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under mounting pressure from the women’s rights movement

even world views. Unlike the issue of equality for gays or state-enforced racial segregation

essentially handing the 2000 Presidential election to George W. Bush

I received a phone call from the then Governor of Massachusetts

where extremists on both sides pilloried me: gay activists for not going far enough; religious anti-gay activists for going too far.

a majority of Americans already agree that gay couples should be allowed to join in secular unions with the rights and responsibilities that generally accompany marriage.

it does not differ fundamentally -- except for labels -- from the situation that exists in many states today. Throughout the United States

it would also strengthen the wall of separation between church and state by placing a sacred institution entirely in the hands of the church while placing a secular institution under state control. Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson would....

gay couples would win exactly the same civil rights as heterosexual couples in relationship to the state. They would still have to persuade individual churches of their point of view

I argued that if marriage is indeed sacreda divine

the movement toward full equality for gays has made great strides

at least in parts of the world that I frequent. Most young people I encounter can’t even understand why anyone would discriminate against someone based on his or her sexual orientation or preference.

though we knew that the Bible prohibited sex between men (perhaps the Bible’s authors

it was impermissible to use any words that were demeaning to African Americans (who we called Negroes or colored)

she was deeply embarrassed by what she had done and has not repeated the errors of her way during her subsequent years of service on the Court.

its miscitation of cases was relied on in the resolution enacted by the Arizona Republican Party. That resolution begins

Justice O’Connor issued a statement regretting that it has been “used in a political debate

the court has not referred to this nation as “Christian” or “Protestant.” Indeed

approved by two of our most influential founding fathers

while Adams was president and Jefferson Secretary of State