The news broke on Apr. 1, 1985, though no one thought it was an April Foolâs Joke: Ten years after Sherri Skinner and company had found themselves in the MSC â a ten years marked by advocacy and antagonism, bravery and hostility â a restrained memo from the Supreme Court, not 20 words long, announced the news: The Supreme Court had declined to review the case, letting the Fifth Circuitâs ruling stand.
Just like that, the court case was over. Gay Student Services had won.
âWeâre finally here,â Marco Roberts thought at the time.
Things happened pretty quickly after that.
(Iâve got a story for you, Ags: