Google 'gay marriage' tool (Photo : Google)
Tech giant companies such as Twitter, Google, and Apple have showed support for the Supreme Court of the United States' (SCOTUS) historic decision that made gay marriage legal in all 50 states. For example, the social media giant Facebook launched a tool to celebrate SCOTUS's ruling that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry, which pastes a see-through rainbow over user profile pictures.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new tool on his personal page. It is called Celebrate Pride
Meanwhile, the microblogging company Twitter also celebrated gay pride. It allows users to utilize the hashtag #LoveWins, to automatically add a tiny rainbow heart to a tweet.
Like Facebook, Google also has a special rainbow-colored feature. If users type "gay marriage" or "gay pride" in the Google search bar, the results page shows a small multi-colored heart at the top, and a series of rainbow-colored people.
YouTube launched a #ProudtoLove month, according to News Everyday. It allows people to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) History Month by creating a heartwarming video.
Joining the online party of social networking, search engine, and video sharing companies, Apple added a section to its App Store, to salute both the SCOTUS decision and to commemorate New York's June 1969 Stonewall riots, according to The Indian Express.
During the infamous event police officers attacked gay community members. It was a critical point in the LGBT movement.
The new Apple section refers to the incident as a "history-making moment" in which gay people pushed back after decades of sexual discrimination. It includes items such as apps, music, TV shows, and movies.
As of 2013 about 690,000 same-sex couples (married and unmarried) lived in the U.S. That is based on a study by The Williams Institute.
