This week's 17th and 18th consecutive court wins for marriage equality, in Oregon and Pennsylvania, were even better than most because the governors won't appeal and the rulings are final. That's especially noteworthy with Tom Corbett, who like Scalia and Santorum, is a Catholic Republican.
Also on Monday, a federal judge ruled Utah must recognize the 1000+ same-sex marriages performed in December 2013.
The key to the marriage equality map above, by Stephanie Grimes via, is
blue: legal, red: banned, yellow: ban overturned but stayed, orange: civil unions
Below, a map showing free, slave, compromise, and Dred Scot states in 1860. Some similiarities.
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