The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision Friday that bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional, concluding decades of hard-fought battles by gay rights activists to grant marriage equality to all. Here is a timeline of milestones in the gay rights movement in the U.S.:
: Massachusetts becomes first state to legalize gay marriage after Governor Mitt Romney makes first mistake of forthcoming presidential campaignPhiladelphia: Senate repeals “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” granting LGBT military members the right to be absolutely terrified to serve openly: InIssue 37, iconic all-American comic book character Archie Andrews dies throwing
himself in front of a bullet aimed at his gay friend and loudly proclaiming “This comic book series is on the right side of history”: The Supreme Court rules that bans against gay marriage are unconstitutional, backdating the decision to 1993 to spare the nation from embarrassment: United States’ homosexual overlords sacrifice another 100,000 breeders to the flames
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