Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Same-sex marriage in New England
However, New England has been the focus of numerous RS (ex. NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/us/05marriage.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss The Globe http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/11/nes_identity_bolsters_gay_marriage_tolerance/?page=1 http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/03/24/same_sex_marriage_bills_gain_in_ne/ WTimes http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/04/gay-marriage-backers-target-new-england/ Others http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/05/07/New-England-leads-on-samesex/1241751933.html http://onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=386050), and satisfies . Since there are six different states with six independent articles it is impossible to allow for the relationship between the states to be focused on (for example, the "Six by Twelve" campaign to NE's part in history for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States, to all the reasons that the SSM movement has found success in New England, and to date very little outside of it (30 states have constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and another 15 have statutes against it). As for the nation-wide article, it focuses on federal recognition and a nationwide perspective of states (including unions and partnerships). It does not make much sense to me to merge a perfectly independent and lengthy article with a specific focus into a general article
— User:Epson291, 10:52, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)