New York Gay Rights Foe Sees Nuance in His Stand

Title: New York gay rights foe sees nuance in his stand
Author: Nicholas Confessore and Jeremy W. Peters
Date: November 9, 2009

Summary:
Senator Diaz, of New York, is one of the most outspoken opposers of gay marriage; he does not hate gay people though. Senator Diaz has two gay brothers, a gay granddaughter, and a good friend that he calls his "brother" which is gay. Mr. Diaz believes that there are more important issues to work on, and he believes that because the senate is not majority democrat that the people don't want gay marriage legalized just yet. Also, he says that in order for him to accept gays to get married, he'd have to turn his beliefs inside out, and he already accepts them. He just doesn't want to allow them to get married.

Critique:
This article had a good amount of quotes and they usually followed with what the article was taking about. I think that they clearly expressed both sides and explained as to why Senator Diaz does not want gay marriage to be legalized, and it helped me clearly understand his view on the possition. Over-all, I think this was a well written article.