Expectations about how far and how fast President Obama can escort gay Americans down the road to full equality are so high that it's easy to underappreciate reaching major milestones along the way.

But savor this: The president of the United States — for the first time ever — has signed protections for gay and transgender Americans into law.

The measure expanding the nation's hate crime law was tucked into a large, unrelated bill. But Obama didn't want the historic ...

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