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<div class="cnnByline">By <strong>John D. Sutter</strong>, CNN</div> <div class="cnn_strytmstmp">updated 11:54 AM EDT, Sun March 31, 2013</div> </div>  <div class="cnn_strycntntlft">  <div class="cnn_stryimg640captioned"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130329095034-time-gay-marriage-covers-story-top.jpg" alt="Time's most recent cover declares the same-sex marriage wars are over." border="0" height="360" width="640"/></div> <div class="cnn_stryimg640caption"><div class="cnn_strycaptiontxt">Time's most recent cover declares the same-sex marriage wars are over.</div></div> <a name="em0"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr"> <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght">  <li>Time magazine's cover declares "GAY MARRIAGE ALREADY WON"</li> <li>John Sutter says that assertion is premature for most of the country</li> <li>He says same-sex marriage is inevitable -- and that's a great thing</li> <li>Sutter: If the Supreme Court passes, it could be years before it's national policy</li>  </ul> </div></div>  <p class="cnnEditorialNote"><em><strong>Editor's note:</strong> John D. Sutter is a human rights and social change columnist for CNN Opinion. E-mail him at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/mailto:CTL@CNN.com">CTL@CNN.com</a> or follow him on Twitter (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://twitter.com/jdsutter" target="_blank">@jdsutter</a>), <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://facebook.com/jdsutter" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/https://plus.google.com/+JohnDSutter/posts" target="_blank">Google+</a>.</em></p> <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- If Rush Limbaugh says same-sex marriage is inevitable, it's inevitable. Here's what the conservative radio host <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/28/rush-limbaugh-gay-marriage-inevitable-conservatives-lost/" target="_blank">had to say</a> about the topic on a recent show:</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">"This issue is lost. I don't care what the Supreme Court does. This is now inevitable. And it's inevitable because we lost the language on this."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">In a separate clip, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/rush-limbaugh-gay-marriage_n_2965936.html" target="_blank">he says he would agree</a> with gay rights activists who claim the "genie isn't going to get put back in the bottle" on this issue. "I think the inertia is clearly moving in the direction that there is going to be gay marriage, at some point, nationwide."</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylccimg214"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130325145220-john-sutter-cnn-opinion-headshot-left-tease.jpeg" alt="John D. Sutter" border="0" class="box-image" height="122" width="214"/> <div>John D. Sutter</div> </div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">Does he sound begrudging? Yes. Do I care? No. If the King Conservative is endorsing the inevitability of same-sex marriage, then my generation -- the one demographers talk about when they mention the "sea change" in public opinion on this topic; the people born after 1981 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://features.pewforum.org/same-sex-marriage-attitudes/slide2.php" target="_blank">who support "gay marriage" at a rate of 70%</a> -- will live to see it happen.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">That's so exciting that I almost want to end the column right here and now. Who cares what the Supreme Court decides? Rush said equality is on the way!</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">But then the question becomes: How soon?</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"> <div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_stryfactbox"> <div class="cnn_strycorrheader"><b>Become a fan of CNNOpinion</b></div> Stay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. 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Washington-America has. California-America, which voted in 2008 to ban same-sex marriage, could easily overturn that law if a new election were held today.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/sutter-50-americas-lgbt">Sutter: Gays live in 50 Americas</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">But there are plenty of gay and lesbian people who live in states like South Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Georgia -- where far different views dominate the discourse.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15">Unless the Supreme Court rules broadly against California's ban on same-sex marriage, which seems unlikely to the smart people who have been dissecting the arguments, then some gay people could be waiting decades for equal rights under the law.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">How long, exactly, is the subject of some debate.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17">"In Republican-leaning red states, which uniformly have banned gay marriage, few seem to be having second thoughts," <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/why-waiting-on-the-states-could-create-a-messy-future-for-same-sex-marriage-20130327?print=true" target="_blank">writes Ronald Brownstein in the National Journal</a>.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">"For the near future, the nation appears locked onto a trajectory in which almost all reliably blue states will establish gay marriage (or civil unions) and possibly not a single reliably red state will follow."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19">Trajectory, locked. Awesome.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20">I did find a glimmer of hope, however, in an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/how-opinion-on-same-sex-marriage-is-changing-and-what-it-means/" target="_blank">analysis from Nate Silver</a>, The New York Times blogger and data wiz who correctly <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/07/news/companies/nate-silver-election/index.html">predicted the outcome of the 2012 presidential election</a>.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">Silver says even the reddest of the red states will change eventually.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">Thirty-two states would support same-sex marriage in a popular vote by the year 2016, he writes in a recent blog post. "And by 2020, voters in 44 states would do so, assuming that same-sex marriage continues to gain support at roughly its previous rate."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23">The six states left out? South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, according to his analysis. With Mississippi being last.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24">I recently spent some time in that state, which passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage by a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/ballot.measures/">majority vote of 86%</a>. In states like that, gay people find it difficult in some communities just to exist, much less hold commitment ceremonies.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25">I met gay kids who had been <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yS18_mODZk" target="_blank">harassed at school</a>; a couple that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDUQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F03%2F24%2Fopinion%2Fsutter-franklin-county-mississippi-lgbt%2Findex.html&ei=Ib9VUZbXDoq69QTs_IGgCw&usg=AFQjCNG20UQ7xZml44BE0HAD9Pd3HuE61w&sig2=dpUskE-EYZdKy0iforDMcg&bvm=bv.44442042,d.eWU">keep a security camera on their porch</a>; and a man who <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/sutter-employment-discrimination-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">says he was fired because of his sexual orientation</a>. (That's legal in Mississippi and 28 other states, by the way, and it's something no one's talking about.)</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/03/opinion/lgbt-rights/?iid=article_sidebar">Opinion: Which state matches your values on LGBT rights?</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27">The conversation is changing -- there are plenty of proud, brave and openly gay people living in the Deep South -- but it's happening at an uneven clip.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28">And these delays matter for real people.