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The issue of gay marriage in America has led some government bodies to enact laws favoring same-sex weddings and others to ban the topic.
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The issue of gay marriage in America has led some government bodies to enact laws favoring same-sex weddings and others to ban the topic. The USA Today reported on Feb. 12, city officials in San Francisco married at least 15 same-sex couples on the steps of City Hall. In Massachusetts, state officials opted Feb. 12 to recess for one month before voting on the recent proposal to ban gay marriage in that state. The coverage of gay marriage in America has served as a forum for comment and criticism for politicians for or against same-sex marriage and for gay couples supporting the topic. In the USA Today story from San Francisco, one of the couples married was interviewed as well as a spokesperson for a group against gay marriage. This serves as one of the five functions of the 1947 Hutchins Commission report, "A Free and Responsible Press." In...
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