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Gays push to recast marriage on morals
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Nov 14, 2005 01:49am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, November 14, 2005 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - As U.S. gays and lesbians prepare to battle a raft of state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage that will likely be on the ballot next fall, activists are recasting the issue as one that needs to be fought on moral rather than political grounds.
That is the message Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the oldest and leading U.S. grass-roots gay and lesbian coalition, has taken to more than 2,500 gay rights organizers at its annual conference held in Oakland this week.
"What I really want people to understand is rather than seeing these as political contests, these are really profound, unfair, bordering on immoral elections," Foreman told Reuters on Saturday. "Imagine if this was being done to a minority in Kosovo -- people would be outraged." |
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