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THE POLITICS OF GAY MARRIAGE
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Bush Calls for Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage (February 24)
Reaction From Both Sides in the Religious Community
Massachusetts' Supreme Court Says Civil Unions Aren't Enough (February 4)
'This Is the Trigger' for a Constitutional Marriage Amendment, Say Conservatives
Read the Massachusetts Supreme Court Opinion Barring 'Civil Unions (PDF)
Reaction to November's Massachusetts Supreme Court Decision
Read the November Decision (PDF)
U.S. Catholic Bishops Condemn Same-Sex Unions
Text of proposed "Protection of Marriage Amendment"
Was Sodom Into Sodomy?
A Bible scholar provides chapter and verse on homosexuality
Religious Views of Sodomy
A look at how world religions view non-procreative sexual acts
What Would Jesus Say About Gay Marriage?
Nothing--because what really riled him was divorce.
By Jack Miles
My Blessed Gay Marriage
A church blessing may not be a legal marriage, says a gay man, but it is a union in God's eyes
By Macky Alston
The Evolution of a Sacrament
A biblical scholar and Episcopal priest talks about the spiritual side of gay marriage
An interview with L. William Countryman
Homosexuality Is A Religious Sin, Not An Ethical One
Fighting gay sex--or even homosexual unions--only distracts from making straight marriage better
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Hypocrisy and Homophobia Struck Down
'When we express love in an intimate way with another adult, it has been called illegal, and we were criminals. No more.'
An interview with Rev. Michael Piazza
What's Different about Gay Wedding Ceremonies?
Answer: Nothing.
Heather Turns Ten
The author of "Heather Has Two Mommies," the controversial book for children of lesbian parents looks back
Consequences Unclear
A vote for gay marriage can spur Jewish renewal, as feminism once did, or it can divide Judaism, like another past Reform vote
By Samuel Freedman
No Threat to Marriage
Every marriage faces challenges, but the legal status of gay couples is not among them
By Ben Daniel
Let Us Be Impatient With Prejudice
Vermont's next step should be forward for gays and lesbians
By William Sloan Coffin
Why We Can't Redefine Marriage
By Charlotte Hays
Sex and the Episcopalians
By Diane Knippers
The Love That Won't Keep Quiet
By Charles Colson
A Deviance From God's Norm
Our society has the responsibility and the right to discourage the practice of homosexuality
By Richard Land
Why We Couldn't Get Along
Behind the flap over same-sex unions and a Christian marriage statement
By Richard Land
The Crumbling of Marriage and Culture
Excerpts from letters to supporters by conservative Christian leaders
Protecting Marriage
California voters will decide the future of marriage
By James Dobson
A Profound Attack
Bush's declaration of war on gays' civil rights threatens to defile the Constitution.
By Andrew Sullivan
White House Word Play
Does Bush's ambiguous phrasing reflect a growing acceptance of gay unions?
By Steven Waldman
Are Gays Winning the Culture Wars?
The Supreme Court sodomy decision is about much more than allowing private consensual sex acts
The New Politics of Gay Rights
Want a clue of how the court ruling will play out politically? Look at parital birth abortion
By Steven Waldman
Are Gays Winning the Culture Wars?
The Supreme Court sodomy decision is about much more than allowing private consensual sex acts
Is America Becoming Less Anti-Gay?
Scholar Alan Wolfe argues a shift in public opinion
What the Vermont Court Has Wrought
Is this the end of marriage as we know it?
By David Orgon Coolidge
