Rev Al: Support gay marriage
BY JEREMY OLSHAN
March 6, 2004, 6:44 PM EST
The Rev. Al Sharpton called on black religious leaders Saturday to support same-sex marriage, even if that means having to put aside their own beliefs.
To do otherwise, he told supporters of his presidential candidacy at the Emanuel AME Church in Harlem, would renew threats to civil rights and play right into the hand of the president.


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Why gay marriages are dividing America
From Ros Davidson in San Francisco
It’s become America’s most compelling and divisive social issue, one that is flustering politicians in an election year and enraging the religious right.


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Ottawa Marchers Support Gay Unions
Gaetanne Seguin
Saturday, March 6, 2004
Hundreds of people marched to Parliament Hill Saturday to show their support for gay marriage.
The demonstrators say allowing same-sex marriage is a human rights issue, and they chanted ``Equal marriage now. Equal marriage now''


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Activists appeal to Cheney's gay daughter
BY BOB KEMPER
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON -Gay-rights activists, outraged at what they see as the Bush administration's decision to provoke a culture war over gay marriage, are directing much of their anger at Cheney.