"I always believed we would win, but what a joy and relief it was when
our victory came. As I read the Supreme Court opinion, as I followed the
stories across the country of couples getting married, and as so many
people wrote me with wonder, attaching pictures of their families, their
kids, their weddings ... well, I cried and cried again.
"We won. We did it. The freedom to marry is now the law of the land
throughout our whole country. At long last, loving and committed
same-sex couples are able to share in the joy, the protections, the
vocabulary, and the institution of marriage.
"We've been fighting this campaign for decades, and not a single step
has come easily. To overcome the obstacles and to seize the
opportunities, with stumbles and then successes, we built a machine that
could guide and leverage a movement, driving a strategy — and machines
take fuel. Without your support, this transformation and triumph would
not have happened.
"And our win is America's win. Love won. We all did.
"Now — as Freedom to Marry prepares to wind down — we must remember that
there's still much work to do in our own LGBT movement and in the
broader movements we are part of.
"I am grateful to my incomparable Freedom to Marry team, our close
movement colleagues, the entire family of supporters and partners in the
work, our allies, and our country. How lucky we are to see our work
rewarded with the change and victory we sought and deserved.
"All that's left is to say, with all my heart, is congratulations —
mazel tov! — and thank you." - Freedom To Marry founder Evan Wolfson,
via email.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
