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R-E-S-P-E-C-T (for Marriage Act)

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The Same-Sex Marriage Movement in the United States

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Kenyon Farrow was one of the loudest critics of the same-sex marriage movement. He says funding for other kinds of work that LGBT organizations were doing dried up in the 2000s. "There are all these ways in which the fight for same- sex marriage definitely pulled resources out of other LGBT work," he said.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin managed to rally bipartisan support for a marriage equality bill, but she’s the first to admit the legislation is “humble.” An activist wonders if there’s an overemphasis on the institution of marriage.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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