TOP6NEWS - Date 11.09.04

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1-NEWS:  GA marriage amendment challenged

2-NEWS:  States lining up to introduce marriage amendments

3-NEWS:  Rove: Bush will continue to support FMA

4-NEWS:  NY justice: Bloomberg must carry out NYC benefits law

5-NEWS:  Canadian minister protests ssm by giving up ability to marry [Saskatchewan legalized ssm last week, and an Irish lesbian couple w/ a Canadian ssm sued for recognition in Ireland]

6-OP-ED:  SSM is not to blame

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1-NEWS:  GA marriage amendment challenged

Gay marriage lawsuit filed
Associated Press
Published on: 11/09/04
As promised, gay-rights supporters filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to throw out a same-sex marriage ban voted into Georgia's constitution last week.
Complaint

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2-NEWS:  States lining up to introduce marriage amendments
By Cheryl Wetzstein
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The next round of proposals to amend state constitutions to define marriage will begin in a few weeks as lawmakers in as many as nine states promise to get such measures before voters.
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3-NEWS:  Rove: Bush will continue to support FMA
By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Bush administration and Republican leaders yesterday signaled that a domestic agenda including a constitutional amendment on marriage will dominate the congressional calendar...

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4-NEWS:  NY justice: Bloomberg must carry out NYC benefits law

Judge Rules Bloomberg Must Carry Out Equal Benefits Law He Vetoed
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
NY Times
A State Supreme Court justice ruled yesterday that the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg must carry out a law requiring companies that do business with the city to extend the same benefits to employees' domestic partners that they provide to spouses.
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5-NEWS:  Canadian minister protests ssm by giving up ability to marriage [Saskatchewan legalized ssm last week, and an Irish lesbian couple w/ a Canadian ssm sued for recognition in Ireland
A minister in southwest Saskatchewan has given up his license to perform marriages in protest of a court ruling on same-sex marriage.
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6-OP-ED:  SSM is not to blame.
Boston Globe, MA, November 9, 2004
By Mary Bonauto and Marty Rouse
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