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s activists like Anita Byrant mobilized against gay rights in asked, “Is homosexuality a freely chosen life-style that can be reversed with therapy or prayer?” In the ’90s, the magazine reported on the possibility of a “gay gene.” In 2003, said the Supreme Court’s ruling in decriminalizing gay sex “promises to change forever the status of homosexuals.” In 2015, after the Court’s decision struck down bans on same-sex marriage, said 379 companies, “including behemoths of retail, finance and sports,” had signed a brief in the case supporting the rights of gays to marry.

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