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(47,953 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:52 AM Jun 2015

"It Is So Ordered" [View all]

The Beautiful Closing Paragraph of Justice Kennedy’s Gay Marriage Ruling

By Jordan Weissmann

Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored today’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States, is sometimes made fun of for his notoriously purple prose. But today he managed to close his opinion with one of the most beautiful passages you’ll likely read in a court case. I teared up. So did a few other Slate staffers.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/26/supreme_court_legalizes_gay_marriage_here_is_the_beautiful_last_paragraph.html

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"It Is So Ordered" [View all] n2doc Jun 2015 OP

IT IS SO ORDERED. Jester Messiah Jun 2015 #1

And here I thought rights were inherent, not gifts. malthaussen Jun 2015 #2

Yeah, maybe "protects that right" would have been better. Still, YAY! n/t prayin4rain Jun 2015 #3

While these are good points, we all got there, so closeupready Jun 2015 #4

I think it's more than a quibble. malthaussen Jun 2015 #5

Understood. closeupready Jun 2015 #6

Yup. Tearing up here. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #7

Kick! Agschmid Jun 2015 #8

This is a great day for equality Gothmog Jun 2015 #9

K/R kydo Jun 2015 #10