The lead plaintiff in the lead case — Jim Obergefell — will be a household name. I spent the day w him in January: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/his-huband-died-in-2013-but-jim-obergefell-is-still-fighting#.obj7XA2jbr …
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The Obama administration — after a long path by the government, and Obama — is urging nationwide marriage equality: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/obama-administration-urges-nationwide-end-to-same-sex-marria#.pmxAP7m2Xz …
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That long gov't path included this 1975 letter denying marriage recognition to "two faggots." http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/when-the-federal-government-told-two-men-that-their-marriage#.chXNPa0XpO …pic.twitter.com/fYkFAGlwok
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It's been quite a path since June 2013 and Windsor: "Stunning velocity," I wrote in Sept. 2014:http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-stunning-velocity-of-the-marriage-equality-movement#.yfekrVdJqW …
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Then,
#SCOTUS denied cert in marriage cases in Oct. 14 - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-denies-review-of-same-sex-marriage-cases-bring#.ib8aMpg1mP … - speeding things up rapidly: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-weeks-marriage-equali#.ah7KVayGZX …1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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By Dec. 2014, I wrote, the
#SCOTUS marriage showdown stage was set - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/stage-is-set-for-supreme-court-marriage-showdown-if-the-just#.ojZg6YeP1E … - and the court took it: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-will-hear-four-cases-challenging-same-sex-marr#.atRD418GmE …1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
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The Jan. 2015 cert grants came, I wrote, as the court has been preparing the country for marriage equality: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-supreme-court-has-been-preparing-the-country-for-marriag#.uvg3oaDYlZ …
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@chrisgeidner Will you have a piece on how Bonauto was chosen to argue? Apart from a cryptic Liptak tweet, not much info on this.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@saraross65 Not sure what you mean? There was been a few pieces talking about pieces of it. I'm sure people will say more after June.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chrisgeidner Little behind the scenes, though--who were other choices (odd Dan Canon tweet at time?), what happened at "moot-off," etc.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@saraross65 And, I've no clue who you are, but you seem to be asking smart enough questions that I'd think you can guess, too.
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