Ginsburg: America Can Handle Gay Marriage

As far as Ruth Bader Ginsburg is concerned, America is ready for gay marriage. In an interview yesterday, the Supreme Court justice said she believes a high court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage would be accepted at this point, Bloomberg reports. "The change in people’s attitudes on that issue has been enormous," she said. "In recent years, people have said, 'This is the way I am.' And others looked around, and we discovered it’s our next-door neighbor—we’re very fond of them. Or it’s our child’s best friend, or even our child. I think that as more and more people came out and said that ‘this is who I am,’ the rest of us recognized that they are one of us." The court is set to rule on the issue by June, and Ginsburg doesn't think it will require a "large [attitude] adjustment" should gay marriage become a constitutional right. (More Ruth Bader Ginsburg stories.)