[Logophile]

Democratic state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, the state's first openly gay legislator, predicted otherwise. "This is about America, the place where no civil rights movement has ever failed," she said.

Except the civil right of the people to govern themselves, or so it would appear.

[JoeTN]

The 'Equal Rights Amendment' comes to mind as a failed so-called 'civil rights' movement.

...though the statement gives me courage for the pro-life movement which is about the civiel rights of unborn people.