This is the magic squared circle of neocolonial oppression. Forget Obama, Clarence Thomas is on the Supreme Court, a wholly unelected body with effectively unlimitable power, and is writing opinions the consequences of which would nullify his own marriage if taken to their logical conclusion. That's the same as Ellen DeGeneres being friends with George Bush. Legal marriage equality, no amount of legal rights actually matter to you materially when you're in the club that almost no one is in.

In short, more people need to at least skim the first few chapters of Night Vision