Cold reception for gay wedding ban
Teen 'legislators' echo poll showing younger people support same-sex marriages.
Pete Knight, 74, knew he was headed into the briar patch. The state senator's mission: convince a crowded roomful of teenagers that same-sex marriage should remain illegal. The Palmdale Republican wasn't successful. The group of teens, in Sacramento last weekend to simulate state and federal government, voted overwhelmingly in support of a measure doing just the opposite.


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S.F. Mayor Slams Bush Gay Wedding Stance
By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO -
Mayor Gavin Newsom accused President Bush of political showmanship and discrimination because of the Social Security Administration's decision to not accept any marriage licenses from San Francisco — gay or straight — until the same-sex issue is resolved


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Oakland Seeks To Become Second California City To Let Gays Marry
(Oakland, California) Oakland city council is expected to pass a resolution later this month calling on the county to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.


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Miller Calls On Mike to Allow Gay Nups
City Council Speaker Gifford Miller has called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to permit same-sex couples to marry in New York. "In this city of tolerance, diversity and unity it is past time that Mayor Bloomberg give the civil right of marriage to same-sex couples and immediately instruct the city clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples," Miller said at a news conference Sunday. Miller accused President Bush of trying to use the Constitution to discriminate against gay couples by calling for an amendment that would ban gay marriage. He said Bloomberg should "stand up for what's right, fair and just."


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Where Do They Stand On Gay Marriage?
By MITCH FRANK
Time Magize
GEORGE BUSH Running for his party's nomination in 2000, Bush opposed gay marriage but said individual states "can do what they want to." That was before "activist judges" got involved. Now the President backs a constitutional amendment that would strictly define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.