one more town, one more.. what was it.. one more domino...

Ithaca NY To Accept Gay Marriages
(Ithaca, New York) Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson announced Monday that the city in upstate New York would begin accepting applications for marriage licenses from same sex couples, but would then pass the applications on to the state for approval.
The move opens the door for gay and lesbian couples to then sue the state if the licenses are not approved. Peterson said the city would join in any court battle on behalf of same-sex couples.


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Gays Boycott 'Sham' Hearing On Wisconsin Marriage Ban
Posted: March 1, 2004 5:01 p.m. ET
(Madison, Wisconsin)  Hundreds of gays and lesbians staged a noisy rally at the Wisconsin Capitol Monday but refused to testify at a Senate hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. LGBT civil rights group Action Wisconsin said that the hearing was just for show because the three Republican members of the five-member Judiciary Committee already have signed on to support the bill, and one of them - Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) - authored it.


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When marriage between
gays was by rite
RITE AND REASON: A Kiev art museum contains a curious icon from St Catherine's monastery on Mount Sinai. It shows two robed Christian saints. Between them is a traditional Roman pronubus (best man) overseeing what in a standard Roman icon would be the wedding of a husband and wife. In the icon, Christ is the pronubus. Only one thing is unusual. The "husband and wife" are in fact two men.


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Gay Marriage Face-Off Moves to Atlanta
March 1, 2004
Gay rights activists and anti-gay Christian groups have organized separate rallies today that could attract thousands of people eager to sway legislators on a referendum for a constitutional ban on gay marriage in Georgia. Last week, Senate Resolution 595 narrowly failed in the state House of Representatives, and is expected to be debated and voted on again this week, possibly Tuesday.


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Kerry on the Record: The Gay Marriage Flip-flop


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New York City mayor urged to allow same-sex marriage
City council speaker Gifford Miller has called on New York City 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."