America's gay-marriage evolution: A timeline [Updated]

Roughly three-fifths of Americans want to legalize gay marriage. Just a few years ago, that would have seemed inconceivable.

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New Jersey just became the 14th state to legalize gay marriage. This is a development that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago.

Consider this: A Washington Post/ABC News poll earlier this year showed that 58 percent of Americans approve legalizing gay marriage and only 36 percent oppose it. In 2003, it was the reverse: 37 percent favored same-sex marriage and 55 percent opposed it. How did we get here? Let's take a trip down memory lane...

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