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Virginia Man Sentenced To Six Months In Jail For Soliciting Sodomy
(Virginia Beach, Virginia) A Virginia Beach man has been sentenced to six months in jail for trying to pick up an undercover police officer in the restroom of a department store...
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 12:17pm PST
Appeals Court Asked To Reconsider Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Ruling
(New York City) The American Civil Liberties Union today asked the United States Court of Appeals in Atlanta to reconsider its recent ruling upholding a Florida law that excludes gays and lesbians from adopting....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 12:15pm PST
John Kerry Against Same-Sex Marriage
Leading Democratic presidential contender Sen. John Kerry is not necessarily opposed to a constitutional amendment to permanently ban same-sex marriage, he told National Public Radio’s All Things Considered Feb. 9....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 10:03am PST
Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants To Terminate Gay Marriages And Gay Rights
"Californians ... overwhelmingly approved California's law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman," Schwarzenegger said in a statement, referring to Prop 22, a 2000 referendum that barred the state from recognizing gay and lesbian marriages from other states.
"I support that law and encourage San Francisco officials to obey that law. The courts should act quickly to resolve this matter,'' Schwarzenegger's statement said....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 9:59am PST
History of How it All Came to Be
It was only his 12th day as mayor of San Francisco, but Gavin Newsom decided that night -- the very night he attended President Bush's State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. -- that he was going to defy California law......
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 10:35pm PST
Anti-Gay Cases & Elected Officials
Two judges elected by the people of San Francisco are deciding two anti-gay lawsuits: Randy Thomasson v. Newsom, No. 428794 and Proposition 22 Legal Defense Fund v. City & County of San Francisco, No. 503943....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 7:43pm PST
I Got Married but NEWSOM IS NOT MY FRIEND!
Yeah, I joined in on the excitement, camped out overnight in the rain, waited 13 and half hours to marry my partner of 5 years. It was an incredible feeling; an adrenaline rush, the sense of community and love of the other newly weds and all the volunteers and city workers. However, I was deeply disturbed by the lack of critical analysis of Newsom’s latest political maneuver....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 1:24pm PST
Still waiting, on Day Six of SF Marry-In
Same-sex couples still wait outside SF City Hall, early on Day Six of the Marry-In, hoping to wed before fascists can stop them....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 10:03am PST
Survival Trumps Marriage for Local Queer Youth
Opponents and advocates of gay and lesbian marriage have been mobilizing in the past weeks, following the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that only marriage, not civil union, would satisfy its initial decision. While all mainstream attention continues to focus on the issue of gay marriage, a recent report issued in Washington, D.C. puts day-to-day survival as the number one priority for youth of color who are transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay, or queer. Darby Hickey of the D.C. Radio Coo...
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 9:44am PST
Pictures from SF Gay Weddings
Photos from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at City Hall in San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 8:36am PST
ANTI-FREEDOM groups go to court
Please attend SF civil court hearings today (Tuesday, Feb. 17) if you can....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 7:08am PST
Visited SF City Hall this afternoon.
Visiting San Francisco and spent a little time at the front of City Hall and cheered congratulations to those who were walking out after just being married....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 6:21pm PST
Mariachis & tapdancers celebrate Day Five of SF Marry-In
Presidents' Monday, Day Five of SF Marry-In, features tapdancers and mariachis. Tuesday morning, Day Six, may be last chance for same-sex couples to wed in San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 5:48pm PST
More U.S. gay couples marry in Canada
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham spoke of tolerance Saturday as he addressed a crowd celebrating the marriages of several same-sex couples from the United States....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 12:06pm PST
Will SF MARRY-IN run till 11AM Tuesday?
If same-gender couples wish to marry in San Francisco, they should do so BEFORE 11AM on Tuesday, Feb. 17....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 10:53am PST
MARRY-IN: Come to SF City Hall, Feb. 16
Monday (Feb. 16) may be last day of historic SF marry-in. Freedom-seekers should gather at City Hall from 10AM to 4PM....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 8:52am PST
Camping Out to get Married
Hundreds of same-sex couples are descending upon SF City Hall tonight (feb 15), camping out overnight to get in line to get married tomorrow....
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 11:40pm PST
Would-be newlyweds are camping out overnight at city hall
many people were turned away today and were told to return Monday morning when
licenses will be issued on a first come first served basis from 10am to 4pm....
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 10:09pm PST
Sacramento Freedom To Marry Rally (video/x-pn-realvideo 34.1MB)
Video: 10 mins 34 secs of remarks by Molly McKay, Marriage Equality California Executive Director, at the 14th February State Capitol Freedom To Marry Rally....
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 6:28pm PST
Explanation of Newsom motivation
Who on earth would have predicted this?!?...
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 4:11pm PST