Senator Chris Coons, a longtime advocate for marriage equality, published an op-ed in the Huffington Post on Friday highlighting the progress being made at the federal and state level to legalize gay marriage.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two potentially landmark cases on marriage equality in the United States — one that challenges state laws that prohibit full marriage equality and another challenging the federal law that limits rights for married couples based on sexual orientation.
While we wait for these important court decisions, the Delaware General Assembly is moving forward on legislation that will make ours the tenth state (the eleventh, if you include the District of Columbia) to extend marriage equality to all of our citizens.
This is going to be a big year for equality in this country. As a nation, we’re poised to make historic progress, and in Delaware, we have the opportunity to make sure that everyone has the same right to marry the person they love.
Click here to read the op-ed on Huffington Post’s website.