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Old 05-07-2008, 02:24 PM   #80 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pensacola_niceman View Post
I just read in many states it wasn't until 1967 that interracial marriage was legal. I didn't realize it wasn't all that long ago.
Yes - and at that time there were more people against interracial marriage than there are now against gay marriage

It wasn't until the late '80's that there was a majority in favor - and that wasn't by a landslide, either
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Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage."