Voices Around New England - the Marriage Thing

It seems like everyone is talking about gay marriage this week, since President Bush declared his support for amending the US Constitution. I think that's great, because from my (liberally skewed, I'm sure) vantage point, not many people are being swayed from supporting equal rights for gay couples to opposing (but the opposite may be happening). This is a debate worth having. Although some would like to declare that we should just let people do what they want and be done with it, I think the country has to have this dialogue.

Anyway, since a lot is being said about the issue, I wanted to round up the local bloggers' reactions, if anyone was interested in opinions other than mine (though I can't imagine that would be true...)

If you want to know what I was saying about this last May, I dug this out of the archives: Civil Unions for Everyone! I've actually changed my view in the past few months, as I said in a post that was eaten.

• RI Blogger David Grenier has an amazing post on the issue. If you only read one of these links, make sure it's this one.

• RI Blogger Justin Katz is THE local blogger for the social conservative angle on the issue. He's been piling up a comprehensive library of posts on the subject, well worth a perusal at least.

• Almost-RI Blogger James, whose 12 reasons against gay marriage that I linked last week has garnered (at the moment) 74 (!) comments, has some really good posts lately, here and here and here.

• RI Blogger Jim has a good discussion going at his site. He takes a non-idealogue position, which I think is refreshing in political debate. Pertinent posts are here and here. If you didn't come to this debate with a solid position, I think you'll like these.

• RI Blogger Marc has a good post, also. Plus he introduced me to the phrase "marriage revolutionaries," which I like a lot. Here's another one from his site. (UPDATE: those links don't work. Go to his home page instead...)

OK, I think that's enough for now. Like I said, I'm glad we (as a society) are having this debate, and it's great to see the local blogging community putting out some really good advocacy for both sides. Viva America!