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| Edith Windsor: 'I think it's wonderful. I'm thrilled at how it's gone' | Edith Windsor: 'I think it's wonderful. I'm thrilled at how it's gone' |
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| We've just learned that the supreme court justices are to take on cases related to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, and Proposition 8, California's 2008 measure banning same-sex marriage. It is a big moment. | We've just learned that the supreme court justices are to take on cases related to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, and Proposition 8, California's 2008 measure banning same-sex marriage. It is a big moment. |
| I've just had a quick word with Edith Windsor, who is delighted at the news the supreme court has decided to take on her case. | I've just had a quick word with Edith Windsor, who is delighted at the news the supreme court has decided to take on her case. |
| "I feel delirious with joy; I think it's wonderful," she said. "I think it's the beginning of justice like I imagined in fourth grade civics. I'm thrilled at how it's gone." | "I feel delirious with joy; I think it's wonderful," she said. "I think it's the beginning of justice like I imagined in fourth grade civics. I'm thrilled at how it's gone." |
| Windsor said her wife Thea Spyer, who died in 2009, would be proud of the achievement. | Windsor said her wife Thea Spyer, who died in 2009, would be proud of the achievement. |
| "I think she'd be so proud and happy and just so pleased at how far we have come. It's a culmination of an engagement that happened between us in 1967 when we didn't dream that we'd be able to marry." | "I think she'd be so proud and happy and just so pleased at how far we have come. It's a culmination of an engagement that happened between us in 1967 when we didn't dream that we'd be able to marry." |
| Windsor, a former IT worker, met Spyer in 1965. They became engaged in 1967 and finally married in in 2007. Spyer died in 2009 after battling multiple sclerosis for many years. | Windsor, a former IT worker, met Spyer in 1965. They became engaged in 1967 and finally married in in 2007. Spyer died in 2009 after battling multiple sclerosis for many years. |
| "I think Doma is wrong for all of the various ways in which it discriminates against same sex married couples and against gays all together," Windsor said. | "I think Doma is wrong for all of the various ways in which it discriminates against same sex married couples and against gays all together," Windsor said. |
| "It's enormously satisfying and fulfilling and exciting to be where we are now." | "It's enormously satisfying and fulfilling and exciting to be where we are now." |
| Windsor said she was confident of the supreme court ruling in her favour. | Windsor said she was confident of the supreme court ruling in her favour. |
| "I really believe in the supreme court. First of all, I'm the youngest in my family and justice matters a lot – the littlest one gets pushed around a lot. And I trust the supreme court, I trust the constitution – so I feel a certain confidence that we'll win." | "I really believe in the supreme court. First of all, I'm the youngest in my family and justice matters a lot – the littlest one gets pushed around a lot. And I trust the supreme court, I trust the constitution – so I feel a certain confidence that we'll win." |
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