Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

Equal Marriage - Good News!


Around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond, newspapers are editorializing in favor of marriage for same-sex couples.  They recognize, as a growing majority of the public recognizes, that the matter is a simple one -- an issue of fairness, equality, love and commitment, and doing what's right for families and children.

Also available:
Editorials Before the SJC Decision
Op-Ed articles

Editorials Since the SJC Decision

Massachusetts

Boston Globe, December 30, 2004 -- "A beacon to the future"

Attleboro Sun Chronicle, April 1, 2004 -- "Voters will ultimately back marriage rights"

Boston Globe, April 1, 2004 -- "Spoiling the wedding"

Boston Globe, March 30, 2004 -- "A step back"

Berkshire Eagle, March 28, 2004 -- "A gay-marriage tide"

Boston Globe, March 12, 2004 -- "Debating equality"

Boston Globe, March 10, 2004 -- "Why discriminate"

Boston Globe, February 15, 2004 -- "Sacred rights"

Boston Globe, February 13, 2004 -- "Equality on Beacon Hill"

Boston Globe, February 11, 2004 -- "So far, so good"

Attleboro Sun Chronicle, February 8, 2004 -- "Drop challenge to gay marriage"

Milford Daily News, February 8, 2004 -- "Reject the gay marriage amendment"

Boston Globe, February 5, 2004 -- "Equal under the law"

Berkshire Eagle, January 18, 2004 -- "Gay marriage: Get on with it"

Berkshire Eagle, November 30, 2003 -- "Strengthening marriage and society"

Boston Globe, November 25, 2003 -- "Same-sex semantics"

Around the Country

Hartford Courant, February 18, 2005 -- "The Equal Pursuit Of Happiness"

New York Times, March 7, 2004 -- "The Road to Gay Marriage"

New York Times, February 18, 2004 -- "Gay Marriage in the States"

Honolulu Advertiser, February 6, 2004 -- "Gay marriage issue isn't for Massachusetts only"

Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 6, 2004 -- "One word: A court pays heed to principle"

Providence Journal, February 6, 2004 -- "Full same-sex marriage"

Washington Post, January 26, 2004 -- "State of Gay Unions"

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 29, 2003 -- "On gay marriage, Bush unfaithful"

The New Republic, December 1, 2003 -- "Mass Appeal"

Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 30, 2003 -- "Extending the right to marry"

Florida Today, November 22, 2003 -- "Equal rights"

St. Petersburg Times, November 21, 2003 -- "The right to marry"

Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 21, 2003 -- "Gay marriage/An advance for equality"

Seattle Times, November 20, 2003 -- "The equality of marriage"

New York Times, November 20, 2003 -- "A Victory for Gay Marriage"

Washington Post, November 20, 2003 -- "The Merits of Gay Marriage"

USA Today, November 19, 2003 -- "Fight over gay marriage threatens efforts to end bias"

Op-Ed Articles

Editorials Before the Decision



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