Gay Marriage Debate Creates Democrats’ Most Successful Viral Campaign Ever

Whether you are against it or for it, there is little doubt as to which side of the same-sex marriage debate is winning the new media battle.

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts all over the nation are lighting up in support of same-sex marriage as the Supreme Court listens to arguments over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Junior U.S. Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand recently likened the Supreme Court hearings as “history in the making”.

Youth icon and reality TV star Kim Kardashian showed her support and posted the now famous = sign for equal rights.

Sophia Bush changed her Twitter avatar to the = sign and tweeted this -

TIME NewsFeed reported on Tuesday that the symbol, created by the Human Rights Campaign had over 25,000 likes and over 78,000 shares. Star Trek actor George Takei made it his Facebook profile picture and garnered nearly 40,000 likes shortly afterwards. A more recent tweet from the actor incorporated his role as USS Enterprise’s Helmsmen -

Even Democratic politicians who once opposed DOMA and same-sex marriage are now joining the fight. Virginia U.S. Senator Mark Warner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill all recently changed their positions in light of the ongoing campaign and Supreme Court hearings.

In San Antonio, same-sex marriage advocates posted signs of support over the windows of a local Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A was at the center of a same-sex marriage debate over the summer after it’s CEO defined marriage between a man and a woman

And if you oppose same-sex marriage? You may want to keep it off your social media walls.