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"National & International 2004 News Archives"
 
May
 
May 31:
*Gay Catholics Denied Communion at Chicago Mass; Others Blocked at the Altar in Minnesota.
*Gay Catholics Refused Communion At Chicago Cathedral.
*Gay Soldiers Still Fighting For Recognition.
*Rosie O'Donnell Plans Gay Parenting Magazine.
International News:
*Canadian Anglicans Consider Allowing Priests To Bless Gay Unions.
*MPs Urge Latham Deal on Gay Rights.
May 30:
*Not Defamatory to State That Someone is Gay, Judge Rules.
*Seven Brides For Seven Brides.
*War Over Boy Raised by Gay Couple.
International News:
*Anti-Gay Pride Parade Posters Found in Jerusalem.
*Australian Labor Party to Debate Same-Sex Unions.
*Belgium Releases Gay Marriage Stats.
*Rise of German Homosexual Emancipation Movement.
May 29:
*Adoption Battle Far From Over in Texas, Gay Lobbyist Warns.
*D.C. Bishop to Bless Same-Sex Union.
*Gays Enraged by Virginia Law Called Nation's Most Restrictive.
*GOP Drives More Gay Advocates From Party.
*Homosexual Activists File Complaint Threatening Non-Profit Status.
*Judge Nixes Bid To Halt Domestic Registry.
*Michigan Gay Couples Plan Mass Wedding.
*Oklahoma Bans Recognition of Out-of-State Adoptions by Gays.
International News:
*Aussies' Actions Motivate PM to Push for Ban on Same-Sex Unions.
*Same-Sex Marriage May be Legalized in Spain.
May 28:
*A New Magazine for Gay Moms and Dads.
*Activists Urge Congress to Repeal Military's 'Gay Ban'.
*Fox Television Applauded for Shelving 'Homophobic' Show.
*Gay Marriage Heads To Oregon Appeals Court.
*Gay Parents Battle Virginia Adoption Rules.
*Homosexual Marriage: A Slippery Slope?
*MTV to Launch All-Gay Cable Network in 2005.
*Romney Seeks To Block Gay Marriages In 2 More Towns.
International News:
*Anglican Leaders Tackle Same-Sex Unions.
*Gays in Brazilian State Quietly Tie Knot.
*Gay Rights "Leads To Obesity"
May 27:
*A Week of Weddings, Hundreds Marry in First Week of Legal Same-Sex Marriage.
*Couples Who Wed May Face the Tax Man.
*Group Starts Contest to Get America to Say "I Do" to Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Attorney General Halts Marriages of Non-Residents.
*Pennsylvania Postpones Anti-Gay Marriage Vote Until After Nov. Election.
International News:
*Australia Bans Same-Sex Marriages.
*Australian Families Association, Catholic Church Back Gay Marriage Ban.
*Ministers Fear Over Gay Marriage.
May 26:
*Arizona Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban.
*California Court Reviews Same-Sex Marriage Case.
*Colorado Bishops Disagree Over Gay Vote Communion Ban.
*Connecticut Becomes 8th State To Protect Trans Citizens.
*GOP Senators Told To Use Memorial Day To Push Anti-Gay Amendment.
*Kerry Campaign Increases Outreach to Gay Voters.
*Provincetown Halts Out-Of-State Gay Marriages.
International News
*Australian Gay Partners to Get Super Rights.
*Same-Sex 'Marriage' Issue Stirs Debate in France.
May 25:
*California High Court Hears Gay Marriage Case.
*GOP Rallies Senators Against Gay Marriage.
*Laura Bush Told Discuss The Economy Not Changing The Constitution.
*Massachusetts Towns Halt Licensing of Some Gay Marriages.
*New Virginia Law Alarms Gay Activists.
*Only One Massachusetts Town Remaining For Out-Of-State Gay Couples.
*Oregon Suit Targets County Officials Who Allowed Gay Marriages.
*Romney Anti-Gay Marriage Stand Sparks Commencement Student Protest.
International News
*Gay Teen, Marc Hall's Prom Date Legal Challenge Becomes Canadian TV Movie.
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May 24:
*California Supreme Court Eyes Mayor in Gay Marriage Case.
*Fundamentalists Use HiTech To Assail Gay Marriage.
*Judge Rules For Seattle Gay Benefits Plan.
