Bigotry against same-sex marriage can have tragic unintended consequences
The Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality has had many a happy outcome, but we are still seeing the lasting effects of bigotry that cannot be undone by one decision. As we debate Justice Antonin Scalia's successor, we must all remember that these seemingly far-off politics have very real and very lasting effects within our own day-to-day lives. Furthermore, someone's conservative or liberal beliefs are not the only determining factors when it comes to the American justice system. Despite your truest beliefs, sometimes our justice system produces unfair outcomes. Recently, a Florida woman, Peggy Willis, found her appeal denied a hearing in the Supreme Court after claiming that Florida's initial ban on same-sex marriage caused her to lose her parenting rights since she was not afforded the same privileges as hetero married couples. She argues that, had she gone through the split with her former partner after the June 2015 ruling legaliz...