Businesses played a vital role in Friday’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, with 379 corporations and employer organizations submitting an amicus brief in support of striking down state bans. Some of the financial services firms that submitted include Bank of America, BlackRock, Capital One Financial Corporation, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.
Many firms and advisors showed their support for the ruling on Twitter Friday. Here are some of the top industry tweets following the decision:
#MorganStanley applauds the #SCOTUS ruling and proudly supports #marriageequality for all
— MorganStanley (@MorganStanley) June 26, 2015
I want kind of want to run over to the 800 block of Bourbon street and do a happy dance. Surely there's a celebration going on. #lovewins
— Blair H duQuesnay (@BlairHduQuesnay) June 26, 2015
Now everyone in the country can experience a publicly recognized lifetime union. Nice work supremos.#usaevolving
— Joe Duran (@DuranMoney) June 26, 2015
Big Day #SupremeCourt #EqualMarriage #EqualityForAll
— Cary Carbonaro, CFP® (@CaryCarbonaro) June 26, 2015
Unicorns & Rainbows pic.twitter.com/jqAUrEiZWe
— Adam Nash (@adamnash) June 26, 2015
Proud to fly the flag again. ❤ that Americans can marry who they want, where they want #LoveWins http://t.co/DpEnLAr5X2 pic.twitter.com/WKcRsD9n21
— Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) June 26, 2015
History was made today in the US. View our panel discussion about #marriageequality here: http://t.co/cank5xHL6d #LoveWins
— BNY Mellon (@BNYMellon) June 26, 2015
But not everyone supported Friday’s decision:
After reading both decisions, I'm going to be outrageously unpopular and say I think Roberts was correct in both King and Obergefell.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 26, 2015
The problem in both cases is that people earnestly want outcomes and see judicial reasoning as merely a obstacle to overcome.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 26, 2015
With 12K+ in our LGBT Pride Employee Network, we're celebrating today our diverse & inclusive workplace. #lovewins pic.twitter.com/8FdDk0XzAj
— Bank of America (@BofA_News) June 26, 2015
#LoveWins pic.twitter.com/VLgJnW2EOw
— RBC (@RBC) June 26, 2015