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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.
*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.
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:
*Australian Families
Association, Catholic Church Back Gay Marriage Ban.
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.
*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.
[See TBC Gay Teen Hero's
for Comprehensive News Reports on Marc
Hall Prom Date Legal
Challenge]
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)
Intranational
News:
*Majority of Canadians
Surveyed Say Homophobia is as Bad as Racism.
May
22:
*Gay Marriage a Quandary
for Romney.
*Newlywed Lesbian Couple
Sues Doctor.
May
21:
*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.
*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.
*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.
*Banner Drop at Equal
Marriage Protest.
*California Gay Marriage
Bill Dropped.
*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.
*Six Gay Couples Mark
Historic Day, Turned Away for Licenses.
*California House Passes
Gay Labor Bill.
*Gay Sit-in Closes
Marriage Bureau.
*Massachusetts Same-Sex
Couples Rush to Town Clerks.
*More Than 1,000 Gay
Couples Seek Licenses.
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 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.
*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:
*House Committee Told
Anti-Gay Amendment is 'Moderate'.
*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.
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.
*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:
*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.
*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.
*Mother's Day Ranks as
Major Milestone for First-Time Lesbian Moms.
May
7:
*Gay Marriage Foes Lose
Latest Court Battle.
*Maine Gay Marriage Ban
Goes To Governor For Signing.
*Anti-Gay Group Swamps
Lawmakers With Freedom Of Info Demands.
*Fast-Track Gay Marriage
Case Groups Tell Judge.
*Massachusetts Senate
Moves To Block Gay Marriage Restriction.
*New Jersey Authorities
Probe Gay-Bias Claim.
*Oregon A.G. Wants Gay
Licenses Trashed.
*Oregon County Chief Sorry
for Gay Marriages.
May
6:
*Causes of Labor, Gays
Join at Event. (Free Reg. May Be
Required)
*Despite Economy Companies
Offering Partner Benefits Grow.
*Massachusetts Senators
Would Let Gay Outsiders Wed.
*Tennessee Town in Uproar
Over Gays.
*Will N.J. Be Next Gay
Marriage State?
May
5:
*California Gay Marriage
Bill Inching Forward.
*New York City Passes
Benefits Bill.
*Gay Marriage New Paltz,
N.Y Mayor Gets Vote Of Support.
*Gay-Marriage Rule Eased,
Romney Aide Says Clerks Have Discretion on Residency Proof.
*Kansas House Rejects Gay
Marriage Ban.
*Motion Filed to Dismiss
Massachusetts Ruling On Same-Sex 'Marriage'.
*Same-Sex Marriage Seminar
by ACLU in Hollywood, May 13.
*United Methodists
Church's Delegates Retain Homosexuality Opposition.
International
News
*Cracks In Vatican
Anti-Gay Stance.
May
4:
*AP Interview:
Massachusetts Warns Non-Residents' Gay Marriages Will be Void.
*Gov Signs Oklahoma Gay
Couple Adoption Ban Law.
*Idaho Supreme Court Hears
Gay Dad Barred From Seeing Partner Case.
*Massachusetts Court
Rejects Bid To Delay Gay Marriages.
*Massachusetts Warns of
Gay Marriage Reprisals.
May
3:
*Battle To Block Gay
Parenting Heats up in Colorado.
*Boston May Sidestep
Residency Requirements for Out-of-State Gay Couples.
*Boston Weighs Marrying
All Gay Couples Who Apply.
*Cambridge, Massachusetts
to Open Gay Marriage Rush.
*Gay Marriage Not Banned
Presbyterian Church Court Says.
May
2:
*Massachusetts Gay Couples
Employees Will Have to Say 'I Do' For Benefits.
*Pivotal Day for Gay
Marriage in U.S. Nears, May Intensify Backlash in Other States.
*Till Marriage Do Them
Part. By Tamara Lush
[Excellent Article, Must
Read]
*Anti-Gay Rally Fills
Seattle Stadium.
*20,000 Gay Marriage
Opponents Face Protesters at Rally.
*'Queer As Folk' Back,
With Marriage in Mind.
May
1:
*Christians Opposing Gay
Marriage to Rally.
*Church Court:
Homosexuality Incompatible With Methodists.
*Gay Couples Praise N.J.'s
Domestic Partner Law, But Want More.
*Opponents of Gay Marriage
Plan Wash. Rally.
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