TOP6NEWS - Oct 23, 2004

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1-NEWS:  NY judge upholds marriage, decision will be appealed

2-NEWS:  OH Supreme Court rejects last minute efforts to keep amendment off ballot

3-NEWS:  HRC spending 6.5 million on campaign

4-NEWS:  M amendment introduced in VA

5-NEWS:  New federal suit in CA

6-NEWS:  More on possible EU veto

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1-NEWS: NY judge upholds marriage, decision will be appealed

`Nyack 10' lose court case, promise appeal
By JIM FITZGERALD
Associated Press Writer
October 22, 2004, 9:10 AM EDT

Ten same-sex couples, including the mayor of Nyack and his partner, have lost the lawsuit they filed when New York State denied them marriage licenses...

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2-NEWS:  OH Supreme Court rejects last minute efforts to keep amendment off ballot

Ohio Supreme Court rejects legal challenge to gay marriage amendment
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge to placing a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on the November ballot....
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3-NEWS:  HRC spending 6.5 million on campaign

By DOREEN BRANDT 365Gay.com Washington Bureau
October 22, 2004 2:04 pm ET
Washington:  With little over a week before Americans go to the polls the nation's largest LGBT civil rights group said Friday that it is spending an unprecedented $6.5 million dollars to defeat anti-gay ballot measures, get-out-the-vote in targeted states and elect "fair-minded officials" to federal offices....  
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4-NEWS:  M amendment introduced in VA 
By BRYAN ANDERTON Washington Blade
Friday, October 22, 2004

Virginia gay rights groups expressed outrage this week at the introduction of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in the state....

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5-NEWS:  New federal suit in CA

New Federal Suit Says U.S. Constitution Requires Redefinition of Marriage
Smelt v. Orange County
The complaint filed in federal district court alleges that Aurthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer were denied a California marriage license on two separate occasions. It asks the court to declare that provisions in the California Family law code and the Federal Definition [sic] of Marriage Act (DOMA) violate Due Process, Equal Protection, the Right to Privacy, and Full Faith and Credit under the U.S. Constitution. It further prays that the court mandate the use of gender-neutral terms and issuance of a marriage license to Plaintiffs.

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6-NEWS::More on possible EU veto

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 21, 2004
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Parliament on Thursday threatened to veto the entire incoming European Union executive commission unless Italy's nominee for Justice Commissioner -- who earlier described homosexuality as a sin -- was dropped from the list....

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