Today the Supreme Court decided to let stand rulings that allow marriage equality in Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Wisconsin. They will not be taking on any of the cases in these states that were appealing the lower courts decisions. That means that marriages can begin in these states right away. This also opens up six more states for marriage equality in the near future. That will mean 30 states will have marriage equality.

Marriages already began in Virginia today. Local news reports were showing couples getting married in all the major cities around the state. It’s a great day for Virginia.

This means I can now get married in my state. I’ve been with my partner for almost 10 years. He lives in DC. We might have some discussions about where we will get married. We’ve already had discussions about living together and merging our households in the future. We will be married and we will live together, it’s working out the details that will take some time. However, just the fact that we CAN get married is a victory and everything else will work out.