Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages were entitled to the same federal benefits as opposite-sex marriages. This decision comes exactly a decade afterLawrence v. Texas, a seminal case in which the Court struck down sodomy laws, United States v. Windsormarked another important victory for gay rights by invalidating provisions of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman.
Polls say that Americans views of have changed drastically with the most recent CNN survey saying %55 of Americans back same sex unions. Do you think the black community is ready to embrace these changes?
