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Gaily ever after: is gay marriage the new civil rights struggle or has it co-opted a legacy?(Cover)
That night, the room was packed at the gay community center in New York's Greenwich Village. Surely something had to be done. Bush had announced his support for a proposed federal amendment that would effectively ban gay marriage.
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So, there was talk of strategies. There were speeches about history and one's place in time. There was mention of Rosa Parks.
It was that last part which didn't sit well with Sylvia Samuels and Diane Gallagher as they surveyed the speakers. "My reaction was, 'Where do these people stand on other issues that relate to black people?'" recalled Samuels, a black lesbian.
Gallagher, who is ...
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...Gordon Meek, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune...s call for a ban on gay marriage. The former mayor...s ticket. Cheney and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton...2004, Daily News, New York. Distributed by Knight...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 2, 2004 700+ words
...By Joe Mahoney, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...issue. "I have no problem with gay marriage," Spitzer told the Daily News...ranking public official in New York to back gay marriage. Pataki had directed Spitzer...
- New York Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent on his paper's coverage of gay marriage:...
- Magazine article from: National Review August 23, 2004 700+ words
* New York Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent on his paper's coverage of gay marriage: "On a topic that has produced one of the defining debates of our time, Times editors have failed to provide the three-dimensional...
