USA-COURTS/GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRITY TWITTER REAX UPDATE Actors, celebrities whoop with joy at U.S. gay marriage ruling

Record ID: 152794

  • Title: USA-COURTS/GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRITY TWITTER REAX UPDATE Actors, celebrities whoop with joy at U.S. gay marriage ruling
  • Date: 26th June 2015
  • Summary: INTERNET (JUNE 26, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TWITTER MESSAGE FROM EMMY ROSSUM, READING: "Supreme Court rules 5-4 that s1ame-sex marriage is legal nationwide. YES!!!!!!!"
  • Embargoed: 11th July 2015 13:00
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  • Story Text: Actors, singers and Hollywood celebrities, many of whom have played a major role in driving acceptance of gay rights in mainstream culture, whooped with joy at the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that made gay marriage legal nationwide on Friday (June 26).
    Twitter lit up after the historic decision, with #LoveWins, accompanied by a rainbow-colored heart, and #Supreme Court quickly becoming the top trending items on the social media site.
    Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, One Direction's Louis Tomlinson, designer and performer Pharrell Williams and Justin Timberlake all showed support by tweeted #LoveWins.
    Celebrities such as British actor Sir Ian McKellen Elton and U.S. singers Tegan and Sara Quin, both of whom are openly gay, have spoken out in support of gay unions and rights for years.
    "Congratulations, particularly to those who made the case for equality. So pleased to be celebrating @nycpride over the weekend. #LoveWins," McKellen tweeted.
    Actor Donnie Wahlberg personalized his tweet by mentioning his joy and support for Jonathan Knight, his former boy band mate from New Kids on the Block.
    "I'm already happily married, and now I'm happy that my brother @jonathanrknight can get married in this country too!"
    The ruling is the Supreme Court's most important expansion of marriage rights in the United States since its landmark 1967 ruling in the case Loving v. Virginia that struck down state laws barring interracial marriages.
    In 2010, Obama signed a law allowing gay people to serve openly in the U.S. military. In 2013, the high court ruled unconstitutional a 1996 U.S. law that declared marriage was defined as between one man and one woman.
    Friday's (June 26) ruling is the latest milestone in the gay rights movement in recent years.
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