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DM: A GAYER APPROACH TO MARRIAGE
TIMELINE: Gay marriage chronologyIn Slate, Hs explaed that youngish female bloggers read this proto-femist manifto and seized the opportuny to mull over the nfg, often ntradictory state of morn marriage. It’s worth notg that the surge of tert Earhart’s unnventnal approach me along jt as the Supreme Court announced s plans to take on the issue of marriage equaly, and after an electn that legalized same-sex marriage four stat and sent an openly gay senator to Washgton.
WAS AMELIA EARHART GAY
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WAS AMELIA EARHARDT GAY
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