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"National
& International 2004 News Archives"
March
March
31:
*Committee Sends Gay
Marriage Ban to Full House.
*California Moves To Block
Gay Marriage Suits.
*Georgia Gay Marriage Ban
Nears Final Showdown.
*Maryland House Passes
'Life Partners' Bill.
*Massachusetts May Not Wed
Gay Couples From 38 States, Attorney General Says.
*Britain Gay Couples to
Get Equal Legal Rights.
March
30:
*Conservatives Want Oregon
County Commissioner Recalled.
*Hate Mail Campaign
Targets Colorado Gays.
*Judge Quits Anti-Gay
Marriage Case.
*Los Angeles Same-Sex
Marriage Case Hearing Date Set.
*Massachusetts' Governor
Mitt Romney Seeks Gay Marriage Delay.
*N.Y. Clergy Gather to
Condemn Gay Nups.
*Pro-Gay Marriage Ads Hit
Rhode Island Airwaves.
March
29:
*Gay Couples To Sue After
Albany Clerk Refuses Gay Marriage Licenses.
*Massachusetts Lawmakers
OK Same-Sex Wording.
*West Hollywood Mayor Says
'I Do'.
*Tories First Gay Summit
'Just the Start of A Process'.
March
28:
*Gay-Rights Backers Rally
at City Hall.
*Gay Couples Say Marriage
Has Changed Their Lives.
*Massachusetts Resuming
Debate on Gay Marriage Ban.
*Man Disturbs Mass to
Defend Gay Marriage.
*British Gay Couples Win
Full Rights to 'Marriage'.
*Irish Set to Give Equal
Rights to Gay Couples.
*New York Gay Weddings
Spread To Albany.
March
27:
*Gay Couples Win Full
Rights to 'Marriage'.
*Senator Raises Question
of Same-Sex Marriage.
*Unitarian Minister
Presides at Same-Sex Marriages in Albany.
*People Are Born Gay:
Kerry.
*Maryland Moves Toward
Recognizing Gay Couples.
March
26:
*Kentucky Republicans Exit
Gay Marriage Debate.
*Kerry Talks Civil Unions
On MTV.
*Massachusetts Governor
Denies Same-Sex Marriage Training Scheduled.
*Sen. Arlen Specter Waits
for States on Gay Marriage.
*The Great American
Man-Dog Marriage Panic: Petaphilia. [This is Hilarious,
Good Read]
*Attorney General: S.F.
Went Too Far in Gay Marriage.
*Census Data Show
California Same-Sex Couples Are Part of Mainstream.
*Church Sets Voter Drive
to Fight Gay Marriage.
*Kansas 4th State In Week
To Drop Anti-Gay Amendments.
*Licensing for Gay
Marriages Planned.
March
25:
*Court Strikes Down Ban On
Gay Dad From 'Exposing' Son To Homosexuality.
*First 'Divorce' On
Landmark Mass. Gay Marriage Ruling.
*Majority Of Americans
Reject anti-Gay Amendment.
*No Difference Between Gay
& Straight Parents.
*Poll Shows Most Americand
Oppose Gay Mariage.
*ACLU, Gay Couples Sue for
Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages in Oregon.
*Dem House Minority Leader
Breaks From Kerry & Supports Gay Marriage.
*Legal First:
Massachusetts Court Dissolves Civil Union.
March
24:
*Anti-Gay Amendment Dies
In Iowa Senate.
*Coretta Scott King Gives
Her Support to Gay Marriage, Controversial Among Civil Rights Leaders.
*Gay Lawmaker Frank Speaks
Out Against Amendment.
*Jesse Ventura Speaks Out
on Gay Marriage.
*Minnesota House Passes
Gay Marriage Amendment.
*North Carolina Couple
Launch Gay Marriage Suit.
*Sen John Cornyn Says Gay
Marriage Threat to Families.
*Senate Panel to Discuss
Same-Sex Marriage.
*Tennessee Gay Marriage
Bill Quashed.
*Utah Anti-Gay Bill Signed
Into Law.
March
23:
*Patricia Ireland, Ex-NOW
Leader to Fight Marriage Amendment.
