moving the overton window
1920 - white women allowed to vote
1954 - Brown v. Board of Education
1963 - gideon v wainwright - right to an attorney
1967 - Loving v. Virginia - interracial marriage is legal everywhere
1970 - first gay pride parade - marking the anniversary of the stonewall riots
1973 - Roe v. Wade - abortion made legal
1974 - Equal Credit Opportunity Act - women can get a credit card
1975 - Taylor v. Louisiana - women could serve on a jury everywhere
1986 - Vasquez v. Hillery - minorities can serve on juries (petit and grand)
1993 - spousal rape is a crime in all 50 states
2003 - Lawrence v. Texas - gay sex legalized
2009 - President Obama sworn in - first non-white male president
2015 - Obergefell v. Hodges - same sex marriage is legal
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