As the Democrats responded to what they saw as a Republican onslaught, keeping the caucus together didn't call for L.B.

CNN: Fasten your seat belts

L.B. didn't mention to the clerk that she and Sara are trying to have a baby by in vitro fertilization, and that they worry the nonbiological mother could lose custody down the road since Mississippi bans gay adoption.

CNN: No one should be fired for being gay

In Mississippi, I met folks like L.B. and Sara Bell, who are legally married in Connecticut but don't get any of the rights that go with that partnership in the Hospitality State.

CNN: Gay marriage hasn't won (yet...)