Way to Go, America!
"All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about." - Harvey Milk
Way to go, SCOTUS! Extra proud to be American gals today!
1860 Marriage Equality
"Marriage today is not what it was under the common law tradition, under the civil law tradition. Marriage was a relationship of a dominant male to a subordinate female. That ended as a result of this court's decision in 1982, when Louisiana's Head and Master Rule was struck down. Would that be a choice that state should be allowed to have? To cling to marriage the way it once was?" -The Notorious RBG
This week we listened to the oral arguments for Obergefell v. Hodges- the Supreme Court's current case about the legality of gay marriage bans while digging through a bunch of pension records (because we are nerds). Think the definition of marriage hasn't changed over time? Check out this government-issued 1860 marriage certificate from the city of St. Louis. Ladies, submit to your husbands, and gents, don't be bitter about it! No wonder Thomas and Catherine got divorced.
