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Bush Marriage-Promotion Faces Difficulties
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 20, 2004 02:17pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Saturday, March 20, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bush Marriage-Promotion Faces Difficulties
The Honolulu Advertiser
The national furor over gay marriage has complicated the task of officials and civic leaders trying to energize support for President Bush's $1.5 billion proposal to promote stronger marriages among heterosexual couples. "The intensity of the same-sex marriage debate is so great that it swallows up everything else to do with marriage," said David Blankenhorn, a prominent advocate of family-support programs. "It's a politically electric word right now."
Skeptics say the government has no business intervening in what should be a private realm. Some groups contend the programs could discriminate against single women, pressure them into abusive marriages, and convey that they should find a husband rather than seek self-sufficiency. Gay-rights activists are bitter that Bush would request funds to aid heterosexual couples while advocating a ban on same-sex marriages. |
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