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October
2004
October
31:
*Arkansas: Supporters Not
Siding With Candidate, Passing Gay-Marriage Amendment Is Only Goal.
*Hawaii Senate Race
Focuses on War in Iraq, Gay Marriage.
*Preachers Around the
Country Urge Worshippers to Vote.
*A House Divided Over
Measure 36, Oregon Couple Hadn't Planned on Getting Married.
*Attacks on Miami County
Commission District 1 Candidate Center on Gay Stance. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Bush Suddenly Voices
Receptiveness to States Enacting Civil Union Legislation.
*Countdown To End Of
Broken Promises. Op-Ed. By Cheryl Jacques
HRC President
*Drag Marriage Out of the
Closet. Op-Ed. By George Pyle,
The Salt Lake Tribune
*Fight Over U.S. State
Initiatives Often Bitter Too. Reuters
AlertNet
*GOP Rep. Steve Godsey
Law That Ban Gay Unions Show Gays They Are Not Welcome in Tennessee.
*Massachusetts: Few
Same-Sex Couples Saying 'I Do'.
*Massachusetts Gay
Marriage: Campaign Non-Issue.
*New World Order, Or
Not. Op-Ed. By Rex
Wockner
*Ohio Gay Marriage Ban
Faces Some Unlikely Foes. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Schumer Tells GLBT
Democratic Clubs and Leaders Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage "In His
Gut".
International
News
*Anti-Gay European Union
Official To Step Aside.
October
30:
*11 States to Vote on
Same-Sex Marriage. AP Via Guardian
Unlimited
*A Historic Gay-Marriage
Referendum: 11 States Get a Say on America's Most Volatile Issues.
*Gay Marriage Foes Want
Court To Pay Legal Fees.
*Ohio Issue 1 Divides
Religious Leaders, While Some Crusade, Others Are Troubled.
*Summary: 11 States Vote
on Gay Marriage.
*Bush, GOP Candidate
Isakson, Gay Marriage Ban Strongly Favored in Georgia. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Christian Group Who Won
Suit to Block San Francisco's Gay Marriages Seek Quarter Million in
Fees.
*Faith Politics Could Tip
Vote: GOP and Measure 36 Supporters Pray For Big Christian Conservative
Turnout.
*Gay Marriage a Whisper
at Best in Dem. Matsunaka - Rep. Musgrave Campaign.
*Ohio Constitutional
Amendment to Ban on Gay Marriage Sole Statewide Issue on Ballot.
*Question of Rights For
Wed-Unwed Gay Couple. Op-Ed. By Marc
Hansen
*Same-Sex Marriage
Becomes Issue Late in Several Campaigns.
*Yoko Ono Takes Her
Political Message to the Dance Floor.
International
News
*Germany Expands Rights
For Gay Couples.
October
29:
*Andy Thayer,
DontAmend.Com, Gets Chicago Mayor to Signs Petition Supporting Same-Sex
Marriage.
*Daley Tricked With Gay
Marriage Petition?
*ACLU Accuses Los Angeles
School Officials of Harassing Gay Students.
*FBI Queries Gay
Governor's Alleged Boyfriend.
*Gay Activists Evaluating
Positions of Candidates for D.C. Board of Education Races.
*Gay Marriage Still
Divides Georgia Black Voters.
*Gay Rights Foe Aims For
Seat in State Legislature, Several Local Races Offer Stark Choices on Gay
Issues.
*Lesbian Activist's Mom
Leads Anti-Gay Amendment Bid.
*Lesbian Daughter of
Georgia Gay Marriage Ban Leader Speaks Against Measure.
*Mississippi Gay-Rights
Advocates Vow To Fight Gay Marriage Ban in Court if it Passes.
*The Intolerance of the
'Gay Marriage' Movement. SBC Baptist
Press
*As Southerners Consider
Gay Marriage, Black Voters Divided.
*Black, Gay GOP Group Say
Gays 'Misguided', Gay Member of Bush's AIDS Panel Opposes Gay Marriage.
*Catholic Church Money
For Michigan Prop 2 Passage Irks Some.
*Christian Clergy
Speaking Out For Michigan Prop 2 to Ban Gay Marriage.
*Gays 'Viable' in Races
Nationwide, Idaho, Carolinas Eyed as 'Breakthroughs'.
*Georgia's Emory
University Senate Opposes Ban on Gay Marriage.
*Georgia Gay Marriage
Amendment Goes to Voters.
*Georgia: The
Conservative Shibboleth Undone. Editorial By Matthew
Hennie Southern Voice
*Intolerance Will Lose
the Test of Time. Op-Ed. By Brian
Dickerson
*Kentucky Gay Marriage
Ban Amendment Supporters and Foes Prepare For Future.
