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Mario Almonte on the Huffington Post: The religious right has proven a formidable foe . . . same sex ?marriage? has lost substantial ground

By Alliance Alert

Mario Almonte writing at The Huffington Post: "In the movement to legalize same-sex marriages in the United States, the religious right has proven a formidable and unwavering foe, and their victory in delaying the repeal of California's Proposition 8 is persuasive evidence. Since the same-sex marriage movement began in earnest some 40 years ago, religious leaders have prevented all but five states and the District of Columbus from making it legal, and it took nearly 30 years for the first state to do so, in 2003. They have helped defeat similar bills in every state that has put it to popular vote. If anything, the same-sex marriage movement appears to have lost substantial ground . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 18, 2010 (boomark / email).