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Gay marriage: Ready, set ...
Source: Independent Gay Forum/Windy City Times
Author: Paul Varnell
Country: United States

"At some point a court somewhere in America is going to rule that state recognition must be extended to same-sex marriages. ... [S]uch a development will have far-reaching implications for [gays] at a personal level, even for those of us who do not at present know of anyone we intend to marry." (3/12/98)

GLIL leader condemns House vote on Marriage Act
Source: Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty
Country: United States

GLIL criticized the House's passage of the Defense of Marriage Act, which sought to limit the definition of marriage to heterosexual relations, saying that the bill "erodes the Constitution and strips citizens of their dignity." (7/12/96)

For better or worse
Source: Reason
Author: Thomas W. Hazlett
Country: United States

Opponents of gay marriage forget how much the institution has already changed -- and what an effect the institution has on subduing the sexual adventurism that social conservatives oppose. (7/96)

Gay rites
Source: Reason
Country: United States

Some gay groups and activists have held off on advocating marriage in favor of "domestic partner" arrangements, fearing that the institution of marriage is too big a battle to fight now. (1/96)

Here comes the groom: a conservative case for gay marriage
Source: andrewsullivan.com
Author: Andrew Sullivan
Country: United States
E-mail: andrew@andrewsullivan.com

"Society has good reason to extend legal advantages to heterosexuals who choose the formal sanction of marriage over simply living together." Gays should be encouraged to form such relationships, not discouraged. A conservative, rather than libertarian, argument in favor of gay marriage.

Marriage or bust: why civil unions aren't enough
Source: andrewsullivan.com
Author: Andrew Sullivan
Country: United States
E-mail: andrew@andrewsullivan.com

"'Separate but equal' was a failed and pernicious policy with regard to race; it will be a failed and pernicious policy with regard to sexual orientation." Gays should have, and deserve, full legal equity when it comes to marriage rights.

Privatize marriage: a simple solution to the gay-marriage debate
Source: Slate/Independent Gay Forum
Author: David Boaz
Country: United States

David Boaz, author of "Libertarianism: A Primer," argues that the solution to the gay marriage debate is simple: government ought not to be in the business of sanctioning personal relationships between consenting adults. (02/24/98)

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