Since Alabama began issuing same-sex marriage licenses, gay marriage has become a sweeping epidemic contaminating the nation, infecting the minds and souls of society, and breaking down the established foundation that this country was built upon. But has it really?

Last Tuesday, a Texas probate judge ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Travis Country Probate Judge Guy Herman declared the ruling in response to a dispute by Sonemaly Phrasavath, who challenged the state’s ban and fought to have her 8-year relationship recognized as a common-law marriage.

Two siblings who took Phrasavath to court have yet to decide whether they wish to appeal the Herman’s ruling.

“It was never about the property rights or about the property,” said Phrasavath. “I can’t imagine anyone being married for six or seven years, then having to walk away after losing their spouse and feel like the marriage never happened.”

For the time being, marriage licenses for gay couples have been put on hold. But Herman’s ruling has made Texas one step closer to completely lifting the ban.

Leanne Dalal, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, observed that riots have not been marching through the streets and no disgruntled conservatives have stormed the Texas State Capital building.

In previous years, support for same-sex marriage polled below 40 percent in Texas. But according to a 2014 Texas Tech survey, 48 percent of Texans agree that gay marriage should be legalized, whereas 47 percent believe it should remain banned and 5 percent remain undecided.

Rising generations who support same-sex marriage continue to lead the movement of wider acceptance. While Texas counties place a hold on issuing gay couples marriage licenses, the growing trend in polls and people advocating gay marriage may eventually produce a society that supports every man and every woman’s right to wed whomever he or she desires.

Currently, gay marriage remain a hotly debated issue in the 13 remaining states that continue to preserve the ban. Alabama State Supreme Court Justice Glenn Murdock may vote to abolish marriage altogether in his state if licenses for gay marriages continue to be given.

Fortunately, the United States Supreme Court is expected to pronounce a ruling this year for nationwide same-sex marriage. With a growing majority in the country rallying for the freedom to marry, it’s expected that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in their favor.

In the 37 states that allow same-sex marriage, there has been no impending doom, no rioting. The only negative thing about same-sex marriage is that there is still a ban on in it.