*Kentucky Governor to
Back Gay Marriage Ban in Radio Ad.
*Law Turns Blind Eye to
Gay-Wedlock Peril. Editorial The Oregonian
*Massachusetts Candidates
Square Off on Gay Marriage.
*Mississippi Gay Couple
to 'Marry' Despite Law.
*Mississippi Gay Marriage
Issue Not Going Away.
*Most Anti-Gay Marriage
Amendments Likely to Pass, Ohio, Oregon May Be Exceptions.
*Mystery Donor Gives
$170,000. to Back Yes on 3 Utah Gay Marriage Ban Amendment.
*North Dakota Mayor Will
'Visit,' Not Address Students Gay Marriage Ban Amendment Protest
Rally.
*Odds in Favor of
Mississippi Gay Marriage Ban.
*Ohio Gay Rights Issue
Signs Targeting Blacks Ruled OK.
*Ohio Same-Sex Marriage
Is No. 1 in Minds of Religious Groups.
*Ohio Secretary of State
Accused of Breaking Law by Pushing Same-Sex Marriage Ban.
*Oregon Court-Ordered
'Gay Marriage' Could Follow Amendment Loss.
*Oregon's
Interracial-Marriage Ban Used in Measure 36 Comparisons.
*Polls Show Tightening
Presidential Race, Support For Gay Marriage Bans.
*Sen. Mongiardo Says Sen.
Bunning Allies' "Limp-Wristed," a "Switch-Hitter" Remarks Out of
Line.
*TV Ads Opposing Kentucky
Gay Marriage Ban Pulled.
*Virginia's 2nd District
Race Turns Fierce. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Will Gay Marriage Issue
Bring Out Voters?
October
28:
*A High-Stakes Election,
Supreme Court, Domestic AIDS Policy in the Balance.
*Atlanta Golf Club Plans
to Fight Order to Include Gay Partner.
*If The Flip-Flops Fit,
Bush Now Says Yes to Civil Unions, GOP's Official Platform is Wrong.
*Ohio Gay Marriage Ban on
Ballot.
*Vatican Orders
Minneapolis Church to End Outreach Program to LGBT Community.
*56.4% in New York County
Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Unions.
*Activist Says His Goals
Are Common, Some Massachusetts Candidates Shy From His Backing.
*Ashcroft Intervenes In
Gay Marriage Suit.
*Bush Civil Union Support
Irks Some in GOP. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Chicago Mayor Daley
Signs Pro-Gay Marriage Petition. Chicago Anti-Bashing
Network
*Churches Key To Michigan
Fight On Gay Marriage. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Conservative Groups
React to Bush's Comments on Civil Unions.
*Conservative Voices Back
Alan Keyes in Ad.
*Gay Marriage Amendments
Likely to Pass in All 11 States on November 2 Ballots.
*Gay Rancher Finds
Himself Drawn Into Gay Marriage Debate For Want of a Signature.
*Log Cabin Republicans
Patrick Guerriero Discusses Day Issues Calhoun College Master's Tea.
*Michigan Proposal 2
Opponents TV Ads Target Gay Marriage Issue.
*Minneapolis Church
Censored For Gay Pride Support.
*New York University Gay
Frat Will Add Diversity.
*Ohio Issue 1 Opponents'
TV Ads Tout Gay Marriage Ban.
*Ohio: The Heartland of
Hate? Op-Ed. By Brian
Holmes
*Poll Shows Positive
Shift For Gays in Military.
*Social Issues Such as
Gay Marriage Separate Missouri Gubernatorial Candidates.
*Star-News Pulls
Endorsement Of First Openly Lesbian State Senator Over Ad.
*Utah Congressional
Candidates Debate Gay Marriage, Security at Brigham Young University.
International
News
*Canadian Study to Reveal
Gay, Lesbian Spending Clout.
*Gay Rights Row Leaves
European Union in Crisis.
*Gay Unions Slammed in
Africa.
*Irish Bishop Backs Gay
Rights.
October
27:
*A Dream Deferred, What's
Next For the Gay Marriage Movement.
*U.S. Department of
Justice to Intervene in Same-Sex Marriage Suit in Orange County.
*Candidate's Sexual
Orientation At Center Of North Carolina Senate Race.
*Family, Faith Guide
Beliefs on Gay Marriage.
*Fundamentalist Fanatics
Form Bush Base.
*Gay-Marriage Issue Stirs
Controversy at Jackson City Council Meeting.
*North Carolina Campaigns
Attack Gays.
*Odyssey of a Gay
Republican in Illinois.
*Senate Candidates in
Illinois Debate Gay Rights.
*Some TV Stations Have
Agreed to Pull Gay-Amendment Ad.
*Anti-Gay Rhetoric in
Massachusetts Representative Race Heats Up.
