Sheron Rosen This is Me

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1. 1. 2003 Year in Review: Notable Quotes from the Newsmakers of 2003: Feature Story at Metro Weekly magazine - News articles from Washington DC newspaper

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   Published on: 12/26/2004   Last Visited: 3/19/2006

   -- Sheron Rosen, president of the metro chapter of Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) on how she coped with her son's coming out. ("Maternal Instinct," March 27)

2. 2. Gay marriage debate stirs strong emotional reaction

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   Published on: 10/31/2003   Last Visited: 10/31/2003

   WASHINGTON -- Sheron Rosen's two sons grew up together in the same Gaithersburg home, summered at the same camps, celebrated their bar mitzvah at the same temple and are now both grown and married.
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   But, said Rosen, "there's room to grow."
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   "This is about equality under the law," said Rosen, who heads the Washington-area branch of Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians.
   
   Rosen hopes, for her son's sake, that the state at least extends health-care coverage to domestic partners and that the constitutional marriage amendment never passes. But even if it does, she said, opponents to same-sex relationships will only have won the battle, not the war.
   
   "One of the things that people miss is that, whether it's legally recognized or not, whether or not the amendment gets passed -- we are here to stay," she said.

3. 3. Daily News...Advocate.com

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   Published on: 3/11/2004   Last Visited: 3/11/2004

   "There is all kinds of noise swirling around about a constitutional amendment and 'defense of marriage' acts," said Sheron Rosen, president of Metro D.C. PFLAG. "All that noise means is that at long last we have their attention." Families and friends of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people are gathering to display the most powerful "weapon of mass destruction against a system of inequality and codified discrimination. It is the weapon of love," added Rosen.