The first pro-gay ruling by the Supreme Court was 50 years ago today. A scrappy "homosexual education" magazine with the name of ONE ran afoul of the US Postal Service. They said it was obscene and refused to deliver it. The suit went all the way to the Supremes who, amazingly, issued a once sentence ruling without bothering with oral arguments. The ruling didn't say the Postal Service had to deliver everything given to it, but only that ONE was not obscene. 1958 is quite different from today. Go here for the full story and context.
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