We are often asked to think about what marriage has meant throughout history; to attach the weight of history to our thoughts on marriage.
But if lesbians and gay men let history weigh them down, then gays would still be criminals or getting electric shock therapy in even the most advanced countries. Thankfully our civil rights heroes didn’t let history weigh them down.
They used courage and brains and resistance to assumptions to prove since World War II that attitudes can change. If attitudes towards hundreds of millions of people can change, then attitudes towards one institution can change too.
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