GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENTS WATCH AS THEIR RANKS DWINDLE

The culture has changed considerably since 1996, when a few state legislatures were beginning to seriously debate the concept of extending full marriage equality to gays and lesbians. That's when the GOP rushed to stoke its base of religious conservatives with a law that blocked that full equality. Where tradition (and law) had dictated that a marriage in New York or Hawaii must be recognized in A...

Kansas City Tribune • Aug 28, 2009