March
21:
*DATB's Press Conference
& Protest Rally: Residents Rally for Gays' Right to Marry.
*25 New Gay Marriages
Conducted in N.Y.
*Lesbian Preacher
Vindicated by Church Court.
*National Gay Advocacy
Group Celebrates a Year of Equal Rights Victories.
March
20:
*A Very Mixed Victory:
Amendment Advances, More Extreme Measures Held at Bay.
*Backers of Bush's
Marriage-Promotion Plan Struggle to Disentangle it From Gay-Marriage
Debate.
*Gay Marriage Sidestep on
Freedom's Path.
*Massachusetts Gay
Marriage Opponents File Petition.
*Same-Sex Weddings
Ceremonies In New Paltz With 25 New Unions.
*Silicon Valley Capital
Recognizes Gay Marriages.
March
19:
*Couple Celebrates as
Quebec Appeals Court Ruling Paves Way for Gay Marriages.
*Gay Marriage Heads for
Oregon Supreme Court.
*More New Paltz Weddings
This Weekend.
*S.F. Supervisors and
Journalists at Odds Over Sidelined Lesbian Reporter.
*Tennessee County Reverses
Call to Make Homosexuality a Crime.
*Third Couple Joins
Same-Sex Marriage Petition in West Virginia.
March
18:
*Companies Offer More
Benefits to Same-Sex Couples.
*Minster Plans to Perform
Gay Weedings at City Hall Today.
*San Francisco Issued
4,037 Same-Sex Marriage Licenses.
*Sebastopol City Council
Backs Same-Sex Marriage.
*Second Thoughts On
Proposal to Make Homosexuality Illegal In Monkey County.
*She Served Her Country
But Army Vet Can't Get VA Loan Because She's A Lesbian.
March
17:
*Gay Marriages May Get
Equal Footing.
*Group Sues Asbury Park to
Prevent Same-Sex Marriage.
*Legislation, Lawsuits
Cover Both Sides on Same-Sex Marriage.
*Mississippi Senate Passes
Marriage Ban Resolution.
*More Cities Call For
Legal Gay Marriage.
*More Than 4,000 Gay
Couples Tied the Knot.
*Tennessee County Wants to
Ban Gays.
March
16:
*Asbury Park, N. J. In
Same Sex Marriage Spotlight.
*Gay Couples Turn to
Portland for Marraige.
*Gay Journalists Off
Calif. Story After They Marry.
*Key West Proposes
Resolutions to Support Gay Marriages.
*Metropolitan Community
Churches Call For Civil Disobedience.
*Protest Condemns Anti-Gay
Amendment In Kentucky.
*Second Oregon County To
License Gay Weddings.
*Two Ministers Face Jail
Over Gay Weddings.
March
15:
*Butt Out Of Gay Marriage
Issue Former Surgeon General Tells Government.
*Gay Marriage Likely Legal
In Oregon Attorney General Says.
*Gephardt 'Ashamed' Of
Bush On Anti-Gay Amendment.
*New Poll Gives 'Thumbs
Down' to Gay Nups.
*N.Y. Ministers Charged
for Marrying Gay Couples.
*Oregon Gay Weddings
Resume After 'Time Out'.
March
14:
*Gay Marriage Debate
Includes Questions of Religious Liberty. (Christian Science
Monitor)
*Gay Marriage Debated on
New York TV.
*Gephardt Shows Support
for Lesbian Daughter.
*Pride & Activism In
South Florida.
*Smear Campaign Targets
Barney Frank.
*Gay Couples File Suit in
S.F. Planned to Marry Until a Court Intervened and Ordered the City to
Stop.
*Gay-Wed Paltz's Mayor Has
Three Mommies.
*Leading Foe of Gay
Marriage Shows Mettle. (Free Reg.
Required)
*More Gay Marriages in New
Paltz.
March
13:
*Florida Might Become Next
Battleground In Gay Marriage Debate.
*Gay Couples Left Unwed
Await Outcome of Legal Wrangling.
*Gay-Marriage Licenses May
be Blocked.
