In Search of Syntax On Gay Marriage
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Their syntax was mangled. Their choice of words signaled their discomfort. As John Kerry and John Edwards struggled with the question of gay marriage in Sunday's Democratic presidential debate, you could imagine the smiles on the faces of President Bush's political lieutenants.


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Gay marriage issue heating up
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia House members will debate a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage -- again -- after voting Monday to reconsider their rejection of the amendment last week


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Senate approves amendment to ban gay marriage
KELLY WIESE
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
- Putting its mark on an issue that has garnered national attention, the state Senate passed a measure Monday that would ask voters to ban gay marriage in the Missouri Constitution.


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Calif.'s Schwarzenegger: Gay Marriage a State Issue
Mon Mar 1, 2004 09:58 PM ET
By Steve Gorman
BURBANK, Calif. (Reuters) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the Republican Party's rising stars, on Monday said he sees no need for a U.S. constitutional amendment barring gay marriage, putting him at odds with President Bush on one of most volatile issues of the election year.


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The pilgrims wouldn't mind gay marriage
David Aaronovitch
Tuesday March 2, 2004
The Guardian


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Gay Couple Beaten By Relatives On Wedding Night
posted: March 1, 2004 8:03 p.m. ET
(Garhmukteshwar, India)
Two gay men were attacked by their own relatives after they came out and exchanged vows on the Sunday.


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Gay US bishop cancels Oxford Union debate


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Massachusetts governor blasts Kerry over same-sex marriage
The governor of the state represented in the U.S. Senate by Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry criticized the candidate Sunday on his stance regarding proposed constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage. "He's said he supports the Massachusetts constitutional amendment, which would limit marriage to a man and a woman, but he's against a federal constitution amendment to do the same thing," Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, said on CNN's Late Edition. "So the fact that he's not willing to be decisive and to be seen as taking a position on key issues is something, I think, that'll harm him down the home stretch.


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COLUMN: Playing politics with gay marriage
By Anthony Dick
Cavalier Daily (U. Virginia)
(U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The gay marriage debate consistently generates more heat than light, even in the pristine intellectual oases that are America's college campuses. Like most conflicts in American politics today, this one is surrounded by bad arguments and even worse name-calling on both sides, with little hope of resolution in the foreseeable future. Also like most of today's political controversies, the brouhaha over gay marriage demonstrates just how utterly ridiculous and unprincipled our nation's two major parties have become.
In a cheap attempt to score political points with gay marriage opponents, Republicans have thrown the ideals of federalism and limited government to the wind. At the same time, a pandering flock of Democrats has abandoned social liberalism and shamelessly joined ranks with those who want to interfere with the personal lives of gays and lesbians.