*Missouri Anti-Gay Amendment Heads To State Supreme Court.
*Salvation Army Uses Homeless To Fight Gay Benefits.
*Same-Sex Marriage Called Last Straw Prompting Plan for One State to Secede.
*Same-Sex Marriage Victory, Milestone in Struggle for Equal Rights.
International News:
*Gay Marriage In The Balance As Canada Prepares For Election.
May 23:
*Massachusetts City Continues To Ignore Out-Of-State Gay Wedding Ban.
*New Yorkers March For Gay Marriage Rights.
*Gay or Not, Weddings Are Crazy.
*Ku Klux Klan Demonstrates At Gay Day.
*Let's Hope Same-Sex Unions Can Survive Stress of World. (Free Reg. Required)
*New Papal Assault On Gay Marriage.
Intranational News:
*Majority of Canadians Surveyed Say Homophobia is as Bad as Racism.
May 22:
*Divorce Deemed a Benefit of Gay Marriages.
*Gay Marriage a Quandary for Romney.
*Newlywed Lesbian Couple Sues Doctor.
*Same-Sex Parent: 'We're Pretty Typical'.
*What Does Virginia's New Anti-Gay Law Actually Do?
May 21:
*GOP Gay Group Booted From N.C. Convention.
*Judge Rules Timing Of  Missouri Anti-Gay Amendment Not Up To Government.
*Massachusetts Clerks Told Not to Wed Gay Couples.
*Massachusetts Seeks to Halt Some Gay Marriages.
*New Court Battle Brewing Over Massachusetts Gay Marriages.
*Schools Examine Lessons of Gay Marriages.
*Massachusetts Governor Refers Out-of-State Gay Marriages to Attorney General.
*Missouri Attorney General Sues Sec. Of State Over Gay Marriage Ban.
*Missouri's Governor Official Spar Over Gay Marriage.
*The Marriage Man, Gay Marriage and The Next Steps From Evan Wolfson.
International News
*Gay Weddings Marathon Begins.
May 20:
*At Last! Celebrations Mark First Day of Marriage.
*Catholics In Congress Denounce Church's Anti-Gay Stand.
*Gay Marriage Solves, Creates Money Issues.
*Gay Wedlock Foes Make it Hard.
*Marriage Begins in Massachusetts.
*Massachusetts Senate Votes to Repeal 1913 Law That Excludes Out-of-State Gay Couples.
*Oregon Voters Support Gay Rights in Primary Election.
May 19:
*North Carolina GOP Convention Bans Gay Party Members' Booth.
*Alabama Will Not Recognize Gay Marriages.
*Banner Drop at Equal Marriage Protest.
*California Gay Marriage Bill Dropped.
*Fanfare Over; Gay Marriages Continue.
*Gay Marriage May Cost Kerry Missouri.
*Los Angeles Rally Opposes Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Governor's Gay-Nup Twist.
May 18:
*Gay Marriage Residency Records Checked.
*Fight For Civil Rights Divides Past, Present.
*Gay Couples Try for Marriage Licenses in Hillsborough. [Video Clip]
*Same-Sex Couples Again Denied Marriage Licenses in Tampa. [Video Clip]
*Six Gay Couples Mark Historic Day, Turned Away for Licenses.
*As Same-Sex Couples Celebrate, Opponents Plan Counterattack.
*California House Passes Gay Labor Bill.
*Gay Couples Celebrate Marriages in Massachusetts.
*Gay Sit-in Closes Marriage Bureau.
*Massachusetts Same-Sex Couples Rush to Town Clerks.
*More Than 1,000 Gay Couples Seek Licenses.
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May 17:
*California Puts Same-Sex Marriages on Hold.
*GOP Grapples With Gay Unions.
*Massachusetts as Gay Wedding Capital: the National Effect. The Christian Science Monitor
*Newsweek Poll: Growing Support for Same-Sex Unions.
*Tepid Response for Same-Sex Marriage Ban.
May 16:
*Crowds Gather for Gay Weddings in Massachusetts. Guardian Unlimited
*Gay Couples Line up for Legal Marriage Licenses.
*Gay Marriage Supporters, Protestors Converge on Capitol.
*In Pews, City Squares, Massachusetts Prepares for Gay Weddings. Canadian Press
*Conservative Legislators Sue Gay Couple Who Sought Marriage License.