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29">In Mississippi, I met folks like L.B. and Sara Bell, who are legally married in Connecticut but don't get any of the rights that go with that partnership in the Hospitality State. They told me they would like to start a family but worry about both of them getting custody, since Mississippi bans adoption by same-sex parents. Sara, who would like to carry the child, is 31. If same-sex marriage isn't legalized until, say, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431/http://blogs.clarionledger.com/thebuzz/2013/03/27/nate-silver-mississippi-would-be-last-state-legalize-gay-marriage/" target="_blank">2030</a>, she would be 48.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30">It would be nice to overlook this mushy, awkward middle period -- our county's pimply adolescence on gay rights -- and jump straight to an all-inclusive future.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31">But these teenage years matter. They affect how millions of Americans live today. And the transition could also affect what type of nation we become. 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Sutter asks readers to send in video messages of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer friends and loved ones.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/galant-gay-rights-intro/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">America is at a crossroads on gay rights</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:24 AM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/galant-gay-rights-intro/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111002075249-supreme-court-building-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Next Tuesday and Wednesday, the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on two momentous cases. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/sutter-50-americas-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Gay people live in 50 Americas</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:23 AM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/sutter-50-americas-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130319171536-lgbt-wednesday-02-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Three years ago, when Scott Hamilton moved from New York to Oklahoma for work, his marriage, and all the rights that went with it, dissolved in the transition.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/george-gay-marriage/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Gay marriage, then group marriage? </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:24 AM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/george-gay-marriage/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130319150237-wedding-cake-thinkstock-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">The attractive civil rights rhetoric of "marriage equality" masks a profound error about what marriage is.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/sutter-employment-discrimination-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">No one should be fired for being gay</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 12:51 PM EDT, Fri March 22, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/sutter-employment-discrimination-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130129173520-sutter-opinion-headshot-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Gay people can be fired because of who they are in 29 states. CNN columnist John D. Sutter says it's time for that to change.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-out-at-work.cnn">Video: Standing up to discrimination</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 8:05 PM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-out-at-work.cnn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130321005854-natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-out-at-work-00022404-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Andre Cooley says he was fired because he's gay. Even though the law in Mississippi doesn't protect him, he fought back. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/anderson-states-same-sex-marriage/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Court shouldn't rewrite law on gay marriage</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:40 AM EDT, Mon March 25, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/anderson-states-same-sex-marriage/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130304170703-gay-couples-in-mississippi-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Ryan T. Anderson, from the Heritage Foundation, says "CNN risks obscuring that conversation about what marriage is by framing the issue as measurable by an 'LGBT rights calculator.'"</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-advocacy.cnn">Video letter to a lost friend</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:46 AM EDT, Fri March 22, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-advocacy.cnn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130321005750-natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-advocacy-00011320-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">A friend's murder inspired him to make a lifelong push for gay rights. Jody Renaldo speaks about his loss and action.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/sprigg-nondiscrimination-laws/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Nondiscrimination laws threaten free markets</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 11:35 AM EDT, Fri March 22, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/sprigg-nondiscrimination-laws/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130219074106-gavel-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Peter Sprigg from the Family Research Council argues against nondiscrimination laws that protect gays in the workplace.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-50-states-marriage-mississippi.cnn">Video: Asking for marriage rights</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 7:50 PM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-50-states-marriage-mississippi.cnn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130321005720-natpkg-orig-lgbt-50-states-marriage-mississippi-00021113-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">In Mississippi, same-sex marriage is not legal. John D. Sutter follows a group of women looking to change that.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/gates-real-modern-family/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">The real 'modern family' in America</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:43 AM EDT, Mon March 25, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/gates-real-modern-family/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120510031420-lbgt-characters-mitchell-pritchett-cameron-tucker-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">I, like millions of Americans, tune in each week to check out the latest adventures of America's favorite "Modern Family," especially Mitch and Cam and their adorable daughter Lily. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-young-and-out.cnn">Video: Young and out in Mississippi</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 1:07 PM EDT, Sun March 24, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/us/2013/03/21/natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-young-and-out.cnn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130321005834-natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-young-and-out-00010807-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">What's it like to be young and out in Mississippi? Watch as six young people share their stories.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sutter-franklin-county-mississippi-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">The county where no one's gay </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:41 AM EDT, Mon March 25, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130406005431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sutter-franklin-county-mississippi-lgbt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406005431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130321005954-natpkg-orig-lgbt-mississippi-county-no-gays-00012417-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Statistically speaking, Franklin County should be straighter than John Wayne eating Chick-fil-A.</div> <div 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