The Politics of Gay
Marriage (3 Letters)
Letters to the
Editor, NYTimes from the Web, June 6, 2006
To the Editor:
Re "Bush to Press for U.S. Ban on Same-Sex Marriage" (news article, June 3):
The federal budget is suffering from the weight of uncontrolled spending and
huge deficits; the war of choice in Iraq is a mess; the war of necessity in
Afghanistan is faltering; and Congress still can't effectively police its own
ethics.
So what do the president and the Republican-controlled Congress pick as their
top priority? Why a constitutional ban on gay marriage, of course!
Makes sense to me.
James McCrane
Newark, June 5, 2006
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To the Editor:
As an immigrant and a gay woman, I have never felt so sad, angry and humiliated
since George W. Bush became our president.
Twenty years ago, on receiving the honor of becoming an American citizen, I
pledged "allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the
Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all."
I never imagined that the country I knew for preaching equality and fighting for
human rights all over the world would have a leader determined to write
discrimination into the Constitution in the form of an amendment.
If President Bush succeeds, how can I be proud to be an American?
Monique Frugier
Ardmore, Pa., June 4, 2006
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To the Editor:
Re "Divide and Conquer the Voters" (editorial, June 5):
President Bush's message regarding gay marriage is as tired as the rest of his
administration.
And, if such a tin-sounding message is enough to divide and conquer the American
electorate, yet again, then we are simply hopeless.
Bruce Neuman
Sag Harbor, N.Y., June 5, 2006
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