D.C.-bound gay families may leave prez with egg on face
By Marie Szaniszlo, Boston Herald.com
Thursday, April 13, 2006

Photo Credit: Children attending the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Washington, D.C., 1958
United States National Park Service/Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

Two years after President Bush backed calls for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the White House may find itself in the unusual position of hosting hundreds of gay families from Massachusetts and beyond at next week’s annual Easter egg roll.
The families plan to line up Friday evening so that they can be the first ones on the White House lawn Monday as they tweak a 134-year-old tradition.
“We want our children to have access to the same great American traditions that other children do, and we can think of nothing better than doing that at the White House egg roll,” said Jennifer Chrisler, director of the Family Pride Coalition, an advocacy group for gay and lesbian families.
Chrisler plans to attend with her 4-year-old twin boys and spouse, former state Sen. Cheryl Jacques. The couple married in Boston two years ago after a Supreme Judicial Court decision making Massachusetts...Read D.C.-bound gay families may leave prez with egg on face?

EXTRA:

White House Letter: At the Easter egg roll, focus on a family issue (International Herald Tribune)

An Anti-Gay Easter by John Ireland (In These Times)
Whose children will be allowed to participate in the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll on April 17? Not the sons and daughters of gay parents, if the Christian right gets its way...