Rally for same-sex marriage held at Drew

BY KATELYN FARAGO • DAILY RECORD • April 4, 2009

MADISON — A crowd of nearly 100 gathered on the Drew University campus today in a rally for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

The rally, organized by the gay-straight alliances at Drew University and Montclair State University, featured a number of speakers who said that state-sanctioned civil unions for gay people don’t provide the same rights for couples as marriage.

“It just goes back to separate is never equal,” said organizer Jen Dugan, also a Drew University alumna.  “Giving us a separate title, it’s saying that our love is different.”

A number of organizations were represented at the rally, including the Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County, Garden State Equality, the Greater New York Human Rights Campaign, the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, Morris County National Organization for Women, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, and Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

“We want to show people that you can really just be a normal person and make a difference,” Dugan said.
 

Katelyn Farago can be reached at (973) 428-6630 or kfarago@gannett.com.

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