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More on same-sex marriage:

Overview:

• Gays get Massachusetts marriage licenses | Two by two they emerged from City Hall, the nation's first gay couples set to legally marry, breaking a barrier many never believed would fall and putting the United States among four countries in the world that recognize same-sex weddings (Associated Press)
  
  
• The 'Will & Grace' effect | With Massachusetts leading the way, gay marriage is slowly becoming a reality—and dividing generations (Newsweek)
  
  
• Gay nuptials in the bay state | the path to the altar has been littered with lawsuits, constitutional amendments, and other legal bric-a-brac (US News & World Report)
  
  
• Free to marry | Historic date arrives for same-sex couples in Massachusetts (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Gay couples apply for marriage licenses in Massachusetts | Against a backdrop of cheers, gay and lesbian couples began filling out applications for marriage licenses at 12:01 a.m. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Gays poised to wed legally | Conservative groups, who believe the court-ordered redefinition of marriage is a social calamity for this nation, have meetings, conferences and speeches planned in Boston and the District and elsewhere, but no confrontations are planned (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Gay couples line up for Mass. marriages | At midnight, Cambridge becomes first to issue state-sanctioned licenses (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Massachusetts begins allowing gays to wed | A marriage license is issued to the first same-sex pair early today. Couples wishing to do likewise must consider the legal and cultural consequences (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Same-sex marriage begins in Mass. | Gay couples line up to apply for licenses (USA Today)
  
  
• Massachusetts performs first gay marriages | Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples will exchange wedding vows and obtain marriage licenses today, as Massachusetts becomes the first US state legally to sanction gay marriage (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• US state recognizes gay marriages | Massachusetts has become the first US state to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples (BBC)
  
  
• Earlier: Hearts beat fast to first strains of the gay-wedding march | Gripped by giddy anticipation, anxious disbelief and the inevitability of a legal showdown, Massachusetts is a day away from becoming the first state to allow a man to marry a man and a woman to marry a woman (The New York Times)
  
  

Opinion:

• The end of the gay marriage debate? | Those of us who think this week's revolution is a terrible mistake need to do a much better job of explaining that the core question is not "Why shouldn't any couple in love be able to marry?" but something more essential: "What is marriage for?" (Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• No private affair | Marriage is about more than the man and the woman (Colleen Carroll Campbell, National Review Online)
  
  
• Today Massachusetts, tomorrow … ? | Branch breakdown in the Bay State (William C. Duncan, National Review Online)
  
  
• The missing governor | Have Republican leaders lost their confidence on basic moral matters? (Hadley Arkes, National Review Online)
  
  
• A wedding toast | The question of gay marriage has always been, simply and fundamentally, about people -- their dreams, their rights, and their love (Editorial, The Boston Globe)
  
  

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May (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48