*Bush Has "Election Eve
Conversion" on Gay Unions.
*California Gay Marriage
Gets December 22 Court Date.
*Defeat the Kentucky
Amendment. Editorial The
Courier-Journal
*Election May Hinge Upon
Divisive Unions of One Man and One Woman Issue.
*Experts Examine Impact
of Michigan's Gay Marriage Vote.
*Gay-Marriage Foes May
Bolster Bush.
*Gay Rights Produces
Further Conflict in Keyes, Obama Third Senate Debate.
*Indiana: The Little
Issue That Roared. Op-Ed. By Dan Carpenter
*Lesbian Pastor To Face
Church Trial.
*Marriage Is a
Fundamental and Universal Right. Editorial The Collegiate
Times
*Michigan Civil Rights
Commission Calls Gay Marriage Amendment 'Hateful'.
*Michigan Poll:
Bush-Kerry Race Tight, Gay Marriage Ban Ahead.
*Michigan Proprosal 2
Outlook Uncertain as Foes Mount Late Opposition.
*Michigan University
Students Protest Proposed Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage.
*North Dakota Marriage
Ban Foes Take Differences to Air.
*Ohio Supporters of Gay
Marriage Ban Begin Airing TV Ads. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Utah Amendment 3 Backers
Closing the Funding Gap.
International
News
*UK Gay Couples Get
Pension Rights.
October
26:
*Bush Says He Supports
Civil Unions But Not Gay Marriage. Advocate
*Bush on Religion and
God, Says He Believes Muslims and Christians Pray to Same God. ABC
News
*Emory University Senate
to Decide on Resolution Opposing Georgia's Ban on Gay Marriage.
*Fundamentalists Vow To
Bring Down Gay Friendly Procter & Gamble.
*Gay New Hampshire
Bishop, V. Gene Robinson, Plans 'Halfhearted' Vote For Kerry.
*Kansans State Senator
Gay Marriage Amendment Not Needed.
*Kentucky Governor
Demands Ads Opposed To Gay Marriage Amendment Be Removed.
*Support Grows In
Military For Gays.
*Tax Plan, Gay Gaffes
Cost Jim DeMint Lead in South Carolina Race.
*Bush Says His Party Is
Wrong to Oppose Gay Civil Unions. New York
Times
*Bush Softens Approach to
Same-Sex Unions to Reach Out to Moderate Voters. 365Gay.Com
*Challenging Their
Party's Right and the Democrats, Too.
*Cleveland Newspaper
Opposes Gay Marriage Ban.
*Critics See Problems in
Kentucky Gay Marriage Ban.
*Georgia Catholic Bishops
Letter on Gay Marriage Stirs Up Controversy.
*Georgia's First Openly
Gay Lawmaker Talks About Proposed Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage.
*Georgia Supreme Court
Keeps Gay Marriage Ban on Ballot.
*Hawaii GOP Candidate for
State Senate Would Supports Laws to Execute Gays. [Video
Clip]
*Iowa Parents Want Gay
Books Banned.
*Massachusetts Gay
Marriage Issue Won't Decide 7th Plymouth Race.
*Michigan Proposal Two:
Gay Marriage Ban Would Rewrite State Constitution.
*Montana Gay Marriage Ban
Widely Backed, Group Says.
*Ohio Issue 1 Opponents'
TV Ads Cite Harm to Seniors, Amendment's Backers Rebut Claim.
*Right to Marry Round-Up,
The Latest on the Battle From Around the Country.
*Sometimes Society's
Views Have to Change, Blacks, Gays Have Both Waged Battles For Basic
Rights.
*Support Still Strong For
Arkansas Marriage Amendment, Poll Shows.
*The Political Compass:
Quiz to Determine Whether You Are on a Left to Right Scale. [Click Link to Take
Quiz]
*Utah Gay Marriage No,
Polygamy Maybe GOP Candidate Says.
International
News
*Country's Largest Union
Calls For Anti-Gay European Union Commissioner to Be Dropped.
*London Banks Seek
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students!
*Same-Sex Couples
Question Terminology, Guidelines Require Couples to Take Vows as Husband and
Wife.
October
25:
*American Episcopal
Church Leader Says He Would Elect Gay Bishop Again.
*Country Club Violating
California Law By Not Accepting Gay Couples.
*Georgia Supreme Court
Throws Out State's Hate Crimes Law.
*Kentucky Gay Marriage
Supporters Launch Last-Minute Media Blitz.
*Montana Voters Support
Gay Marriage Ban, Medical Marijuana.
*Virginia Court Told
Denying Gay Partner Adoption Endangers Children.
*Bush and Kerry on GLBT
Issues. Human Rights
Campaign
*Bush Bid for Ohio,
Michigan Buoyed by Anti-Gay Marriage Vote.
