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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 30 2009, 2:26 PM ET Comment

My personal feelings about gay marriage are deeply, deeply influenced by my family history. It's something to think of yourself as normal, and then go out into the world and find out that your style is actually frowned on. Families need to be utilitarian, not doctrinal. If it works, let it work. 

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