*Massachusetts to Allow Same-Sex Marriages Starting Monday. [View Video Clip]
*Massachusetts Readies for Gays to Wed, and for Backlash.
*Outrage Over Same-Sex Weddings Fades.
*The Same-Sex Marriage Argument That Justice Scalia Fears.
*The 'Will & Grace' Effect, Gay Marriage as Reality.
May 15:
*Backers of Gay Marriage Ban Find Tepid Response in Pews. (Free Reg. Required)
*California's Same-Sex Marriage Bill on Hold.
*City of San Jose Sued for Recognizing Same-Sex Marriages.
*Gay Activists Cheer Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts But Want it in New Jersey.
*Gays Savor Right to Say 'I Do'.
*Missouri Voters To Decide If Gays Can Marry.
*Newest Gay Mecca Is Less of Key West, More of Mayberry. (Free Reg. Required)
*New Hampshire Gay Marriage Ban Becomes Law.
*Path Clear for Same-Sex Marriages in Massachusetts.
*US Supreme Court Refuses to Block Gay Marriage Law.
May 14:
*Grassroots vs. Astroturf. Op/Ed. By Robin Tyler
*Advocacy Groups Stress the Normality of Same-Sex Marriage.
*Catholic Voters Told To Support Anti-Gay Candidates Or Lose Communion.
*Conservatives To Screen Out Gay Positive Judicial Candidates.
*Gay Marriage Is Risky. But Banning It Is Riskier.
*Massachusetts Lesbian Rabbi Gets Marriage Rights.
*Oregon Commissioners Who Allowed Gay Marriage May Face Recall.
*San Jose Sued For Recognizing Gay Marriages.
May 13:
*A Call to Arms on Gay Marriage.
*House Committee Told Anti-Gay Amendment is 'Moderate'.
*Same-Sex Marriage A Go In Massachusetts.
*Gays More Likely To Use Internet For News.
*Federal Judge Rejects Bid To Halt Gay Marriage In Massachusetts.
*Boston Won't Wed Out-Of-State Gay Couples.
*Boston Nixes Out-Of-State Gay Marriages, 3 Other Cities Say OK.
*Democrats Court Gay Delegates.
*Gay Marriage Beyond Massachusetts.
May 12:
*Four Florida Couples File Suit Challenging Federal Gay Marriage Ban.
*Gay Marriage Constitutional Bans Fail In Louisiana, Move Forward In North Carolina.
*Massachusetts Group Leads Call for Gay Marriage.
*Study: Same-Sex Marriage Would be a Fiscal Boon for California.
*California Lesbian Mom Has No Parental Rights.
*Don't Make A Spectacle Of Your Wedding Gay Group Tells Same-Sex Couples.
*Editors Vow to Run Same-Sex Marriage Notices if Submitted.
*Federal Judge Weighs Blocking Gay Marriages In Massachusetts.
*Log Cabin Republicans Ads Fight Same-Sex Union Ban.
*Massachusetts Town Clerk to Give Licenses to Same-Sex Couples.
*Massachusetts Union Denies Benefits for Married Same-Sex Couples.
*Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit Dismissed in North Carolina.
*Suits Filed as Massachusetts Braces for Gay 'Marriages'.
May 11:
*Focus on Gay Weddings Worries Advocates.
*Gay Friendly Companies Told Stay Out Of Oklahoma.
*Gay Marriage License Suit Move Up A Notch.
*Massachusetts Town to Let Out-Of-State Gays Wed.
*Suit Will Challenge Federal Gay Marriage Ban.
May 10:
*Gay Divorcees? Vermont's Civil-Union Law Will be Tested in New York.
*Gay 'Divorce' Moves To Iowa Supreme Court.
*Marriage Foes Ask Federal Court To Stop Gay Weddings.
*Priest Refuses Gay Couple Communion.
*Ranking Kerry's Potential Running Mates On Gay Issues.
May 9:
*Author of California's Gay Marriage Ban, Pete Knight Dies.
*Hundreds Provoked by Gay Ban Celebrate 'Gay Day' in Tennessee County.
*Using the Courts to Wage a War on Gay Marriage. (Free Reg. May Be Required)
May 8:
*For Gays, Adoption Irony, Some Countries May Reject Married Couples' Applications.
*Gay Bishop Sanctioned for Marrying Partner.