1. On the day marriage equality won such a big victory in the USA, something needs to be said about role played by @tnr & @sullydish
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3. Here's a very impressive gathering of articles from magazine on issue.http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122097/new-republics-long-campaign-marriage-equality …
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4. More than anyone,
@sullydish made marriage equality a core part of TNR identity. Here's his pivotal 1989 essay http://www.newrepublic.com/article/79054/here-comes-the-groom …2 replies 10 retweets 19 likes -
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5. Lord knows, I have my criticisms of Sullivan, but he's a crucial figure because he framed umbrella arguments that brought people together
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5. Sullivan's lucidity is much admired but something has to be said about his conversational inclusiveness, which brought people on board
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6. Marriage equality has won in part because it the case for it was framed in way that convinced centrist and the center right.
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7. Sullivan's political identity as a "gay Tory" is easy to mock but it gave him niche to frame arguments to conservatives and libertarians
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8. Sullivan's idea of gay marriage as a conservative reform, as way of extending the family, reached people like Justice Kennedy.
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9. Of course, social revolutions aren't made just by writers. This was truly a grass-roots victory powered by ordinary people.
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10. Really at the heart of the victory are countless ordinary gays and lesbians who simply wanted very basic rights.
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11. But social movements need to be articulated in word. To extent political writing can make a difference & change minds,
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12. Good appreciation of
@sullydish's key essay by@mattyglesias:http://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/8851503/gay-marriage-andrew-sullivan …2 replies 2 retweets 9 likes - Show replies
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