Marriage equality hits where it matters: The jewelry store

On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments about marriage equality in states including Texas. How they rule could set the stage for whether same-sex couples can legally wed in the largest red state in the union. But a much more important decision was made before that about marriage: Where you can get a ring.
We joke. But Tiffany & Co. — which is, I mean, the Tiffany of jewelers — launched an ad campaign for wedding rings, which includes a (very smokin’) same-sex male couple. So no matter what the courts do, we’ve been blessed by a kind of pope of consumerism and prestige.
Of course, Tiffany isn’t the first — readers of Dallas Voice know many advertisers here have long supported marriage equality and courted the gay market, including Dallas’ own Joe Pacetti and Dian Malouf — but we’re pleased to see yet another mainstream embrace of our rights in a way that matters most to conservatives: Economically.