‘It just got better’: The reaction on Twitter to Supreme Court’s gay marriage decisions
As the Supreme Court's historic decisions on gay marriage were announced on Wednesday—striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and opening the door for gay marriage in California—many social media users gay and straight took to Twitter to celebrate the rulings.
Down w DOMA! Something to be very proud of this upcoming July 4th. We are making beautiful progress for Equality! #proud
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) June 26, 2013
It's a supremely wonderful day for equality. Prop 8 is over, and so is DOMA. Congratulations everyone. And I mean everyone.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) June 26, 2013
A big day for equality and human rights. I'm smiling so big right now.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 26, 2013
#PROP8 IS GONE! #DOMA IS GONE! #SCOTUS #LoveIsLove
— Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin) June 26, 2013
So long DOMA. You won't be missed
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) June 26, 2013
Big news from the Supreme Court. Goodbye #DOMA #Prop8. Hello #equality.
— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) June 26, 2013
And Prop 8 was dismissed?!? Huzzah! Christmas comes six months early this year! (Less one day…)
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) June 26, 2013
Today's DOMA ruling is a historic step forward for #MarriageEquality. #LoveIsLove
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 26, 2013
It just got better.
— Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) June 26, 2013
"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice" #DOMA ruling is major victory for #equality and justice in America
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 26, 2013
Our history is defined by expanding the definition of equality to all people. SCOTUS decision brings us one step closer to full equality.
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) June 26, 2013
#DOMA is dead! Great day for #equality and #love!
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) June 26, 2013
Proud to be a married gay American. #equality
— Michael Buckley (@buckhollywood) June 26, 2013
Historic day. Well done #SCOTUS. RT @GLAAD: Supreme Court affirms that #DOMA is unconstitutional! pic.twitter.com/FZCXAFc9ca
— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) June 26, 2013
DOMA is dead!!!! Yippee….
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) June 26, 2013
And shame on the justices who voted for DOMA, they will be hard pressed explaining themselves to their grand kids…evolve already!!!
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) June 26, 2013
Our founding fathers would be proud. And maybe married to each other. #DOMA
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 26, 2013
If I were to make a movie about today it would be called, “GLADD Max: Beyond ThunderDOMA”
— David Blaustein (@blaustein) June 26, 2013
PROP 8 IS DEAD. Marriages WILL begin again in CALIFORNIA!
— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) June 26, 2013
Don't wanna traffic in stereotypes but let's be real: I'm gonna love a gay wedding.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) June 26, 2013
While most Twitter users celebrated, there were some dissenting tweets from religious conservatives.
The country just went to hell in a handbasket. DOMA struck down by Supreme Court. #scotus
— DonIrvine (@DonIrvine) June 26, 2013
The DOMA ruling has now made the normalization of polygamy, pedophilia, incest and bestiality inevitable. Matter of time.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) June 26, 2013
Won't be long before they outlaw the Bible as hate speech.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 26, 2013
How long before federal agents haul pastors out of the pulpit?
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 26, 2013
