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'Jews killed Jesus' marquee:

• Pastor apologizes for church sign saying Jews killed Jesus | Pastor Maurice Gordon is so sorry that he said so on the marquee outside his Lovingway United Pentecostal Church on South Colorado Boulevard (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Minister's atonement a sign of his convictions | Cleric sorry for offending, not for message of 'truth' (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Pastor whose sign ignited furor apologizes | A pastor who outraged Jews and Christians with a sign reading "Jews Killed The Lord Jesus" said Tuesday he hopes his replacement sign of apology will calm the fury, but a new comment he made about the Holocaust drew fresh criticism (Associated Press)
  
  
• Reading the signs | Christians joined in outrage at church sign on Jews (Editorial, The Daily Camera, Boulder, Co.)
  
  

Gay marriage in New Mexico, Oregon:

• County will license gay nuptials | Multnomah County is the first in Oregon to allow same-sex marriage, joining an intense national debate (The Oregonian)
  
  
• Gay marriage licenses coming to Oregon (The New York Times)
  
  
• The next state to drop | Gay marriage heads to New Mexico (Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online)
  
  

Marriage amendment in Georgia:

• Black legislators stall marriage amendment in Georgia | Georgia's rush to block gay marriages through a constitutional amendment has been stalled by black members of the House of Representatives (The New York Times)
  
  
• Same-sex marriage ban finds support | Blacks' unity splintering (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  

New York's gay marriage mayor charged:

• N.Y. town's mayor charged in gay weddings | The village's mayor was charged Tuesday with 19 criminal counts for performing weddings for gay couples, an act of defiance that thrust the small community into the national debate over same-sex marriage (Associated Press)
  
  
• Gay-nup mayor charged, but another says 'I'll do' (New York Daily News)
  
  
• Mayor of N.Y. village charged as AG Spitzer mulls marriage laws (New York Law Journal)
  
  
• Mass. officials seek gay wedding guidance | With Massachusetts' first gay marriages drawing near, town clerks are seeking guidance from the state about such things as blood tests, the "bride-groom" wording of the marriage license, and the state's residency requirements (Associated Press)
  
  

Gay marriage politics:

• Schwarzenegger's u-turn on gay marriages | The California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has surprised political allies and foes by insisting he is not opposed to gay marriages (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Bush's stance not risky to him | Opposition to gay marriage is a can't-lose proposition politically for President George W. Bush, reaping rewards with his core supporters while exacting almost no price from those on the other side, a new poll has found (Newsday)
  
  
• Cheney says he supports gay-marriage ban | Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday he supports President Bush's call for a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages, though one of his daughters is gay and he has said in the past the issue should be left to the states (Associated Press)
  
  

More on gay marriage:

• No good | The Massachusetts "compromise" (Maggie Gallagher, National Review Online)
  
  
• Gay weddings come out of the closet | Mock ceremonies, legal advice and invitations from the bride and bride will greet visitors to the UK's first gay wedding fair (BBC)
  
  
• For Toronto family, gay marriage fortifies 'normal' | Eight months after gay people were given the right to wed in Canada, life goes on (The Washington Post)
  
  

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