Ministers Coverage in the Media and in Written
Comments
The Rev. Rhett Baird - Fayetteville,
AR
The Rev. Tess Baumberger - Franklin,
NH
The Rev. F. Jay Deacon - Northampton,
MA
Rev. Stephen D. Edington, Minister - Nashua, New Hampshire
The Rev. Kendra Ford - Exeter/Portsmouth,
NH
The Rev. Cynthia Landrum - Gardner,
MA
The Rev. Elizabeth McMaster
The Rev. Kathleen McTigue - Hamden/New
Haven, CT
The Rev. Jennifer O'Quill - Second Unitarian Church
Chicago
The Rev. Richelle Russell
The Rev. Stephen M. Shick
The Rev. Fred Small - Littleton, MA
The Rev. Don Southworth - Atlanta,
GA
The Rev. Melanie Morel Sullivan - Cherry
Hill, NJ
Sermons and Newsletter Articles
The Rev. Rhett Baird - Fayetteville,
AR
The
Advocate  (Jan.
10, 2003, "A Voice in the Arkansas Wilderness"
by Dennis McCaslin)
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The Rev.Tess Baumberger - Franklin, N.H.
TheChamplainChannel (May 25, 2004, "Minister Boycotts Marriage Licenses Until Gays Can Wed")
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The Rev. F. Jay Deacon -
Northampton, MA
Bay
Windows: ("Northampton
minister won't sign marriage licenses")
InNewsWeekly (March
5, "2nd clergy takes dramatic stand in favor of same-sex
marriage")
PlanetOut
(Feb. 20, "Minister Refuses to Sign Marriage Licenses")
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Rev. Stephen D. Edington, Minister - Unitarian
Universalist Church of Nashua, New Hampshire
Marriage for All
Who Wish It (This was also published as an op-ed piece
which was published on the Editorial Page of the Nashua
(New Hampshire) Telegraph on August 24, 2003).
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The Rev. Kendra Ford - Exeter/Portsmouth,
NH
Seacoast
Online , (October 29, 2003 - "Pastor Ford's decision
shows
strength of her onvictions" - Editorial)
Portsmouth
Herald , (Oct. 19, 2003, "A Stand at the Altar,"
by Rachel
Grace Toussaint)
Fosters
Online , (Oct. 20, 2003, "Exeter minister won't issue
marriage
licenses until justice is done for gays" by Terry Date)
Concord
(NH) Monitor , (Oct. 23, 2003 - "Minister takes stand
on same-sex
marriages" by the Associated Press)
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The Rev. Cynthia Landrum
- Gardner, MA
Rainbownetwork.com
("Churches
Refuse to Marry Straights" by Michael J.
Meade)
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The Rev. Elizabeth
McMaster - Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia
Inquirer (January
10, 2004, "Clergy back gay marriage right")
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The Rev. Kathleen McTigue
- Hamden/New Haven, CT
Hamden
Journal
, (October 23, 2003 - "Service Honors Same-Sex Couples"
by Donald Eng)
Washington
Blade (Oct. 24, 2003, "Conn., Mass. clergy refuse to
sign marriage licenses in pro-gay protest" by the Associated
Press)
The
Advocate (Oct. 21, 2003 - "Clergy Refuse to Sign Marriage
Licenses for Hetero Couples,")
WTNH-TV
(Oct. 17, 2003 - "Clergy Refuse to Sign Marriage Licenses
in Protest" by Susan Parker)
Note: this is a written story with a link to an excellent
video clip.
Yale
Daily News (Oct. 20, 2003, "Rev. blesses gay couples"
by Will Sullivan)
Yale
Herald (Oct. 10, 2003, "Unitarians to recognize gay marriage"
by Stephanie Speirs)
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The Rev. Jennifer O'Quill
Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
(March 7, 2004 - "And Justice For All")
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The Rev. Richelle Russell
projo.com (August
28, 2003, "Try Straight Guys for Gay Marriage," by
Rev. Richelle Russell; free registration required)
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The
Rev. Stephen M. Shick
Statement of Religious Principles and Action In Support of
the Right to Marry
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The Rev. Fred Small - Littleton,
MA
Lowell Sun Online (February 15, 2004, "Same-sex couples giving walk down aisle much thought" by Tom Spoth)
Village
Voice (Dec. 10, 2003, "Standing on Ceremony" by
Erik Baard)
Littleton
Independent (Nov. 25, 2003, "Gay
advocates want marriage, not civil unions" by Susan
Tordella)
Littleton
Independent , (Oct.
15, 2003, "Separate But Unequal Laws," by Susan Tordella)
Freedom to Marry Day coverage produced by WCVB-TV
(Feb. 12, "Religious Coalition Calls for Same-Sex Rights").
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The Rev. Don Southworth
- Atlanta, GA
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
(October 10, 2003, "Give Same Sex Marriage Legal Blessing",
Op-ed piece
by Don Southworth)
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The Rev. Melanie
Morel Sullivan - Cherry Hill, NJ
Philadelphia
Inquirer (January
10, 2004, "Clergy back gay marriage right")
KYW1060.com (January
7, 2004, "Cherry Hill Minister Refuses All NJ Marriage
Licenses" by David Madden)
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Sermons and Newsletter Articles on Freedom
to Marry issues
"What is Marriage For?", March 21, 2004, Dr. Laurel Hallman
"Dearly Beloved", November 2, 2003,
the Reverend David Boyer
"Until All Are Equal:
Refusing to Sign Marriage Licenses", November 23, The Rev. Joshua
Mason Pawelek
"Marriage Rites and Rights,"
October, 2003, by Therese Baumberger
From "U-First: The Newsletter of
the Unitarian Universalist Society of Gardner," October,
2003, The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum
"By The Power Vested In Me, I Now
Pronounce…" by Don Southworth (Northwest Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, September 28, 2003)
"Do I
Hereby Pronounce You?" by David Pettee (Director of Ministerial
Credentialing, Unitarian Universalist Association, March 11, 2003)
"Why
Gay Marriage matters" 
by Fred Small, First Church Unitarian, Littleton, MA
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