In just 30 days, aisle is cleared for gay marriage

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Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn writes the timeline, from The Mass. Supreme Court 'till today. Very impressive, and he ends with this:

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Because the progress toward equal treatment under the law for same-sex couples is as fast and inevitable as a freight train. The proposed constitutional amendment inspired by a semantic debate over the definition of a sacramental religious term--marriage--is doomed.

No matter what the Massachusetts legislature does when it reconvenes its constitutional convention next week, gay couples in that state will begin marrying legally on May 17.

The institution of heterosexual marriage will be undamaged, as it is now undamaged in Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands. Americans will learn to accept what they may not favor.

The timeline of Our Big Fat Gay Month is not the timeline of a mere movement. It's the timeline of a revolution.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ericzorn/chi-0403040124mar04,1,5725787.column?coll=chi-news-col