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Gay marriage and politics:

• GOP activists launch recall campaign of California attorney general over gay marriage issue | A pair of conservative Republicans who helped organize last year's gubernatorial recall election said Tuesday that they will try to remove California Attorney General Bill Lockyer from office for failing to enforce the state's ban on same-sex marriage (Associated Press)
  
  
• Candidates attack gay marriage amendment | The leading Democratic presidential contenders grappled with the hot-button issue of gay marriage tonight during the early part of a debate held only a few days before voters in California and nine other states cast their ballots in Super Tuesday primaries (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Edwards backs state rights on homosexual 'marriage' | Democratic hopeful John Edwards said in a debate last night that he opposes the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows the federal government and other states to ignore homosexual "marriages" granted by states (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Leading evangelicals down the aisle | George Bush is using the gay marriage issue to energize his conservative base (The Guardian, London)
  
  

Gay marriage and law:

• Legal confusion over gay marriage | Who is, and who isn't, wed is subject of great debate (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Gay marriage issue heads to court | California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is planning to ask the court Friday whether San Francisco's issuing of same-sex marriage licenses violates state law, which designates marriage as only between heterosexual couples (Associated Press)
  
  
• Lesbian ex-couple fight for custody | Egg donor contends genes, nurture trump waiver of rights (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  

Sexual ethics:

• Carnival guru fired after condom-themed parade | A Rio de Janeiro samba school on Wednesday sacked its Carnival artistic director whose pro-condom parade had upset the Catholic church and whose Kama Sutra float had been censored as too steamy even for Rio's annual Bacchanalia (Reuters)
  
  
• Wedding virgins on verge of extinction | Only 3 percent of people are virgins on their wedding night, according to a survey that reveals modern couples are adopting a pragmatic approach to marriage (The Times, London, subscription required)
  
  

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