Letters to the Editor

Dear OITM,

As parents of a family with eight chil-
dren, we find articles in OITM to be in-
formative and often very moving. Wheth-
er it be the Hamilton custody case or the
NAMBLA dispute, your publication has
served as a springboard for family dis-
cussions that help us to learn about our-
selves, our homophobic culture, and what
it means to love and be loving.

For example, last summer we read aloud
one woman’s letter about how she and

her partner spent Gay Pride Day private-
ly celebrating their new-found, sweet
love. As one of our adolescent sons put
it, “Now I finally understand!”

You bring both the struggle and the
beauty of gayness into our lives out in
these mountains, and we thank you for
that gift.

Jacqueline A Labate &
Butch Martolatta Fonzio
Galusha Hill, East Topsham V

March 1992

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couple and that it will encourage other
lesbian and gay couples to adopt. Ac-
cording to various studies discussed by
the court, three to four million lesbian
and gay Americans have had children.

In an editorial the following day in the
New York Times, the couple’s lawyer,
James Marks of the American Civil Lib-
erties Union, described the case as a, “tri-
umph. recogniz(ing) a functioning family
in law as well as in practice.” V

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