Quick Note(s): Friday Was a Good Day for the LGBT Community

1.  On Friday, the Obama administration announced that beginning in 2015, legally married same-sex couples will be eligible for family health care policies under the Affordable Care Act.

This seems like a no brainer since the law requires both partners to have coverage anyway, but, of course, Republicans are all in a lather about it. 

Dear Republicans:  Find a new tune.  Really, you're putting me to sleep here.

2.  Also on Friday, U.S. District Judge Aleta A. Trauger ruled in the case of three Tennessee couples who brought suit against the state to have their marriages recognized.  All three couples were married in states where same-sex marriages are legal and later moved to Tennessee.  The decision applies only to these three couples and does not take on the broader issue of Tennessee's ban on same-sex marriage, an issue which is currently pending in the court.

In her decision, Judge Trauger wrote, "At this point, all signs indicate that, in the eyes of the United States Constitution, the plantiffs' marriages will be placed on an equal footing with those of heterosexual couples and that proscriptions against same-sex marriage will soon become a footnote in the annals of American history."

Amen.