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Friday, July 11, 2003
A near-death experience.
Would same-sex marriage have helped Lisa Craig, Debbie Riley, and
their kids? In this morning's Boston Herald, reporter Jessica
Heslam describes a
horrifying Fourth of July attack
in East Boston that nearly cost Craig her life.
You could plausibly argue that
marriage would not impress the boneheads who preyed on this family.
Still, by normalizing gay and lesbian relationships, society can send
subtle messages about the way such relationships are
perceived.
It's rare, after all, to hear of
racist goons setting upon mixed-race couples anymore. So too could it
be with gay and lesbian couples.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
