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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts) Sat Nov 18, 2023, 08:28 AM Nov 2023

On this day, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

• 2003 – With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.

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On this day, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

And the world didn't end. yardwork Nov 2023 #1

yardwork

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1. And the world didn't end.

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Sat Nov 18, 2023, 09:35 AM

Nov 2023

As I sit here with my wife in our home in North Carolina, I think about how much has changed for us gay folk - and our families - in twenty years.

It's a remarkable jump forward in human rights, and a reminder that things can change very quickly, sometimes for the better.

A nice thought. Thanks for posting this.

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