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Scully, Steven - Host
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LAMDA LEGAL, JOINING US FROM NEW YORK. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GUEST: GLAD
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
TO BE HERE. HOST: ROAD ISLAND IS THE
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Scully, Steven - Host
LATEST DATA AND KNOWLEDGE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, NOW JOINING THE REST OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. WILL WE SEE THIS IN ALL 50 STATES? GUEST:
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT RHODE ISLAND. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE POE VOTED YESTERDAY AND THE SENATE HAS NOT YET VOTED. THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE VOTED BY...
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Scully, Steven - Host
TERMS OF WHAT OTHER STATES CAN LEARN FROM NEW ENGLAND, WHAT IS IT?
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
GUEST: I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THAT NO ONE'S MARRIAGES ARE THREATENED WHEN LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE CAN MARYY. WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. 10 YEARS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THIS MAP GIVES AN INDICATION, WE TALK ABOUT NEW ENGLAND, THE STATES WHERE A MARRIAGE IS OR WILL SOON BE LEGAL. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW...
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
LOT OF FEAR IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THIS STRUGGLE AROUND MARRIAGE AND A LOT OF REACTION STATE-BY- STATE SO THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATES THAT PUT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PRESENTER HAS DONE A LOOKED AT THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLING. IF WE WERE ASKING THE QUESTIONED IN 2001, DO YOU OPPOSE ALLOWING GAYS AND LESBIANS TO GET MARRIED...
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE VISIBILITY OF GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES AND GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES. AND THERE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HAD A NUMBER OF TWEETS -- GUEST: IT IS INTERESTING,
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
PEOPLE LIKE TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT. THEY FORGET MARRIAGE ALSO IS A CIVIL INSTITUTION AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY. PEOPLE GET MARRIAGE LICENSES...
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Scully, Steven - Host
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LAMBDA LEGAL. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED FOR THE GAY AND LESBIAN ADVOCATES AND DEFENDERS IN BOSTON. AND WAS A FORMER STAFF ATTORNEY...
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I WAS INVOLVED IN A FAMILY COURT SYSTEM FOR 12 YEARS AS A RESULT OF MY DIVORCE. I THINK THAT MAYBE A CIVIL UNION -- THE CIVIL AGREEMENT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
RESPONSE. THANKS FOR THE CALL. GUEST: I THINK THE ISSUE FOR
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
ME AND FOR ENORMOUS NUMBERS OF LGBT PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTRY IS WHAT IS EQUALITY AND WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE -- PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY IT WOULD...
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Scully, Steven - Host
DEALING WITH PATAPSCO AT -- -- THE TAX CODE -- GUEST: I DON'T EVEN PRETEND
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
TO UNDERSTAND THE TAX CODE. THE TAX CODE IS PREFERENTIAL FOR SOME PEOPLE IN SOME INCOME LEVELS AND SOME CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS EARLIER THIS WEEK ADDRESSED THE ISSUE. THE FIRST TIME THE WORD GAY WAS USED IN AN INAUGURAL ADDRESS. HERE'S A PORTION OF HIS...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
DECLARE TODAY THAT THE MOST EVIDENT OF TRUTHS THAT ALL OF US ARE CREATED EQUAL IS THE STAR THAT GUIDES US STILL JUST AS IT GUIDED OUR FOREBEARS THROUGH...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD THOSE WORDS? GUEST: I WAS EXTREMELY
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
MOVED. I WAS VERY SORRY I HAD TO BE IN NEW YORK ON MONDAY, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO BE DOWN THERE IN GENERAL. AND WHEN I HEARD THOSE WORDS I FELT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
1 HAPPENED AT THE STONEWALL INN? GUEST: STONE WALL IS
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
A GAY BAR IN NEW YORK CITY. IN THE 1950'S AND 1960'S, POLICE RAIDS WERE VERY COMMON AT GAY BARS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING IN PLACES LIKE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
CONNECTICUT, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: I DO
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CALLER, -
NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE OPPOSITION TO THIS GENTLEMAN ON THE SHOW, BECAUSE IT IS IS SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT AND YOU...
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Scully, Steven - Host
FOR THE CALL AND THANKS FOR ADDING YOUR VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE CONVERSATION. KEVIN CATHCART. GUEST: I HARDLY KNOW
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
WHERE TO START, BUT FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND THE MOVEMENT FOR LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE HOME...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OUR VIEWERS. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT SENTIMENT? GUEST: I WOULD
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
GO BACK TO THE PRIOR COMMENT AND SAID THAT WE DO HAVE OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEW ON THIS SHOW, BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING THEM STEADILY. PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED...
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Scully, Steven - Host
JODY -- TO THAT POINT OF VIEW, YOUR RESPONSE. GUEST: FINALLY, A COMMENT THAT
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
I LIKE. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THE PRESIDENT WAS DOING WAS PROMOTING GAY LIFESTYLES. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE PROMOTION OF THOMAS EQUALITY IS CURIOUS,...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT -- ORAL ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR MARCH C. SET UP WHAT ARGUMENTS THE COURT WILL HEAR AND WHAT THEY WILL DECIDE. GUEST: THERE ARE
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
TWO MARRIAGE CASES THE COURT WILL HEAR PRIOR TO THAT OVER THE SPRING. ONE IS OVER THE CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE CASE. THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULED THAT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
8, CORRECT?
