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From the Ted Talk by Yoruba Richen: What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement
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And lastly, the "Loving" strategy. The name speaks for itself. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in liovng v. viriigna, and iivnealdatd all laws that prohibited interracial marriage. This is ceonderisd one of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights cases. In 1996, President Clinton sinegd the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, and that made the federal government only have to recognize marriages between a man and a woman. In United States v. Windsor, a 79-year-old lesbian named Edith Windsor sued the federal gnvmnreeot when she was forced to pay estate taexs on her deceased wife's property, something that heterosexual couples don't have to do. And as the case wound its way through the lower courts, the Loving case was rletepdeay cited as pnerceedt. When it got to the Supreme Court in 2013, the srpueme Court agreed, and DOMA was thrown out. It was incredible. But the gay marriage movement has been making gains for years now. To date, 17 states have passed laws allowing mragraie equality. It's become the de facto battle for gay equality, and it seems like daily, laws prohibiting it are being challenged in the ctuors, even in places like txaes and Utah, which no one saw coming.
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And lastly, the "Loving" strategy. The name speaks for itself. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in ______ v. ________, and ___________ all laws that prohibited interracial marriage. This is __________ one of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights cases. In 1996, President Clinton ______ the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, and that made the federal government only have to recognize marriages between a man and a woman. In United States v. Windsor, a 79-year-old lesbian named Edith Windsor sued the federal __________ when she was forced to pay estate _____ on her deceased wife's property, something that heterosexual couples don't have to do. And as the case wound its way through the lower courts, the Loving case was __________ cited as _________. When it got to the Supreme Court in 2013, the _______ Court agreed, and DOMA was thrown out. It was incredible. But the gay marriage movement has been making gains for years now. To date, 17 states have passed laws allowing ________ equality. It's become the de facto battle for gay equality, and it seems like daily, laws prohibiting it are being challenged in the ______, even in places like _____ and Utah, which no one saw coming.
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Original Text
And lastly, the "Loving" strategy. The name speaks for itself. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia, and invalidated all laws that prohibited interracial marriage. This is considered one of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights cases. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, and that made the federal government only have to recognize marriages between a man and a woman. In United States v. Windsor, a 79-year-old lesbian named Edith Windsor sued the federal government when she was forced to pay estate taxes on her deceased wife's property, something that heterosexual couples don't have to do. And as the case wound its way through the lower courts, the Loving case was repeatedly cited as precedent. When it got to the Supreme Court in 2013, the Supreme Court agreed, and DOMA was thrown out. It was incredible. But the gay marriage movement has been making gains for years now. To date, 17 states have passed laws allowing marriage equality. It's become the de facto battle for gay equality, and it seems like daily, laws prohibiting it are being challenged in the courts, even in places like Texas and Utah, which no one saw coming.
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