Church plans gay marriage support event
By Lisa Guerriero
LEOMINSTER --The First Church Unitarian-Universalist will hold a gay marriage support meeting on the same night as a prayer rally by gay marriage opponents in Fitchburg, the church minister said on Wednesday.


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Legal Battle Begins Over Gay-Marriage Decision
Attorney General Examines Issue
PORTLAND -- Multnomah County's decision to extend marriage licenses to same-sex couples is already facing legal opposition. Believing that the county acted illegally and immorally, the Defense of Marriage Coalition plans to file an injunction next week to stop the marriages.


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Gay marriage supporters say rallies are more than 'symbolic'
By Chad Halcom, Macomb Daily Staff Writer March 04, 2004
Besides being the reigning issue of the day, "marriage" is apparently more than a word, or a piece of paper, or even government recognition for at least some southeastern Michigan same-sex couples.
That was the underlying message of a rally in Detroit on Wednesday and a largely symbolic gesture of several homosexual couples applying for a marriage license at the Wayne County Clerk's Office.

"I'd like to be able to put her on my health insurance through my workplace," said Mary Horon of Warren, who went with partner Cheryl Mathers to apply for the licenses.


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Groups Opposing Gay Marriage Vow to Challenge Oregon Decision
By Ashbel S. Green, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 4 - Presiding Multnomah County Judge Dale Koch scanned his courtroom Wednesday afternoon waiting for any requests for temporary injunctions and restraining orders.

In the legal equivalent of the "does anyone here object" portion of the marriage ceremony, Koch was prepared if someone wanted to legally challenge Multnomah County's decision to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
No one did.