*California Assembly
Candidates Differ on Gay Rights.
*Cher, Rosie O'Donnell
Anti-Bush Events Flop In Florods Battleground State.
*Episcopal Church USA
Head: Ban on Gay 'Marriage' Blessings Unlikely.
*Federal Investigation
Uncovered No Evidence Gay Governor Was Being Blackmailed.
*Film Chronicles Struggle
For Gay Rights.
*Gays and God: Some
Churches Are Softening Stands, Starting to Become More Accepting.
*Gay Marriage Ban on
Ballot in 11 States, Massachusetts Supreme Court Backlash Continues.
*Gay-Rights Issue Drives
Wedge in GOP Base.
*Is Being Gay Something
That Can Be Overcome?
*Maine Senate Hopefuls
Agree State Needs Legislation to Support Gay Rights.
*Marriage Still Matters
to Washington's Children. Op-Ed. By Jeff Kemp and
Harvey Drake Jr
*Mary's Sister Takes
Swing at Kerry, But, Sided With His Opposition to President's Effort to Ban Gay
Marriage.
*Michigan State
Constitution's Role is to Expand, Not Limit, Rights.
*Montana Voters Against
Gay Marriages. Billings Gazette State
Poll
*Ohio GOP Office Holders
Split on Gay Marriage Amendment.
*Ohio Issue 1: Risk Small
For Republicans Opposing Marriage Issue.
*Oregon Measure 36: A
Story of Love and Marraige. Editorial The
Oregonian
*Measure 36: Throwing
Stones and Then Hiding Your Hands. Editorial The Oregonian
*Oregon Measure 36: Who's
in the Closet? Editorial The Oregonian
*Supreme Court Scare,
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist In Hospital With Thyroid Cancer.
*Two Transgendered
Candidates Vie For Honor of Becoming First Elected U.S. Officials.
*Voters Should Repudiate
Anti-Gay Bias. Op-Ed. By Deb
Price
International
News
*Denazification in
Socialist Germany Opened Door to Gay Rights.
*French Gay TV Network
Signs On.
*France's First TV
Station For Homosexuals to Rely Heavily on Spicy Fare.
October
24:
*Florida Gay and Straight
Couples Join Together to Renew Vows at Annual Rights Conference.
*Michigan Proposal 2:
Residents Speak on How They Feel About Gay Marriage Issue?
*Ohio's Gay Marriage
Amendment on November Ballot.
*Connecticut Lesbians
United Under Anti-Gay Billboards.
*Benefits For Gay
Couples? No! Op-Ed. By Edward Mechmann
N.Y. Daily News
*Benefits For Gay
Couples? Yes! Op-Ed. By Christine Quinn
N.Y. Daily News
*Cheney Hypocrisy On the
Gay Issue. Letter to the
Editor
*Family Ties - Gay Child
Isn't Something to Be Ashamed
Of. Commentary By Mary K.
Reinhart
*Delaware Candidates
Speak Out on Gay Rights Issues.
*Gay Marriage a Top Issue
With Most Arkansans.
*Gay Marriage Issue Leads
to Challenges of Massachusetts Incumbents. The
Enterprise
*Gay-Marriage Vote Sparks
Fight in Massachusetts Races. Boston
Globe
*Kentucky: 'Straight
Talk' Takes On Snide, New Meaning.
*Michigan Proposal 2:
Battle Lines Drawn Over Gay Marriage Amendment Vote.
*Michigan Proposal 2:
Against - Family Typical, Not Traditional.
*Michigan Proposal 2: For
- Religious Faith is Family's Foundation.
*Michigan Proposal 2:
Preserving the Traditional Family or Threatening the New?
*New York: Manhattan
District Attorney Endorses Same-Sex Marriages.
*Ohio Coalition Wants
Contitutional Ban on Gay Marriage.
*Ohio Issue 1: Will Hurt,
Not Help. Editorial Zanesville
Times Recorder
*Oregon Measure 36: A
Single Sentence Keeps Oregon's History Intact. Editorial The
Oregonian
*Oregon Measure 36:
Religion, Faulty Science Strain Opponents' Logic. Editorial The
Oregonian
*Oregon Measure 36:
Same-Sex Marriage and Our Public Schools. Editorial The
Oregonian
*Oregon Measure 36:
Taking a Stand On Marriage Measure. Corvallis Gazette
Times
*San Franciscan Aims to
Become Nation's First Transgender Public-Officeholder. (Free Reg.
Required)
*Thousands Descend on
Aspen For Gay Ski Week.
*U.S. Anglican Leader
Says Gay Union Ban Unlikely.
*What's Wrong With
Debates. Op-Ed. By Philip Terzian
[Good Read About Mary
Cheney]
International
News
*Canadian Council of
Churches Can't Take Position on Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage.