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step fur the sexual m inorities community? Will it expedite equal rights, or trill
it ensure p assage of the anti-gay Federal M arriage Am endm ent?
e will just have to fight all the harder to
prevent “backlash” legislation. What we
should do is promote the concept of “civil mar
riage" as separate from “sacred marriage." We can
then argue that, given separation of church and
state, all our laws and mles that refer to marriage
(tax laws, visitation rights, etc.) of course mean
civil marriage. If you get married in a church, you
get the sacred marriage with the civil marriage
thrown in. When President Rush claims that mar
riage is a sacred institution, he’s obviously talking
about sacred marriage; what dix's that have to do
with our (civil) marriage laws? Let each church
duke it out over what “sacred marriage" means.
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nfortunately, though a tremendously posi
tive step in the right direction, 1 believe
tFTe Massachusetts decision will show negative
results for sexual minorities in the near future.
There will undoubtedly he a highly reactive con
servative backlash, and unfortunately, the large
segment of society that would oppose discrimi
natory action will probably remain or eventually
become silent in the same manner as those who
opposed the war. Equal rights will probably be
delayed as a result, and anti-gay legislation will
certainly be more and more prevalent.
However, I also believe that legislation passed
to prevent legally recognized same-sex unions
will eventually he overturned by the courts...a
long way down the road. 1 think the key will be
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to relegate the word “marriage” specifically for
Portland
use within religious institutions. Relationships
recognized for legal purposes, whether same-sex
or opposite-sex, should all he referred to by
think that any step toward legal equality with another term (i.e., union). Hence, religious over
heterosexuals—on a local, statewide or nation- ; sight of the public beginning of a relationship
would involve two activities and two sets of
al basis— is a positive development. Backing down
paperwork—tine
religious and one sccular/legal.
on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts could actu
ally make the Federal Marriage Amendment more
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popular than pushing it through, in that it is
bound to kxik to someone like an admission of Vancouver, Wash.
error or wrongdoing— “See! Even homosexuals
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know that we as a nation should walk all over our
Constitution by pandering to religious inhibitions!
ositive step. It will expedite equal rights in
Forget the separation of church and state! Forget
the sense that it will mobilize those interest
‘all.. .arc created equal’!”
ed parties that may have been unwilling previ
Then again, since marriage is a religious
institution, maybe it shouldn’t be legally recog ously to step forward and speak out for equal
rights. The argument for at least the recognition
nized at all. Civil unions all around?
of civil unions has now reached a national audi
ence that transcends sexual orientation. The
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voice of this majority I believe will be heard. Or
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I choose to believe that.
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feel the legalization of same-sex marriage in
Massachusetts will be a positive step for the
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sexual minorities community. I feel Massachu
setts is the most appropriate state to take this
he ruling provides us with a footing into the
first step, since the hypocritical Catholic
Church in Massachusetts is raising such a
community that will in time open its arms
ruckus. I mean, give me a break, does anyone
and hearts to us. No one should doubt that the
next phase of this niling will he the reactionary
recall all those pedophile priests in Boston
whom the Catholic hierarchy kept a secret? groups that seek nothing more than to limit
DUH! A pedophile is a male who feels made- j what they believe to he a “homosexual agenda.”
quate as an adult, sexual person and allows him- j The future is ixirs if we have the courage and
desire to pursue it. Few steps forward are greeted
self to be castrated by a patriarchal religious
and/or national power base.
with wild abandon and applause. So let’s simply
1 feel it will, in time, expedite equal rights for continue the work and keep faith with the path
to equality for all.
the sexual minorities community.
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who identifies as bisexual? Why or why
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preparing to leave, she came up to us and asked if
we were familiar with Just ( )ut, and we said we were.
Then she asked: “Guild I take your picture? I
need to do a story aKuit the opening, and you’re
the only ones who set off my gaydar!"
This turned iuit to he none other than Marty
Davis herself, and we were actually flattered that
she had asked! That certainly helped "validate" us
as a "ample"—and who doesn’t like to have their
picture in the paper?
Additionally, after the picture appeared, both of
us experienced others arming out to us on the His
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or in restaurants or simply on the street. We’re pret
ty sure we were recognized from that photo.
We’ve had the opportunity to meet and
speak with Ms. Davis several times since, hut
we’ll take this opportunity to again say, “Thank
you, Marty." It’s one of our favorite stories.
D onald F inch
M ichael K rzeszak
M illynn Jam es
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