Poll: Majority in state oppose gay nuptials ban
By Tracey Kaplan
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

A new statewide poll shows for the first time that a majority of Californians oppose amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage -- with opposition running strongest in the liberal Bay Area, which has become ground zero for the national debate



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Gay, lesbian caucus lambastes governor
By Anna Oberthur, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO --
Members of the Legislature's gay and lesbian caucus Wednesday said they will introduce a resolution calling on legislators to oppose a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage proposed by President Bush.

The legislators also asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to apologize for remarks he made last weekend about same-sex marriages happening in San Francisco that they called "insulting" and "inflammatory."g strongest in the liberal Bay Area, which has become ground zero for the national debate


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this is the future to come:

Straight talk about gay rights in Natick
By Shannon Haley Daggett / News Staff Writer
NATICK -- When asked if Natick High School is a safe school for those openly gay and lesbian, just one student out of roughly 60 said yes it is.


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Pair files suit, challenging Florida ban on gay marriage



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Stratton recants on rites for gays
Schenectady-- Mayor won't marry same-sex couples until it's legal
By MIKE GOODWIN, Staff writer


Gays and lesbians won't be getting married in Schenectady anytime soon.


this is just the beginning of the hate crimes, you watch... more and more wacko will come out of the woodwork, embolden to act on the poor impulse control

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Gay-bashing victim needed over 200 stitches
HAMILTON - - Police have described an attack on a gay man whose face was slashed with a beer glass as the worst unprovoked hate crime they can remember.


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EGOV OPPOSES GAY-NUP BAN
By DEBORAH ORIN and FREDRIC U. DICKER
Gov. Pataki, normally a loyal ally of President Bush, yesterday broke with him over gay marriage, saying he opposes a constitutional amendment to ban it.


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Keep gay marriage out of Constitution


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This is a great, point.. and how about capitalism, or institutionalized violence or lack or education..

     
Gay Democrats ask for marital history of GOP legislators
By Tim Evans

Claiming divorce -- not same-sex unions -- is undermining the sanctity of marriage, a group of gay Democrats on Monday asked state GOP Chairman Jim Kittle to identify Republican legislators who have been divorced.