As more and more conservative leaders propose the idea of fighting under the standard of a white flag on cultural issues, it is instructive for those who still think it worthwhile to conserve something to remind themselves of just how novel is the idea of same-sex marriage.
In his review of Michael Klarman's From the Closet to the Altar, Christopher Caldwell gives us a brief timeline (partly
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