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• Reasons for marriage | David Blankenhorn notes that much of the discussion has been a referendum not on marriage but on our attitudes toward homosexuality. He's hoping somehow to get the discussion back where it needs to be—on marriage (William Raspberry, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Marriage of inconvenience | Why same-sex nuptials make Democrats nervous (John Fund, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  

Mass. Gay marriage:

• Majority in Mass. poll oppose gay marriage | Survey also finds civil union support (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Polls: Most in Mass. oppose gay marriage | A majority of Massachusetts residents oppose legalizing gay marriage, a significant change since the state's highest court ruled three months ago that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry (Associated Press)
  
  

San Francisco gay marriages:

• Gay wedding bells ring again in San Francisco | Gay couples lined up for marriage licenses after a weekend hiatus, despite California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's warnings of civil strife (AFP)
  
  
• California seeks ruling on gay marriage | Facing increased pressure to intervene in San Francisco's same-sex marriage debate, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he'll go straight to the state Supreme Court to try to resolve the deeply divisive issue (Associated Press)
  
  
• Newsom invites governor to see gay rites | He dismisses fears same-sex marriages will trigger violence (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• Schwarzenegger seeks halt to gay marriages | The governor directs the state attorney general to immediately pursue a judicial resolution of the issue. A second S.F. judge refuses to stop the unions (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Outlaw vows | A brash young mayor issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples and opens a new front in America's culture wars (Newsweek)
  
  
• I do … No, you don't! | Why San Francisco's brash mayor is taking on Schwarzenegger and Bush over gay marriage (Time)
  
  
• Judge refuses to stop 'marriages' | superior court judge yesterday declined to stop San Francisco from granting "marriage" licenses to same-sex couples, suggesting the rights of homosexual couples outweigh California's voter-approved law that defines marriage as a union of a man and a woman (The Washington Times)
  
  
• For a day, same-sex pairs get a warm reception | On Sunday, about 1,800 same-sex marriage supporters in San Francisco put the politics and law aside and had a party (The New York Times)
  
  
• San Francisco judge rules gay marriages can continue | Says opponents had not shown that the weddings were causing immediate harm (The New York Times)
  
  
• S.F. wedding planners are pursuing a legal strategy | San Francisco's actions were deliberately planned with the courts in mind, according to lawyers who were involved in the discussions (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

New Mexico gay marriages:

• Glad to be wed, if only one day | Opposing edicts leave N.M. gays' nuptials in legal limbo (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Calif. judge won't halt gay nuptials | New Mexico county briefly follows San Francisco's lead (The Washington Post)
  
  

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