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• Cardinal Franz König, a bridge to the east, dies at 98 | Cardinal König, an Austrian, was the Holy See's longest serving cardinal and a tireless bridge-builder between the East and West (The New York Times)
  
  

Gay marriage:

• State supreme court steps into fight on gay unions | The justices ask for memos on plaintiffs' legal standing (Statesman Journal, Salem, Ore.)
  
  
• Many voices join in marriage debate | Gay weddings spur visitors, lobbyists to Capitol to be heard (The Times Union, Albany, N.Y.)
  
  
• As he presses charges, his mailbox overflows | Since Donald Williams began prosecuting officiators of same-sex marriages, the hate mail pouring in has far outstripped the friendly notes (The New York Times)
  
  
• Clergywomen plan to perform same-sex weddings in front of city hall | The event is also a show of solidarity for two Unitarian Universalist ministers who face criminal charges upstate for performing same-sex weddings (The New York Times)
  
  
• San Francisco married 4,037 same-sex pairs from 46 states | Most of the newlyweds were Californians living outside the city (The New York Times)
  
  
• Tenn. county wants to charge homosexuals | The county that was the site of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" over the teaching of evolution is asking lawmakers to amend state law so the county can charge homosexuals with crimes against nature (Associated Press)
  
  

Gay marriage opinion:

• Save marriage? It's too late. | The Pill made same-sex nuptials inevitable (Donald Sensing, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Where is my gay apocalypse? | Over 3,500 gay marriages and, what, no hellfire? I was promised hellfire. And riots. What gives? (Mark Morford, SFGate.com)
  
  
• Any common ground on gay marriage issue? | What role does faith play in our quest for fairness? (Laura Ofobike, Akron Beacon Journal, Oh.)
  
  
• Selma to San Francisco? | Gay marriage is not a civil rights issue (Shelby Steele, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  

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