Queer and present danger?(Marriage)
American Prospect, The, March, 2004 by Kuttner, Robert
On May 17, gays and lesbians in Massachusetts will gain the right to marry, thanks to a 4-3 ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In July, the Democratic presidential nominee, presumably John Kerry of Massachusetts, will triumphantly accept his party's nomination, also in Massachusetts. Seemingly, it would be hard to contrive a better symbol of the Republican claim that Massachusetts, and its favorite son, are outside the national mainstream.
Kerry, traversing a political minefield, says he is for civil unions but not gay marriage. The Massachusetts political ...
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