Looking Back On 20 Years Of Same-Sex Marriage

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

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In 2004 Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's Supreme Court found that their Constitution could no longer exclude same-sex couples from civil marriage rights.

That watershed decision from Goodridge vs. Department of Health paved the way for LGBTQ+ rights across the country, which eventually saw same-sex marriage federally legalized in 2015. Since then, more than 700,000 same-sex couples have married across the country.

But what prompted the fight for same-sex marriage in the first place? And where does the fight for equal rights under the law stand today?

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0:00.0	Summer is for going to the movie theater because it's too hot to stay home.
0:04.0	It's for driving with the windows down, listening to your favorite music.
0:07.0	It's for stretching out while you're on vacation to gobble up a TV show.
0:11.0	For a guide to some of the TV movies and music we are most excited
0:15.2	about this summer, listen to the country to legalize same-sex marriage.
0:34.4	That's after the Massachusetts Supreme Court's historic ruling in Goodridge v.
0:38.6	Department of Health.
0:40.2	The case paved the way for LGBT-plus rights across the country and for federally legalized same-sex marriage in 2015.
0:48.0	Since then, over 700,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot across the country.
0:53.2	According to a recent study by the Rand Corporation, the result has been generally
0:57.5	positive. In honor of the 20th anniversary of that
1:03.2	we hear from some of the people who made it possible.
1:05.1	What effect did legalizing same-sex marriage have on their lives and our country at large?
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