“We as a society have no right to discriminate in marriage any more than we have the right to discriminate when someone votes or when someone wants to hold office. The people who would forbid gays from marrying in this country are those who would have made Rosa Parks sit in the back of the bus.” — Mayor Jason West of New Paltz, NY, who will begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples today.
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