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Obama’s inaugural address and,
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equal protection clause,
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Stevens’s views on,
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Eskridge, William,
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Esseks, James,
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estate planning,
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,
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,
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Evangelis, Theane,
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,
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (but Were Afraid to Ask)
(Reuben),
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executions, lethal injection,
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executive orders,
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extra judicial protection,
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Facebook,
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Faith and Freedom Coalition,
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Fallon, Jerome,
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Falwell, Jerry,
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Family Research Council,
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Faust, Hannah,
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FBI,
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federal benefits,
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federalism,
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Federalist Society,
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–50,
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feeling thermometer,
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Feinstein, Dianne,
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Ferguson, Jesse Tyler,
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Field, Sally,
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finances,
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campaign,
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of same-sex couples,
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First Amendment,
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First Circuit Court of Appeals,
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Fleischer, Ari,
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Florida,
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Florida Legislature,
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Florida Supreme Court,
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Focus on the Family,
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Fonda, Henry,
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Ford,
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foster parents,
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Fourteenth Amendment,
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Fox News,
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France,
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Francis, Pope,
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Frankfurter, Felix,
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Franklin, Benjamin,
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Freedom to Marry,
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Freud, Sigmund,
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Frontline
(TV show),
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Frum, David,
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fund-raising,
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for AFER,
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–33,
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for Democrats,
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Gallagher, Maggie,
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–63,
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Gallup polling,
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Garlow, Jim,
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Garrett, Eric,
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Gates, Bill,
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gay bashing,
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gay lawyers,
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–76,
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Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America
(Rauch),
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Gay Olympic Games,
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gay rights, gay rights movement,
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–10,
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activists in,
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assertiveness of,
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donors and,
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invisibility of,
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legal community of,
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Stewart and,
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see also
same-sex marriage

gays and lesbians,
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ballot initiatives and,
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–61,
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in Colorado,
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federal benefits denied to,
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,
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marriage of,
see
same-sex marriage

in military,
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political power and,
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stereotyped as criminals and perverts,
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stereotypes of,
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–18,
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subcultures of,
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as suspect or quasi-suspect class,
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Geffen, David,
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gender,
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General Mills,
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General Motors,
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George Mason University School of Law,
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Gibbs, Melissa,
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Gibson Dunn,
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Los Angeles office of,
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San Francisco office of,
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Gill, Tim,
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Gill Action Fund,
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Ginsburg, Ruth Bader,
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Arizona
case and,
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Hollingsworth
case and,
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Windsor
case and,
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Glee
(TV musical comedy),
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Goldman Sachs,
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Goldwater, Barry,
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Good Morning America
(TV show),
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Google,
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Gore, Al,
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Goren, Charles,
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government, homosexuals barred from,
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Gregory, David,
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Greisman, Alan,
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Griffin, Chad,
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anger of,
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appellate case and,
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Black’s first meeting with,
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career-building tactics of,
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civil rights landmarks tour and,
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coming out of,
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double loss of,
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Holder and,
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Hollingsworth
oral arguments and,
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Hollingsworth
political groundwork prepared by,
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Human Rights Campaign and,
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Jerome’s relationship with,
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Mehlman and,
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at New York gay pride parade,
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Olson’s first meeting with,
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plaintiff selection and,
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political background of,
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Prop
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and,
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after Supreme Court decisions,
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Supreme Court decisions and,
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and Supreme Court’s granting cert,
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timing of filing and,
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trial and,
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