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• Gay wedding battle heads into court | 51 years later, S.F. couple still leading charge (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• San Francisco mayor exults in move on gay marriage | In an interview, Mayor Gavin Newsom stood by the decision to recognize same-sex marriages, passionately describing his motives as pure and principled. (The New York Times)
  
  

Homosexuality:

• Local Christians denounce same-sex marriage | While President Bush said Wednesday he's "troubled" by the hundreds of same-sex weddings taking place in San Francisco, local conservatives find the unions far more disturbing (Santa Cruz Sentinel, Ca.)
  
  
• Gays are seeking social approval | Nowadays it seems that many people, not just homosexuals, want the cachet of marriage without accepting its implicit non-contractual obligations (Paddy McGuinness, The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Desecration? Dedication! | Gay couples are being held to a standard the denizens of Vegas chapels and divorce courts never had to meet to legally come together (Anna Quindlen, Newsweek)
  
  
• Jackson wary of same-sex rift | The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson yesterday said he supports "equal protection under the law" for gay couples, but stopped short of supporting same-sex marriage, a distinction that has been roiling the black leadership in Massachusetts (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Georgia considers amendment to ban gay marriage | Scores of Christian conservatives rallied in Georgia on Tuesday to support a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in the Bible Belt state (Reuters)
  
  
• PM urged to ban gay adoption | A Christian lobby group today urged the Federal Government to overturn an ACT law which allows homosexual couples to adopt children (The Australian)
  
  
• Gay Christians hit out at calls for calm language | But the church's acceptance of gays really is a matter of life or death, says Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement head Richard Kirker (uk.gay.com)
  
  
• Same-sex marriage leaping into election | Issue has hazards for all candidates (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Marriage amendment cause | In our blessed land of the free, you can define a piccolo as a baked potato and then slather the thing with sour cream prior to chomping down. But mere assertion doesn't turn a piccolo into a baked potato. Only a judge, it seems, enjoys that prerogative (William Murchison, The Washington Times)
  
  

Marriage:

• In Europe, lovers now propose: marry me, a little | Some European countries are granting new status to couples looking for some legal rights in the broad gray area between living together casually and "till death do us part" (The New York Times)
  
  
• Marriage minded | The statistics support the fears; our marriages could use some mending. (Post-Tribune, Merrillville, Ind.)
  
  
• Marriage: Addition or division? | A new model for predicting divorce may help prevent split-ups (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Bush's marriage initiative is nothing new | A New York Times story generated a misimpression that spread virtually unchallenged through the press corps (Maggie Gallagher)
  
  

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