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Same-Sex Marriage in North Dakota: Archived Sources

press releases from equality north dakota

END press release (2/24/04) on President Bush's formal endorsement of the federal marriage amendment

END press release (11/18/03) on Massachusetts Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage

news from around north dakota

Democrats: Pull gay, cloning ads (The Forum, 9/1/04) - discusses Senate candidate Mike Liffrig's television commercials on same-sex marriage and human cloning and the response from the campaign of Sen. Byron Dorgan

Ban foes seek funds (The Forum, 8/28/04) - END responds to Family Alliance's refusal to engage in public debate

Family Alliance won't debate (The Forum, 8/25/04)

Marriage Initiative: Churches to lobby members (The Forum, 7/11/04)

Fargo Human Relations Commission joins fight against marriage amendment (The Forum, 7/8/04)

Group fights N.D. petition: Rights coalition push urges that people 'decline to sign' (The Forum, 7/7/04)

Groups urge 'no' to petitions (Bismarck Tribune, 7/7/04)

Marriage petitions circulate (The Forum, 6/11/04)

Background on North Dakota's "Defense of Marriage Act" (The Forum, 2/22/04)

Fargo lesbian couple to wed in San Francisco (The Forum, 2/22/04)

Gay and lesbian couples overcome obstacles in North Dakota (Bismarck Tribune, 2/8/04)

Interview with the first same-sex couple from North Dakota to marry in Canada (High Plains Reader, 9/4/03)

newspaper editorials

Let debate on measure flow freely (The Forum, 9/19/04) - discusses Fargo City Commissioner Cosgriff's allegations against the Fargo Human Relations Commission

The gay marriage debate (High Plains Reader, 9/16/04) - discusses Fargo City Commissioner Cosgriff's allegations against the Fargo Human Relations Commission

Imagine that (High Plains Reader, 7/29/04)

North Dakota has a proud tradition of hope and opportunity: Decline to sign (High Plains Reader, 6/17/04)

letters to the editor

Barry Nelson letter: "'Serious' candidate not serious at all (The Forum, 9/8/04) - a response to Senate candidate Mike Liffrig's ad about same-sex marriage

Eric Iverson letter: Same-sex debate about basic rights (The Forum, 7/19/04)

Christian Witt letter: Gay marriages do not threaten the institution (The Forum, 6/27/04)

Robert Uebel column: Same-sex marriage debate tainted by language of fear, (The Forum, 2/27/04); Uebel is chair of Equality North Dakota