some much as lowered, much less fallen altogether and even the dogmatically religious have been pretty silent about it lately.

I'm hoping that whatever blowback in the US happens quickly and blows over so everybody can move on and not be bothered so much about what consenting adults do.

 

[Sight Unseen]

Not at all, since I'm not gay, and gay marriage has been legal where I live for over 10 years. Happy for all the people who can now get married now in the states where it's not legal, though

 

[Kotaro]

Not going to affect me in the slightest. While I'm bisexual, I am currently in a straight relationship, and one I'm hoping will last for a long time.

 

[Burgers2013]

Not a lot. A co-worker of mine might get married. I don't know if that's their thing. Personally, other than getting divorced from my husband because marriage is now a meaningless shell of what it used to be (/sarcasm), it doesn't affect me a lot. There's some news of clerks not giving out any licenses at all. Also, there's Bobby Jindal being his obnoxious self:

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/jindal_same-sex_marriage.html

I'm happy he's getting sued for signing an executive order saying clerks don't have to issue same-sex marriage certificates. Hopefully suing the crap out of people like this will get the message across fairly quickly.

Also, hilariously, as cited in the article, a Parish justice of the peace refused to give an interracial couple a marriage license...in 2009. GUEAX LOUISIANA.