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
GUEST: YES. THERE IS ALSO THE CHALLENGE TO D L MOMA, SO-CALLED THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, PASSED DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO PROHIBIT RECOGNITION...
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Scully, Steven - Host
DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HAD YOU SEEN A LOT OF TRANSGENDERED MARRIED WITH HETEROSEXUALS? WHAT IS THE POINT OF IT, THEN? GUEST: WELL,
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
I THINK TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN MARRIED. SOME TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT, SOME TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE ARE GAY. THE ONES WHO ARE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
LEGALLY. HOST: LAURA
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Scully, Steven - Host
HAS THIS -- GUEST: WELL, I THINK THAT
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
THAT IS TRUE. HOWEVER, I HAVE TO SAY, AS A LONGTIME CIVIL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO HAS WATCHED OTHER CIVIL- RIGHTS MOVEMENTS, EVEN THE GENERATIONAL SHIFT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
JOINING US, THE ISSUE ISN'T A RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AND CIVIL UNIONS AND MARRIAGES. -- IS GAY RIGHTS AND THE U.S. AND ITS OF BILLIONS AND MARRIAGES. OUR...
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
LEGAL IS THE COUNTRIES OLDEST AND LARGEST GAY-RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. OFFICES IN CHICAGO, DALLAS, AND ATLANTA, AND WE LITIGATE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TO...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: REPUBLICAN LINE. GLORIA, GOOD MORNING. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL TO MY FAMILY IS SIX GENERATIONS AND THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THANKS FOR THE CALL. KEVIN CATHCART. GUEST: THERE IS AN
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
AWFUL LOT IN THERE AND LET ME TRY TO MAKE THREE POINTS. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED WANT TO DO SO BECAUSE OF...
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Scully, Steven - Host
BILL ON OUR TWITTER PAGE. GUEST: YOU KNOW,
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AS IF MARRIAGE HAS NOT CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE CENTURIES. PEOPLE LIKE TO QUOTE FROM THE BIBLE AS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PHONE, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: WHAT YOU SAID
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CALLER, -
IS THAT MARRIAGE HAS EVOLVED OVER THE CENTURIES, CONFERENCE OF MARRIAGE -- CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO EVE OF, I HOPE. WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THE CALL. GUEST: OK,
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
WELL, I STAND CORRECTED THERE. I GUESS WHAT I AM REACTING TO IS THE FACT THAT I HEAR IT MORE AND MORE ALL THE TIME NOW, AND PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH...
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Scully, Steven - Host
TWEET. LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THE POINT THAT MANY RELIGIONS STILL DON'T IDENTIFY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AS A MARRIAGE. GUEST: MANY
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
DON'T, AND YET, MANY DO. IF YOU READ THE PAPERS AND FOLLOW THE NEWS, MANY PEOPLE IN STATES THAT DO NOT LEGALLY RECOGNIZED MARRIAGE, MANY CHURCHES...
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Scully, Steven - Host
GO BACK TO ONE OF THE EARLIER CALLER IS DISCUSSING ADOPTION AND THE RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE. OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN RUSSIA, WHERE THEY...
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
VARIES FROM STATE TO STATE, BECAUSE MARRIAGE LAWS AND FAMILY LAW ISSUES ARE DETERMINED ON A STATE-BY-STATE BUSINESS. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE IT IS VERY...
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Scully, Steven - Host
ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW FROM OUR TWITTER PAGE. GUEST: WELL,
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
I DISAGREE WITH SEVERAL THINGS THERE. FIRST OF ALL, GAY CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE ALL THE RIGHT SPIRIT THAT IS WH -- ALL THE RIGHTS. THAT IS WHY ORGANIZATIONS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
NEW YORK CITY. SURELY IS ON THE PHONE FOR KEVIN CATHCART. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM FOR MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. IF GAY PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A MARRIAGE --...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. GUEST: I DO NOT
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
KNOW THAT THIS IS WRONG BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK THIS IS WRONG. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS, SHIRLEY, BUT I DON'T THINK THE ABILITY TO HAVE A...
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Scully, Steven - Host
ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENTS IN MARCH. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT JUSTICES WILL BE CONSIDERING? GUEST: THERE ARE SO MANY
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
ISSUES AT STAKE IN EACH OF THESE CASES. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, THE BIG QUESTION, IS DOMA CONSTITUTIONAL? THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS IT COULD BE DONE AWAY...
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Scully, Steven - Host
YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON A "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." GUEST: THANK
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Cathcart, Kevin - Executive Director
YOU. HOST: SCHEDULING
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Scully, Steven - Host
INFORMATION TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONFIRMING THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO TAKE HIS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, DENIS MCDONOUGH -- PICKED HIS NEW CHIEF OF...
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