Clock running on ban petition
Backers want action to stop gay marriage
By JIM THARPE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/14/04
Supporters of a proposal to write a ban on same-sex marriage into Georgia's constitution are pushing for a final showdown this week.


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Poll reveals New Yorkers divided over gay marriages
BY NANCY DILLON AND MICHAEL SAUL
New York Daily News
NEW YORK - (KRT) - When it comes to gay marriage, New Yorkers find themselves on different sides of the aisle. An exclusive New York Daily News poll found that 47 percent believe it should be illegal for same-sex couples to tie the knot, compared with 40 percent who say gay marriage is fine.


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Georgia: Legislators erase church-state line
Published on: 03/11/2004 - State lawmakers bent on trying to "out-God" each other, as Sen. Nadine Thomas (D-Decatur) aptly describes it, ought to consider the fate of Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II. Menelik also believed that religion was a cure-all, so much so that he nibbled a few pages of the Bible whenever he fell ill.


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Gay marriages fit into this adaptable institution


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At the University of Minnesota, the same-sex marriage debate is bringing a new openness to discussions of homosexuality