Articles about love revolution and gay marriage

Create an account or log in to Facebook. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. It is remarkable that the idea of same-sex marriage has gained ground so rapidly. Those most quick to accept the idea have been elite liberals, with ordinary Americans lagging behind but becoming more accepting of the idea.

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But the one thing that I was uncomfortable with was this advocacy that waiting for sex until marriage would make people have more fulfilled lives. The gay rights movement has won its prize: legal marriage in all 50 states. So why isn’t the gay revolution over?

Why didn’t activists declare victory, pack up, and go home? Because the gay marriage movement was never merely about legal inclusion. Opponents of same-sex marriage worry that allowing two men or two women to wed would radically transform a time-honored institution. But they're way too late on that front.

She demonstrates that heterosexual couples instigated the real revolution in marriage--the idea that two individuals should be able to choose their partners based on love, sexual attraction, and mutual interests.

The long game

Gays and lesbians have simply followed suit. Last Updated: May 28, The gay rights movement in the United States has seen huge progress in the last century, and especially the last two decades. Americans' views on same-sex marriage have undergone a revolution in a few short decades.

Public opinion on the issue swung so swiftly and decisively — and so little uproar resulted once it was. Supposedly, the current revolution is taking place in the highest court of the land. As we speak, the court has retreated into holiday. The gay rights movement has won its prize: legal marriage in all 50 states.

So why isn’t the gay revolution over? Why didn’t activists declare victory, pack up, and go home? Because the gay marriage movement was never merely about legal inclusion. Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen. Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.

The controversy that still swirls over California's Proposition 8 has kept the issue of same-sex marriage squarely in the national spotlight. For those who oppose gay marriage, allowing same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples amounts to nothing less than a revolution in the institution of marriage and the family.

This month, historian Stephanie Coontz puts the desire for. Americans' views on same-sex marriage have undergone a revolution in a few short decades. Public opinion on the issue swung so swiftly and decisively — and so little uproar resulted once it was. .