Today is a good day

Wendy Davis, a Texas state senator, is one of my new heroes. She filibustered day and night in order to prevent a vote to pass SB5, which would have put draconian restrictions on a woman's right to make decisions about her reproductive health. #standwithwendy trended as a Twitter hashtag throughout yesterday.

The leadership may not want to listen to TX women, but they will have to listen to me. I intend to filibuster this bill. #SB5 #txlege
— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) June 25, 2013

As indication of how polarizing this issue is:

The current filibuster in Texas has turned into the best/worst reality show about your womb ever: http://t.co/mPe6HkBLD0 #sb5
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) June 26, 2013

and

Sorry, folks, but the under-29 crowd doesn't #standwithwendy, 52-39% support a 20-week limitation on abortion. http://t.co/5owr2jLyLq
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) June 26, 2013

But the filibuster was a success anyway--for now, at least:

what a night. SB5 is dead. This vine video is chilling. #standwithwendy RT @andreagrimes: WENDY WENDY WENDY #sb5 https://t.co/BcoaiT6mSF
— Cesar Kuriyama (@CesarKuriyama) June 26, 2013

I was surprised to see such progressivism come out of the state of Texas but Slate corrected me on this:

HISTORY LESSON: Texas actually has a long past of strong, liberal women: http://t.co/Mz1YOE9PSo #StandWithWendy #SB5
— Slate (@Slate) June 26, 2013

In other news, SCOTUS struck down Prop 8, the Defense of Marriage Act. Same-sex marriages will be recognized at the federal level. But the recognition of same-sex marriages at the state level will be contested in individual state races across the US.