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Thursday February 26, 2004

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10:00Constitutional Amendment on Gay Marriage

President Bush called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. We'll hear several perspectives on the cultural and legal implications.

Guests

Stanley Kurtz, research fellow at the Hoover Institution and contributing editor, National Review Online

Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group

Ralph Neas, president of People for the American Way

11:00David Shipler: "The Working Poor" (Knopf)

You see them almost everywhere. They serve your coffee, clear your table, or clean your office. The working poor come from practically all walks of life. they are white, black, Latino and Asian. Author David Shipler examines the problems these hard-working Americans face - and offers informed solutions - in his book "The Working Poor."

Guests

David Shipler, worked for the New York Times from 1966 to 1988. He is the author of "Russia: Broken Idols," "Solemn Dreams; Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land," and, "A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America."

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