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Troy D Perry, founder and moder- ator of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Churches, announced July 24 his plan to challenge the U.S. courts to recognize his same-sex marriage. The first openly gay member of the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, he wed his partner of 18 years, Phillip Ray De Rlieck, July 16 in Toronto, Ontario. They are the first Southern California couple to he married under a new Canadian law legalizing same-sex unions. Now that he has returned to the States, Perry plans to call on U.S. courts to recognize his mar- riage. U.S. courts have traditionally recognized marriages that are valid where they are per- formed— a concept called "lex loci contractus.” The federal government has historically rec- ognized marriages performed under Canadian law as legally valid in the United States. Accord- ing to Perry, a decision not to recognize same-sex Canadian marriages might violate interna tional treaty law and the equal pro tection clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. "We are not seeking special treat ment,’’ he said. “We seek equal treat ment. That is the only gay agenda— equality for everyone under the law. To not recognize my marriage and the mar riages of thousands of other same-sex couples would he discrimination—and we will not stand for that any longer.” adults in the United States. Working with local and national organizations such as Marriage Equality California and Marriage Equality USA, activists plan a twopronged offensive: • Campaigning to get people from all walks of life— public officials, religious figures and other community leaders— to sign public commitments opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment, • Launching a proactive, pro-equal marriage campaign of local educational events, protests of anti-gay officials and other activities culminat- ing in a nationwide day of rallies on Valentine’s Day 2004. “Using the Internet the way we did with the successful Stop Dr. Laura campaign, we will use the DontAmend.com Web site to keep people informed of the latest developments in the strug- gle and as a clearinghouse for local activities around the country," co-founder Robin Tyler said, j “More than that, we will work to mobilize our community and allies in the national day of action to push hack the anti-gay constitutional amendment and push on for equal marriage rights for all consenting adults.” Meanwhile, the Human Rights C am paign has launched M illionForM ar- riage.org, where visitors can sign a petition supporting the right of every U.S. cit '.„»O'*" izen to marry. The A m eri ¡.-Mar doff* Price ‘" " Canada can Family Association also is online with 11>> N o G ay M a rria g e .co m , he July 23 Washington Post p««™” H»"s * >■■*> which seeks to protect announced the wedding of national o.A.o,.«'.\’:. s*„ , G od-ordained ly syndicated columnist Deb Price and her ,*»•< 1 \ “the me vjou-oruam eu partner of 10 years, Joyce Murdoch— both ’!*’ ! ï r \ building block of the .!> May \ r; family and bedrock of former Post editors— who married June 27 i li-,.,-“' \ civil society.” in Toronto, Ontario. It marks the first time the newspaper’s weddings section has print ' ^ 5 :* £ ed the announcem ent of a same-sex couple White House “We’re delighted to he able to share the joy- \ '“’“'Tw.i«««'‘’“ vn n,„ i.«>«iW political opera ful news of our marriage with all The Washington \ •> o— readers,” — i— B U . . J . J — said. ;i “We “\v/----- tive allegedly allegedly at- at- Post's Murdoch are i —x.n.. lawfully N' i „ a i « ' < ,,r'''vL''vi*..«“- 11 \ tive married, th.inks to Canada. And The Washington ,en" ',e J ,n di* K d- Post should he heartily applauded for recognizing ... r t S \ jt » «•IV nc,wi,rk that simple reality and for showing us exactly the y ‘ÄS?** ^ , television corre- same respect it has always given married couples.” Ï S S - .....\ sp °ndent hv h,«lv lighting his sexu- The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation met with the Post last year as a part «I , «Mentation V U « bay M" and Canadian of its Announcing Equality Project, which since .« 'lull ' . L August 2002 has helped increase the number of nationality, according to papers that accept and print same-sex union and Internet gossip wedding announcements from 69 to 209. The * « ••» •* , .* > * “ ar .... » \iiw » media watchdog group requested the newspaper Matt Drudge. Ili»«," ' change its existing policy, whereby announce Jeffrey Kofman of ABC News had been filing reports covering the ments from gay men and lesbians are relegated to a separate “Celebrations” section on a sepa plunging morale of U.S. trixips in Iraq. The N ational Lesbian Gay Journalists Associa rate day from straight couples. “We are encouraged by The Washington Post's tion condem ned July 21 all attem pts to dis- decision to print Deh and Joyce’s announcement credit journalists by using homophobia and in the weddings section,” said Glennda Testone, nationalism. C L A A D regional media director. “Our hope is that the Post will take this opportunity to also reconsider their policy of printing other legally recog nized same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships only on the ‘Celebrations’ page.” ■ ❖ on t A mend .com out li ned July 18 a broad plan to capitalize on the recent U.S. Supreme Court victory in Lawrence vs. Texas, organize to stop the anti-gay marriage constitutional am endm ent and push for full, equal mar Robin Tyler is the brains behind DontAmend.com, which is riage rights for all consenting planning a nationwide day of rallies on Valentine s Day 2004 ]
