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Elton John On The Unfinished Fight Against AIDS

Elton John On The Unfinished Fight Against AIDS
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 25: Sir Elton John is honored with HRC's National Equality Award at the 18th Annual HRC National Dinner at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center on October 25, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

ATLANTA — LAST week Jennifer Mumaugh and A. J. McDaniel became the first same-sex couple to marry in Wyoming. They celebrated their union in Cheyenne, just miles away from where Matthew Shepard was left to die only 16 years ago. Wyoming thus became the 32nd state to allow gay marriage — explicitly or, by refusing to appeal court decisions, implicitly. Alaska. Arizona. Idaho. All have fallen this month.

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