In the last few days,
Rhode Island and
Delaware have passed marriage equality bills. Of course, this makes it even more the case that geography is the big divide. Nearly all the states north and east of the Potomac now have marriage equality (calling the
District of Columbia a “state,” which for this purpose it in effect is). Just south of the Potomac you have states like
Virginia and
North Carolina, which have shown open hostility to the concept. And heading westward, most states haven't really done anything one way or the other. (
Iowa has, and
Illinois is probably about to, institute same-sex marriage.
Colorado just started civil unions, which ultimately seems to lead to marriage, as it did in the state that
invented the concept of civil union,
Vermont. And the big one,
California, is the subject of the big
Hollingsworth v. Perry case, which the Supreme Court will rule on, probably in a month or so, so supporters of marriage equality are awaiting this decision with bated breath. (Of course, the Court might rule on
Hollingsworth v. Perry in a way that brings about marriage equality nationwide. I doubt that they will. I don't think it's time for a ruling like
Loving v. Virginia involving sex instead of race,
yet.)
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