{"id":63221,"date":"2015-06-29T16:01:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=63221"},"modified":"2015-06-30T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T15:07:00","slug":"outside-supreme-court-joy-followed-same-sex-marriage-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2015\/06\/outside-supreme-court-joy-followed-same-sex-marriage-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Supreme Court, joy followed same-sex marriage announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMMENTARY:<\/strong> I live in New Mexico but happened to be traveling through Washington, D.C. during the last few days while the U.S. Supreme Court was in session.<\/p>\n

I have followed the battle for marriage equality for years. I witnessed one of the county clerk cases in New Mexico\u00a0regarding the issuing of marriage licenses. Having many gay friends, I have supported marriage equality for a long time.<\/p>\n

I went to the Supreme Court\u00a0on Thursday to see what was happening.\u00a0The three demonstrators\u00a0in this photo were the only ones there. I wondered how they would react when the decision came down.<\/p>\n

\"People

Amy Storey<\/p>

People exercising their right to express differing beliefs about same-sex marriage on Thursday, the day before the U.S. Court legalized such unions nationwide.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was really hot. They seemed exhausted.<\/p>\n

The next morning, I jumped in a cab and got to the Court just as the news was breaking about the decision<\/a>. As I got out, I rushed into the crowd of\u00a0supporters, and it was like entering a human cloud of happiness.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people were jumping up and down and hugging, cheering, laughing and crying. People\u2019s eyes were big. Some of the older folks were saying they could not believe it, while younger types were yelling triumphantly about winning.<\/p>\n

Some people were stunned, seemed just sort of unsure about how to react. Some of them then\u00a0shook\u00a0their heads\u00a0and started\u00a0whistling, clapping, or even howling!<\/p>\n

There were a lot of gay-rights groups there, along with the ACLU and other political organizations such as local Democrats. I looked around for the anti-gay groups, but they seemed to have disappeared. This made me feel a little safer, as I had been worrying about the possibility of an angry response.<\/p>\n

Some of the group\u2019s leaders rushed down to the national media area for interviews, while some of the more independent reporters weaved through the crowd, getting interviews. There were a lot of tears of joy, so people had to compose themselves before being on camera. The litigants from the case started coming down the big stairs from the Supreme Court, and a massive roar came up from the crowd. A chant of \u201cLove has won!\u201d started up, and the litigants waved and cheered along with the crowd.<\/p>\n