Friday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court extends marriage rights to same-sex couples in all 50 states. Oregon's ban on gay marriage was struck down in May 2014 by Federal Judge Michael McShane.
Matt Friday and Bruce Carlson of Eugene were the first gay couple to get married in Lane County after Judge McShane's ruling. They've been together for nearly 30 years. Matt Friday says the supreme Court decision means a lot.
Friday: "It invites us in wholeheartedly into citizenship in the United States. Isn't that odd? Before that it's like your citizenship is almost tentative. And to tell you the truth, we are far from the only minority group who've had that kind of experience."
Friday and Carlson say there's still a lot of work to do including ending workplace discrimination against gay and transgendered people. And they say recent events show that hatred against people based on race, gender and sexual preference is still very much alive.