*Kelli O'Donnell Happy to
be Advocate for Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Governor
May Challenge Gay Marriage. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Oregon Attorney General
Says Gay Marriage Ban Invalid.
*Republican Gay Rights
Group Hits Bush, Romney Stances.
*For Gays, Toronto Is the
Marrying Kind.
March
12:
*Tampa Mayor's Order
Extends Benefits to Workers' Same-Sex Partners.
*Clergy Rally for Gay
Nups.
*Court Ruling Leaves Gay
Couples at Altar.
*Gay Marriage in
California on Hold; High Court to Rule.
*'It Ain't Over 'Til The
Fat Lady Sings'.
*Mass. Advances Same-Sex
Marriage Ban, Proposed Amendment Would Provide for Civil Unions.
*New Hampshire
Senate Passes Bill Against Gay Marriage.
*Wisconsin Senate Approves
Gay Marriage Amendment.
March
11:
*Court: Gays Can't
Marry.
*Gay Marriage Debate
Continues On.
*Massachusetts Gay
Marriage Ban Passes Three Hurdles.
*Virginia Lawmakers Pass
Comprehensive Gay-Marriage Ban.
*Anti-Gay Lobby Group
Threatens To Out Foes.
*Bush Tells Evangelicals
He Will Fight Gay Marriage.
*California Supreme Court
Halts San Francisco Gay Marriages.
*Conservative Group Loses
Bid to Join Broward Suit Over Gay Marriage.
*Idaho Supreme Court To
Hear Case Of Gay Dad Ordered Not To See Partner.
*Massachusetts
Constitutional Convention Updates.
*Round two: Marriage
Battle Resumes, Intensive Lobbying Fails to Eliminate Deep Divisions.
*Thousands Converge On
Mass. State House For Gay Marriage Showdown.
*Two Setbacks for
Advocates of Same-Sex Marriage. (Free Reg.
Required)
March
10:
*Civil Unions for Gays
Favored, Polls Show.
*Death Threats In Portland
Over Gay Marriage.
*Gay Marriage Foe's Son
Weds Same-Sex Partner.
*Gay Republicans to Run
Anti-Amendment Ad.
*Michigan Same-Sex
Marriage Ban Fails.
*Tennessee Same-Sex Couple
Aim to Challenge State Marriage Law.
March
9:
*Atlanta Mayor Attacks
Marriage Ban.
*Calfornia Assemblywoman
Weds.
*Enough Votes To Pass
Anti-Gay Amendment Mass. Senate Leader Says.
*Homophobic Judge Roy
Moore Pans Gay Marriage Ban.
*Language Lags Behind the
Flurry of Gay Marriages.
*NJ Attorney General to
Seek Injunction to Stop Same-Sex Marriages.
*N.J. Couples Seek Gay
Marriage Licenses.
*What Can Social Science
Add to the Gay Marriage Debate? Not Much So Far.
March
8:
*11 Arrested At Anti-Gay
Marriage Rally.
*Gay Marriage Movement On
Long Island.
*Hero's Welcome For New
Paltz Mayor.
*Kerry Swings Through the
South, Strongholds of Anti-Gay Marriage Sentiment.
*Same-Sex Marriage vs.
Civil Rights.
*Seattle New Front In Gay
Marriage Battle.
*Seattle to Recognize Out
Of State Gay Marriages.
March
7:
*Anti-Gay Amendment Bill
Dies In Maryland.
*Children of Same-Sex
Couples Tell Their Story.
*First Public 'Gay
Marriage' Held in Korea.
*Gay Civil Rights Pioneer
Saw Link Between Black, Gay Rights Movements.
*Gay Marriage Debate Cools
Among Dutch.
*New Paltz Gay Weddings Go
Ahead.
*New York Could Set the
Course for Future of Gay Marriage.
*NYC Mayor Backs Civil
Unions for Gays.
*NYC Mayor Flip-Flops
Again Over Gay Wedding Rights.
*Same-Sex Marriage
Difficult Territory for Nation's Media.
*Sharpton Says Gay
Marriage Diverts Attention From Bush Policies.
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