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Old 08-23-2017, 02:42 PM   #1835
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski View Post
I don't know what he is talking about with "legislation." The only laws about gay rights were things like DOMA or states banning marriage. That issue played out through the courts.
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Also, there were decades worth of gay rights activism around various issues (remember ACT UP?) before marriage equality became a thing. No one stopped to become unified and coordinated, or worried about looking reasonable.
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