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Protesters outside New York's City Hall (WNYC)

Protesters outside New York's City Hall demand legal gay marriage Thursday (WNYC)

The Rebuke

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Barney Frank is the only openly gay member of Congress. In light of John Kerry’s defeat in the Presidential election, Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, says the the rush to marry gay couples in San Francisco probably played a part.

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The Rock Drops

Elaine Bartlett, served 16 years in prison for a single sale of cocaine, explains how she influenced Joe Bruno
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Jennifer Gonnerman, Staff writer for the Village Voice, reporting on criminal justice system and author, Life on the Outide: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett (Farrar Strauss and Giroux, 2004), explains how Elaine Bartlett's story swayed the legislature
» Life on The Outside
and
Robert Gangi, Executive Director, The Correctional Association of New York, on the impending deal with the Rockefeller Drug Laws
» Correctional Association of New York

A Matter of Interpretation

Irshad Manji, president of VERB, a TV channel being developed to engage young people on issues of global diversity and host of Big Ideas, TVOntario’s weekly show aimed at college students, The Trouble with Islam (St. Martin's Press 2003), on her controversial views over Islam and its interpretation by its followers
» Irshad Manji

The Rebuke

Barney Frank, United States representative (D-MA), says the push for gay marriage hurt John Kerry
» Barney Frank
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Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, believes equal marriage rights should remain a priority
» National Center for Lesbian Rights
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Andrew Sullivan, writes andrewsullivan.com, former New Republic Editor, says the focus on the courts hurts the case for gay marriage
» Andrew Sullivan

E-Headaches

Will Doherty, Executive Director of Verified Voting Foundation, says there were widespread problems with electronic voting, but stops short of claiming fraud
» VerifiedVoting.org