How gays' attitudes toward marriage evolved

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/14/MN3F1172O5.DTL
6/15/2008

"That is a question many people who have long been part of the modern gay and lesbian civil rights movement are asking after the court's ruling. For much of the movement's four-decade history, marriage was viewed by many activists as an institution to be dismantled, not pursued."