It’s a historic day for gay marriage! Let’s argue about it

Grist
By Heather SmithJun 26, 2015, 5:03 pm110 pts
Back in 2004, on Valentine’s Day, San Francisco started issuing marriage licenses. At the time, I was an intern at a local alt-weekly, and the more cynical editors on staff said that it was less a move of genuine ardor for marriage equality, and more of a move by our then-mayor to get the gay vote on lockdown…

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