Gay couples denied marriage licenses in Detroit
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
FREE PRESS STAFF REPORT
About 100 people showed up at Detroit's city hall to protest Michigan's law banning same-sex marriage Wednesday. After waving signs, chanting and speeches, seven couples marched to the Wayne County Clerk's office to apply for marriage licenses.
``Murderers on death row can marry, we should have the same right,'' said Waler Houston, 43, who applied for a license with his partner, Michael Belcher-Houston, 33.

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Ore. voters may ultimately decide gay marriage issue
03:48 PM PST on Wednesday, March 3, 2004
By JIM PARKER and ABE ESTIMADA, kgw.com Staff
While Multnomah County officials have decided for now that gay marriages are permissable under Oregon law, the voters of the state may get a say on the matter this fall. Gay marriage opponents last month filed four versions of a proposed initiative that would clearly define marriage as between a man and a woman, said Christian Coalition of Oregon executive director John Belgarde said.