“My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.”
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The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.
How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
You know, American citizens, I don't think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right to marry the person you love. But for a whole number of Americans, gay Americans, that happens to be true.
The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.