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New online group fights the hate amendments
Anyone can discuss anti-queer Constitutional amendments, same-sex marriage, etc. Post to savefreedom@yahoogroups.com...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 6:30am PST
New York mayor charged over same-sex weddings
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The mayor of this village was charged yesterday with 19 criminal counts for performing weddings for gay couples, an act of defiance that thrust the small community into the center of the national debate over same-sex marriage.
Jason West was charged with solemnizing marriages for couples who had no licenses, a misdemeanor, said Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:40am PST
Gay Couples Begin Marrying In Portland Ore.
(Portland, Oregon) Dozens of same-sex couples, many who lined up overnight in a cold rain, began filing into the Multnomah County clerk's office this morning to apply for marriage licenses.
"We will not allow discrimination to continue," proclaimed commissioner Lisa Naito, at a news conference with other county officials....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:36am PST
Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment: Tightening Tradition's Chains
A article about gay marriages by a local reporter from the Revolutionary Worker newspaper, the voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 11:27pm PST
Gay wedding raided by police in small town in Saudi Arabia
Guests fled the venue at the sight of police cars and left some 30 vehicles behind, according to sources....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 9:30am PST
QUEERS: National Day of Rallies Called for May 17th
2ND NATIONAL DAY OF RALLIES CALLED
IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S ANTI-GAY AMENDMENT DRIVE...
Posted: Sat, Feb 28, 2004 2:39am PST
Same-Sex Marriage: Birth of a new movement for civil rights movement
SEPARATE IS not equal. That’s the message of the gay civil rights movement that has burst forth across the U.S., inspired by the fight for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. ELIZABETH SCHULTE, STEVE TRUSSELL and SHERRY WOLF report....
Posted: Fri, Feb 27, 2004 9:28pm PST
New Paltz, New York enters same-sex marriage debate
A small New York college town may soon become the center of debate over same-sex marriages....
Posted: Fri, Feb 27, 2004 7:04pm PST
Gay couples sue in L.A., Fla. to marry
Two new same-sex marriage cases popped up in different parts of the United States this week -- one of which may have questionable merit....
Posted: Fri, Feb 27, 2004 7:14am PST
Ohio gay GOP official turns Democrat
Saying he can't stomach President Bush's support for the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), a gay Republican leader in Ohio announced on Thursday he is becoming a Democrat....
Posted: Fri, Feb 27, 2004 7:12am PST
Scenes From a Marriage: Married Transsexual Couples Speak Out
Thursday, February 26th, 2004
Scenes From a Marriage: Married Transsexual Couples Speak Out
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Married transsexual couples are the focus of an NBC Dateline special premiering Friday night entitled "Scenes From a Marriage." We speak with Ci...
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 6:18pm PST
Log Cabin Republicans Criticize President Bush’s Support for Anti-Family Amendment
“Writing discrimination into our Constitution violates conservative and Republican principles. This amendment would not strengthen marriage—it would weaken our nation.”...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 11:48am PST
2nd Nat'l Day of Rallies Called In Response to President's Anti-Gay Amendment
2ND NATIONAL DAY OF RALLIES CALLED
IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S ANTI-GAY AMENDMENT DRIVE
Rallies to coincide with historic 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of
Education decision...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:29am PST
Why are you asking people to write to Mary Cheney?
President Bush and far-right extremists want to add anti-gay language to the US Constitution. As the openly lesbian daughter of Vice President Cheney, Mary Cheney is uniquely situated to help her community in this dire hour. She already has a history of publicly working on gay rights issues, from her time as a paid gay liaison for Coors and serving on the board of the Republican Unity Coalition (a gay Republican group devoted to stamping out anti-gay prejudice in the Republican Party). Now th...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 9:59am PST
ANTI-Marriage: Call it "the Musgrave Amendment"
Terminology influences discourse. So refer to "the Musgrave Amendment", NOT to "the Federal Marriage Amendment"....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 8:08am PST
San Francisco Inspiration To World: Cambodia May Soon Have Same-Sex Marriages
After watching television images of gay marriages in San Francisco, the 81-year-old monarch has decided that single sex weddings should be allowed in Cambodia too....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 2:04pm PST
Breakthrough in struggle for same-sex marriage rights
While the Massachusetts Legislature adjourned Feb. 13 without having added an amendment to the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage, the nation’s attention swung to the other coast when San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2004 10:15pm PST
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