letters to the editor favor gay marriage 40 to 1

[juldea]

Stolen from siderea:

[Boston Globe anti-gay marriage] readers have a chronic complaint: The number of pro-gay marriage letters routinely outnumbers anti-gay marriage letters.

"Your editorial page is printing letters in a ratio of seven-to-one in favor of gay marriage according to my sampling," complained a local college professor. "Surely this is not a fair reflection of your readers' letters?"

Actually, the ratio of incoming letters is even more lopsided -- more like 40 to 1 in favor of gay marriage -- according to the two editors, Glenda Buell and Peter Accardi, who compile the daily letters for publication.

(full article)

Comments

[greyhame.livejournal.com]

I saw that! It pleased me almost as much as the slow trickle of letters starting to appear -- that I hope will begin to snowball -- suggesting that eliminating the religiously-charged word "marriage" from our laws entirely is the correct course, and as the rumor that one of the courses Romney is considering to prevent same-sex marriage at all costs is an executive order ceasing all marriage in the state, so those damn gays can't have it either.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ha! Amusing.

[karlean7.livejournal.com]

As a gay man, I'm not complaining! I don't actually CARE about marriage, itself. I just want equality, yo!

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

40 to 1? That's an amazing number. But, then, listening to the arguments put forward by the anti-gay marraige side, I can't see that many letters actually getting written.

[Last night on the WMUR late night news, they broadcast film of one protester saying "That's the misconeption about this whole debate. It's not about discrimination, it's about...um...uh...um...(swallow)...uh...it's about the way things should be!" Now imagine writing that down.]

I told my Dad he should write a letter if he's so concerned about this issue. (We are on...ahem...effectively opposite sides on this issue.) His response: "Nah. I'm not going to bother. Plenty of people are going to write." Heh.

Thanks for posting that link. I don't read the Globe regularly anymore.