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Sometimes you have to take a step back and remember that same-sex marriage has only been legal in America for ten years.

libraford

I know that it seems like it's been this way forever, but when they were leaving it up to the states and Indiana legalized it for a whole 24 hours before Mike Pence got wise to it- me and a bunch of strangers ran around the city hall block with a rainbow flag because we were so happy. People were getting married on the spot because they'd been waiting so long and we didn't know if the ruling was going to stick.

It's wild to think about how much has changed just in my lifetime. Sodomy was a crime until 2003. Don't Ask Don't Tell was both enacted and repealed in my life.

The processes are slower than we want, but in retrospect- a lot has changed since the 90s.

callmedirt

Dang, this makes me feel old.

To me it feels like it's barely been this way.

In the culture where I'm at, I feel like if it were abolished most people would be fine with it. I still hear kids call things "gay" as a generic pejorative. I heard it from college kids a couple months ago. I heard my nephew say it once when he was 5.

I was in college when 71% of the state voted for a "traditional marriage" amendment to the state constitution. This was around the time of "legitimate rape," which was a guy from my state. Still saw tons of signs with his name all over the place.