[I think I got all the specifics into that tweet.]
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The day before Obama's election in 2008, there only had been 3 pro-marriage rulings — and there were only 2 states with marriage equality.
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That was less than 6 years and 3 months ago. Precisely, it was 2,272 days ago.
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Along w Obama's election also came the passage of Proposition 8 in CA, which ended marriage equality there and left MA alone until CT.
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Although the CT marriage ruling happened before the 2008 election, procedural happenings meant marriage equality didn't start until mid-Nov.
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So, the morning after Obama's election, we were left with only one state - Massachusetts - in which same-sex couples could marry.
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#Prop8, however, energized a new generation of activists -- who couldn't believe such a measure had passed in "liberal" CA. -
The folks at GLAD, meanwhile, had been prepping a challenge to DOMA in MA. They had been holding off filing the case, but would soon do so.
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Also, a marriage case was pending in Iowa and legislative marriage efforts were ready to begin in most of New England down to New York.
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@chrisgeidner And not a single territory.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chrisgeidner after the Puerto Rico decision, Virgin Islands (another circuit) seemed notable ... but saw nothing.#footnoteThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chrisgeidner Please include the territories as well. There are many gay couples here that are anxious to have marriage equality too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chrisgeidner Proud to work in politics in one of those three states, not proud we're so backward.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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