TOP6NEWS - Date 10.26.04

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1-NEWS:  ABC talks to Bush on same sex marriage

2-NEWS:  Lambda files CA Supreme Court brief in country club case

3-NEWS:  Lambda files brief w/ VA Supreme Court on birth certificates

4-NEWS:  OH marriage amendment opponents say supporters broke campaign finance laws

5-OP-ED:  Why does my mom hate me?

6-FEATURE:  Narrative of conflicted sperm bank child

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1-NEWS:  ABC talks to Bush on same sex marriage

Bush Says His Party Is Wrong to Oppose Gay Civil Unions
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
NY Times
President Bush said in an interview this past weekend that he disagreed with the Republican Party platform opposing civil unions of same-sex couples and that the matter should be left up to the states.
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2-NEWS:  Lambda files CA Supreme Court brief in country club case 
by Matt Johns 365Gay.com Los Angeles Bureau
Same-sex couples in California should have full and equal benefits at country clubs and other businesses the California Supreme Court was told Monday.
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3-NEWS:  Lambda files brief w/ VA Supreme Court on birth certificates
By KRISTEN GELINEAU
The Associated Press
The national gay-rights advocacy group Lambda Legal filed a brief with the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday in support of a legal battle to provide birth certificates for children born in Virginia and adopted by gay couples in other states.
Link to Case
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4-NEWS:  OH marriage amendment opponents say supporters broke campaign finance laws
Associated Press
Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage say backers of the amendment violated campaign finance laws by reporting they raised only $50 to date.

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5-OP-ED:  Why does my mom hate me?

By J Graigory
From The Advocate

My mom is Oregon state representative Donna G. Nelson from McMinnville, my hometown. ... As her gay son, I asked her several times what her position on 36 would be, but she would never talk to me about it.

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6-FEATURE:  Narrative of conflicted sperm bank child

Why this sperm bank child opposes same sex marriage
From Parents, Friends of Ex-Gays
I am a woman.  I was raised by my mom and her "wife", Pat, from birth until Pat died of cancer when I was 12.  My mom has been straight since Pat's death.
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