We need to be doing this in every city and in every town.. let the fires burn…

No gay! Hopeful sweethearts turned back at city office
'We're disappointed, but we think it's important for people to come here'
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dozens of same-sex couples lined up outside the city clerk’s office for marriage licenses Thursday morning but were turned away with a letter explaining that gay marriages are illegal.
“New York state law,” the clerk’s letter said, “does not authorize this office to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.”
The line of gay and lesbian couples snaked around the vaulted exterior of the city’s Municipal Building, where marriage licenses are issued.
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People Plan Protest
Last week the Sioux City City Council said no to adding sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy. Now some people of all sexual orientations have joined forces in hopes of changing the council's decision.
Some Siouxlanders teamed up to put together an aggressive action plan to re approach the Sioux City Council. They're circulating petitions to show the council how many people feel strongly about equal rights. They're also planning a peaceful demonstration for this Monday's City Council meeting.

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Bush and the bigots want to ban gay marriage
We want equal rights now!
By Elizabeth Schulte | March 5, 2004 | Page 12
GEORGE W. BUSH wants to make bigotry the law of the land. In late February, Bush showed his utter contempt for gays and lesbians when he announced his intention to push for an amendment to the Constitution that bans gay marriage. "After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization," Bush claimed on February 24. "Their action has created confusion on an issue that requires clarity."

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By Adriel Hampton
Staff Writer
ahampton@examiner.com
Published on Thursday, March 4, 2004
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Mayor Gavin Newsom was standing outside the Balboa Café in the Marina District, wearing a conservative dark suit and striped tie. One reporter quizzed him while a cameraman shot Election Night footage.
Just behind the mayor, a small line formed as the hipster crowd tried to push into the restaurant where scores of Newsom supporters crowded around the bar to see election results flash on the televison. A reporter from the St. Petersburg Times stood near the mayor -- in town to profile the liberal politician at the center of the debate over same-sex marriage.

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City clerk rejects gay marriage requests
The Associated Press
Staff Writer
March 4, 2004, 11:07 AM EST
Dozens of same-sex couples lined up outside the city clerk's office for marriage licenses Thursday morning but were turned away with a letter explaining that gay marriages are illegal.

"New York state law," the clerk's letter said, "does not authorize this office to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples."