Last Labor Day, my partner and I were legally married in California. Two months later, 52 percent of Californians voted to take our marriage rights away. Between June and November, more than 18,000 same-sex couples were married in the state. The legal validity of those unions is now in question. The majority of voters in Arizona and Florida also chose to… return to article
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