And then there are those who see themselves as part of a post-marriage generation: gays in their 20s who grew up with "Will and Grace," and the full support of parents and friends.
The court repeatedly cited decisions on interracial marriage a generation ago as precedent.
If the gay-rights movement today seems to revolve around same-sex marriage, this generation is seeking something more radical: an upending of gender roles beyond the binary of male/female.
Americans have been writing and reading personals — anonymous love notes, laments of missed connections, offers of marriage — for generations.
The words "Till Death Do Us Part" have defined how we look at marriage for generations.
Moudouthe believes the summit's goal of ending child marriage in a generation can be achieved.
The Girl Summit, hosted by the UK government and Unicef, will attempt to mobilise international efforts to end FGM and child marriage within a generation.
At next week's Girl Summit, David Cameron will seek to galvanise global action to end FGM and child marriage in a generation.
On Tuesday, the Girl Summit in London will bring together governments, NGOs, activists and business to declare their intention to end child marriage in one generation.
At the time, gay-rights organizations had been following a cautious, state-by-state approach, and it seemed that an adverse decision in a major federal lawsuit could set back the cause of same-sex marriage for a generation.
Grappling with the idea of gay marriage for a generation that never thought they would earn such a right is a lot thornier than just registering at Williams-Sonoma and moving on.
