jan 1, 2015 - 2015 - The case Obergefell v. Hodges made gay marriage legal in all fifty states after a prolonged legal fight that saw federal courts go back and forth on the issue. This case reflected the rapid change in public opinion from a lack of support for gay marriage to full support over the course of only a few years. Whereas previously the court had acted as a promoter of civil rights, advancing rights before a majority of the public necessarily supported them, now it acted immediately in the wake of a change
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jan 1, 2015
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