A Huge Victory for Equality

In a landmark Supreme Court decision, gay marriage is now legal throughout the United States. This is a huge victory for equality. Also: it's about time.

Also read the awesome closing paragraph of the decision.

This New York Times article recounts highlights of the recent progress.

(Tip of the cap to Rachel Levy for the link to the closing paragraph and to too many people to mention for the news.)

Justice Scalia learns about orthogonality.

This excerpt from a recent U.S. Supreme Court deliberations transcript is pretty damn funny.

(Tip of the cap to the 'Found Math' column in MAA Focus. This was in the Feb/March 2010 issue.)