Now, as the election approaches and this issue rises up the political agenda, parties are suddenly setting out ambitious plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes.
But now that it's breaking out government agency reports of abusive behavior it should at least be possible to see how political pressure on Twitter over this issue rises (or falls) going forward.
The second reason for the White House's caution is that opinion polling has consistently understated opposition to same-sex marriage since the issue rose to national prominence.
Here is Gillian Tett of The Financial Times on the issue: Rising through the ranks of a central bank requires extremely long hours over many years.
Big employers in the state, such as Coca Cola, Delta Airlines and Home Depot, helped defeat the passage of similar legislation last year, and may do so again if the issue rises to prominence.
The 10-year note, the emerging bellwether issue, rose 8/32, to 1047/32.
[C11.] Treasury prices dropped sharply as the yield on the benchmark 30-year issue rose to 5.76percentt from 5.66percentt.
As the number of children who need help increases, reduced budgets entail no end of cutbacks: fewer visits to fostered children by social workers (two-thirds of foster carers say this is now an issue), rising concerns about the impossibility of early intervention, and families' problems becoming critical.
Thankfully, we are seeing action as this quiet but important issue rises as a legislative priority with bipartisan support in communities across the country and Washington, D.C.
Bond prices also gained, with the price of the benchmark 30-year issue rising 26/32, to 104 25/32.
