Today marked a sea change in American policy regarding same-sex marriages, as the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.And everyone had something to say about it–including Bryan Singer, the director of the forthcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, who put his Twitter account–and one of the most popular character in the Marvel Comics universe–to work celebrating the Act’s defeat.The Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law in 1996 by then-President Bill Clinton, barred same-sex couples from receiving federal benefits extended to married couples. It was ruled unconstutional this morning “as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment.”Singer, who also directed X-Men and X2: X-Men United, is openly gay.
