Congratulations to all the happy same-sex couples getting married in Virginia after the Supreme Court refused to hear the state’s appeal of a lower-court ruling overturning a ban on gay unions there.
It’s a great victory for human rights. . . and for love.
Look at all the happy faces below . . . How could anybody want to deny them equal rights?
Love prevails.
Hallelujah!
– Jillian
Jennifer Melsop, 26, left, and Erika Turner, 26, from Centreville, Va., embrace after they were officially pronounced married by Rev. Linda Olson Peebles, centre, who officiated their marriage in front of the Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington, Va., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for an immediate expansion of same-sex marriage by unexpectedly and tersely turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian unions. The court’s order effectively makes gay marriage legal in 30 states. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Jennifer Melsop, 26, left, and Erika Turner, 26, from Centreville, Va., kiss after they were officially pronounced married by Rev. Linda Olson Peebles, who officiated their marriage in front of the Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington, Va., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for an immediate expansion of same-sex marriage by unexpectedly and tersely turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian unions. The court’s order effectively makes gay marriage legal in 30 states. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Erika Turner (right) and Jennifer Melsop of Centreville, Virginia, becomes the first same- sex marriage couple in Arlington County as they come out from Arlington County Courthouse Oct. 6, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia. The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear the five pending same-sex marriage cases, paving the way for gay and lesbian marriage in 11 more states. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Virginia Attorney-General Mark Herring, right, leads a renewal of vows for former plaintiffs Mary Townley, second from left, and her partner Carol Schall, second from right, outside the John Marshall Courts Building in Richmond, Va. Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The Richmond area couple challenged Virginia’s marriage ban. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)
Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver exchange vows Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, as they become one of the first same-sex couples in Virginia to be married, outside a Richmond Court building in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver share a kiss as they celebrate being one of the first same-sex couples in Virginia to be married, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, outside a Richmond Court building in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Donald Durst, right, leans on his partner as the two enter the Norfolk Circuit Court to legalize their marriage license on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. The two married in Sussex County Clerk of the Peace Marriage Bureau in Delaware recently. Same-sex marriages began in Virginia on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court decision striking down the state’s ban on such unions. (The’ N. Pham/AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot)
Donald Durst, left, and Michael Wolfe walk back to their car after legalizing their marriage license at the city’s Circuit Court office Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. (The’ N. Pham/AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot)
Tammy, left, and Sylvia Torres kiss, celebrating their nuptials Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in Fredericksburg, Va. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Reza A. Marvashti)
Sylvia Torres shows of her new wedding certificate as her wife, Tammy Torres, centre is hugged by her 20-year-old daughter, Alyssa Appell, in the background Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in Fredericksburg, Va. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Reza A. Marvashti)
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