Same-sex marriage is declared legal across the US
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in an historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.
Obama calls marriage ruling 'a victory for America'
US President Barack Obama called the same-sex marriage ruling "a victory for America."
"This morning the Supreme Court recognised that the Constitution guarantees marriage equality," Obama told journalists in the White House Rose Garden.
"In doing so they've reaffirmed that all Americans are entitled to the equal protection of the law, that all people should be treated equally regardless of who they are or who they love," he continued.
"This decision affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts - when all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free."
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