Outside the Supreme Court, hundreds celebrated the overturning of DOMA, with many throwing out terms like “historic.” Predictably, there were dozens of media who’d arrived early awaiting the verdict.
Across the street from the celebration, there was a lonely dissenter.



— Kery Murakami
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