PLEASE NOTE THIS DIFFERENT-THAN-USUAL START:
A brief excerpt from the song "Defenders of Marriage" by ROY ZIMMERMAN begins 
the program, segues into the usual "TWO" opening theme music, faded down and 
under a spoken word tease and intro continuity . . . . . .    :55


SEGMENT #1 ­  In this *expanded edition* of "NewsWrap," a comprehenssive 
review of the historic "GOODRIDGE VERSUS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH" ruling announced on 
November 18th by the MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT declaring that "
barring an individual from the protections, benefits and obligations of civil 
marriage solely because that person would marry a person of the same sex violates 
the Massachusetts Constitution," with comments by some of the seven gay & 
lesbian plaintiff couples who filed the original lawsuit challenging the ban on 
same gender marriages in the state, GLORIA BAILEY & LINDA DAVIES, MIKE HORGAN, 
and HILLARY & JULIE GOODRIDGE; attorney MARY BONAUTO from Gay and Lesbian 
Advocates and Defenders, the group that represented them; Massachusetts Republican 
GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY; Democratic MASSACHUSETTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL 
TRAVIS; openly gay U.S. CONGRESSMEMBER FROM MASSACHUSETTS BARNEY FRANK; and the :30 
radio spot "Complaints," among a series of broadcast and print ads with the 
theme "What's Wrong With Gay Marriage" created by Toronto ad agency Zig for a 
group led by Canada's first gay married couple, Kevin Bourassa & Joe Varnell 
(www.equalmarriage.ca) [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM 
UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY 
FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE] [14:10]  +  "TWO" ID by openly gay New Zealand Cabinet 
Minister CHRIS CARTER (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:15] . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14:25


SEGMENT # 2 -  The groundbreaking Massachussets marriage ruling is not the 
end of the story, of course.  For an in-depth analysis of the decision and the 
inevitable backlash in response to it, we turn to a panel discussion excerpted 
from (and with thanks to) "DEMOCRACY NOW!" hosted by award-winning journalist 
AMY GOODMAN, and featuring comments by GARY CHALMERS, who with Rich Linnell 
was one of the seven same gender plaintiff couples; SUSAN SOMMER, supervising 
attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and one of the key counsels 
in the historic Lawrence vs. Texas ruling earlier this year; U.S. SENATE 
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADER BILL FRIST speaking after the ruling on November 18th; 
"Federal Marriage Amendment" proponent ROBERT KNIGHT, Director of the Culture 
and Family Institute; and EJ GRAFF, author of "What is Marriage For: The 
Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution" and visiting scholar at 
Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center in Waltham, Massachusetts . . . . . . . 
. .  12:25
                          (www.democracynow.org)


Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:05


TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28:50