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# Q-Line asks readers whether gay couples should have the right to marry
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/032404-story/
- Published: 2004-03-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:03:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently made national and international headlines by defying state law to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Newsom said he feels it’s a constitutional right for gays to marry.

But some politicians at the state and federal level see things differently. With a hold on marriage licenses for gay couples in San Francisco ongoing and the same debate raging in communities across the United States, Pres. George W. Bush has made it clear that he doesn’t support gay marriages.

Pundits and moral crusaders alike see the hot-button issue shaping up to be a key debate in the 2004 presidential election. So, this week Q-Line wants to know, “Should gay couples be afforded the right to marry? Why or why not?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Friday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in the weekend edition. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 24, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032404.pdf?ref=smdp.com)