Chapter 21. In Context: Civil Rights and Marriage Equality I believe the 2010s will be remembered as a great step forward for civil rights in general. The 2000s will likely not have such a great reputation, but in my opinion, it was where it all started. My view of this history is of course also the backbone of my Princess's Spirit Trilogy novels.
Some background first. The 1980s and 1990s were more 'materialistic' decades, where, for many people, making money took priority over civil rights. Things started to change in the 2000s. In 2003, the War In Iraq inspired an antiwar protest movement, the size of which was not seen in decades. When, in 2016, a British government inquiry found against the justification of the war, many people who were bitterly opposed to the war, myself included, felt vindicated. In the 2004 US elections, while 169
