With Friday’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, a line was drawn in the sand.
Rather, a line was chiseled on the sidewalk. It is probably a rainbow line. Whatever the line looks like, it’s solid, we have crossed it, and we cannot go back. There is now a definitive before and an after when it comes to marriage equality.
Activists I have spoken to in the days since have found themselves reflecting on life “before” this monumental day and the myriad forces that brought us here. Many have worked for decades to achieve this goal, and now that it has been reached, they will continue to work toward a host of other issues faced by the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) community. The fight is far from over.
As our understanding of the queer community as fellow humans with rights and dignity (what a novel thought!) has changed in the last 25 years, pop culture has led the way. According to Michael J. Klarman in a 2013 issue of Harvard Magazine, TV began showing same-sex couples getting married around the same time the modern day marriage equality movement took root in the late 1980s.
Whether you’re looking to celebrate by watching as many tear-jerking wedding scenes as your tired eyes can possibly handle, or seeking etiquette tips for the thousands of weddings you’ll now be invited to, here are some of the best same-sex weddings ever shown on TV.
