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Article: Gaily ever after: is gay marriage the new civil rights struggle or has it co-opted a legacy?(Cover)
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- Colorlines Magazine
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- September 22, 2004
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That night, the room was packed at the gay community center in New York's Greenwich Village. Surely something had to be done. Bush had announced his support for a proposed federal amendment that would effectively ban gay marriage.
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So, there was talk of strategies. There were speeches about history and one's place in time. There was mention of Rosa Parks.
It was that last part which didn't sit well with Sylvia Samuels and Diane Gallagher as they surveyed the speakers. "My reaction was, 'Where do these people stand on other issues that relate to black people?'" recalled Samuels, a black lesbian.
Gallagher, who is ...