Beyond Marriage: Love and the Law
Beccah Golubock Watson : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
Pressure is building to expand the legal definition of family beyond the boundaries of gay or straight marriage.
2006
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No Presents, Please
Katha Pollitt : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave Katha Pollitt is the fact that our government denies gays such benefits.
2005
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Beyond Gay Marriage
Lisa Duggan & Richard Kim : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
By engaging the marriage debate only in terms of "gay rights," progressives have put themselves in a losing position.
2004
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Scandal's Shame, Massachusetts' Pride
It should make us proud patriots that full human rights are sacred in at least one state of the nation that claims to lead the free world.
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Straight, Not Narrow
What my straight friends refused to understand was that my fight was also a fight against the right.
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Homophobia of All Hues
Christopher Lisotta : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The marriage-equality movement confronts anti-gay sentiment among blacks.
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The Descent of Marriage?
Richard Kim : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
When gays wed, all hell will break loose. If only.
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Holy Matrimony!
As politicians square off on gay marriage, progressives must enter the debate.
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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