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Rosie O'Donnell Marries Girlfriend Kelli Carpenter in San Francisco
(San Francisco, California) Rosie O'Donnell says President George W. Bush convinced her to marry longtime partner Kelli Carpenter O'Donnell.
O'Donnell made the announcement this morning on ABC's Good Morning America saying Bush's call for a constitutional amendment was the final push she needed to formalize her relationship with Kelli.
The pair, who have been together for six years, have four children. Kelli changed her last name to O'Donnell a year ago. The couple boarded a plane shor...
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 11:54am PST
Marriage Equality CA on Bush statement
PRESIDENT BUSH OUT OF STEP WITH AMERICANS' GROWING SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX
COUPLES' EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:36am PST
EMERGENCY RESPONSE: RALLY IN CASTRO, 6PM
PROTEST BUSH'S WAR ON QUEERS: Rally at Castro and Market Streets, Tuesday February 24th, 6pm...
Posted: Tue, Feb 24, 2004 4:59pm PST
S.F. half-closes Marry-In window
On. Feb. 23, San Francisco bureaucrats half-shut the same-sex Marry-In's window of opportunity....
Posted: Tue, Feb 24, 2004 6:20am PST
Queer "DAY X" Protests Planned
Emergency Community Response: When Equal Marriage Rights End in SF...
Posted: Mon, Feb 23, 2004 8:33pm PST
Gov. Schwarzenegger orders attorney general to take steps to stop gay weddings
BURLINGAME, California (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded deeper into the debate over same-sex marriages, directing the state attorney general to take immediate legal steps to stop San Francisco from granting marriage licenses to gay couples.
Schwarzenegger told a cheering crowd at the state Republican convention that "in San Francisco, the courts are dropping the ball."
"It's time for the city to stop travelling down this dangerous path of ignoring the rule of law...
Posted: Sat, Feb 21, 2004 9:39am PST
Same Sex Sanctity
Protestors outside City Hall came from as far as Philadelphia to save gays and lesbians from making the same mistakes their parents did....
Posted: Sat, Feb 21, 2004 5:07am PST
San Francisco Examiner Now Owned Anti-Gay Activist Philip Anschutz!!
The new billionaire owner of the storied San Francisco Examiner is a conservative Christian from Denver who would not support same-sex marriage, if his past actions are any barometer, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Denver businessman Philip Anschutz bought the newspaper--once the cornerstone of William Randolph Hearst's publishing empire--on Thursday for a estimated $20 million. It has yet to be seen if or how his beliefs will affect the newspaper's coverage of gays and lesbians. The re...
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 8:57pm PST
Kiddie Nazis and Nuts at SF City Hall
Along with the national media which has converged on San Francisco City Hall to record the unfolding mass civic disobedience of gender-neutral marriages have come a few others to uphold traditional family values....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 7:49pm PST
Queer freedom songs for S.F. Marry-In
Being hassled at the Marry-In by bigots?
Sing freedom songs to those who despise your love....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 6:59pm PST
Judge Lets Same-Sex San Francisco Marriages Go On
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco judge on Friday denied a request by a conservative family values group to stop the thousands of same-sex weddings that have taken place in the city since Mayor Gavin Newsom lifted a ban on gay marriages last week....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 2:10pm PST
Other Cities Taking SF's Lead: Gay Couples Exchange Vows In Bernalillo, N.M.
BERNALILLO, N.M. -- Gay and lesbian couples lined up Friday outside a courthouse to tie the knot after a county clerk said she would grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 1:55pm PST
New Yahoo Group for Same Sex Marriage
A New Yahoo! E-Group has been founded to bring together Gay men and Lesbians married since February 12, 2004 in San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2004 6:43pm PST
Fiancees gather before 8 on Day 8 of Marry-In
Day 8 of historic San Francisco Marry-In begins at City Hall....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2004 9:22am PST
San Francisco Makes History in Marriage Equality
Over 2,600 same sex marriages took place in San Francisco in defiance of state and federal laws....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 3:53pm 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
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
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