Good News On the Civil Rights Front

Psychi­a­trists want recog­ni­tion of gay marriage

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the nation’s top psy­chi­atric group approved a state­ment Sun­day urg­ing legal recog­ni­tion of gay marriage.

If approved by the asso­ci­a­tion’s direc­tors in July, the mea­sure would make the Amer­i­can Psy­chi­atric Asso­ci­a­tion the first major med­ical group to take such a stance.

The state­ment sup­ports same-sex mar­riage “in the inter­est of main­tain­ing and pro­mot­ing men­tal health.”