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Gay. april 26th, 2000, vermont becomes the first state to legalize civil unions between same-sex couples. and four years later, on may 17, 2004, the first legal same-sex marriage in the country takes place in massachusetts. in 2015, the fight for marriage equality makes it all the way to the u.s. supreme court. and on june 26th, the justices hand down a landmark verdict. >> the ruling today that same-sex marriage is a nationwide constitutional right, this is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time. >> reporter: the 5-4 decision makes marriage equality the law of the land with the u...
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