TOP6NEWS - Date 11.12.04
1-NEWS: Gay groups will be cautious
2-NEWS: Religion used in civil rights and ssm
3-NEWS: Petition filed for DOMA vote in DC
4-NEWS: Does KY m amendment touch current arrangements?
5-NEWS: Irish taxes would be impacted by ssm
6-OP-ED: M. Foreman: Gay movement and the future
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1-NEWS: Gay groups will be cautious
By ADAM LIPTAK
NY Times
Fearful that aggressive action could backfire and generate public hostility, gay rights groups are planning to limit the scope of their legal challenges to the constitutional amendments banning gay marriage that were passed by 11 states last week.
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2-NEWS: Religion used in civil rights and ssm
By JOE CREA
Washington Blade Friday, November 12, 2004
In the debate over marriage for same-sex couples, evangelicals typically couch their opposition to gay marriage in religious terms.
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3-NEWS: Petition filed for DOMA vote in DC
By LOU CHIBBARO JR. and KEN SAIN in WashBlade
A Northeast D.C. woman hopes to add the District to the list of U.S. jurisdictions that prohibit same-sex marriage. She has started a group called D.C. Citizens for Marriage that intends to place before District voters a referendum that would permanently ban gay marriage in the nation’s capital.
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4-NEWS: Does KY m amendment touch current arrangements?
By Peter Smith
Louisville, KY The Courier-Journal
Like many other unmarried couples, Joan Callahan and Jennifer Crossen have signed documents giving each other some of the legal rights that married couples receive automatically.
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5-NEWS: Irish taxes would be impacted by ssm
Irish Examiner, Ireland, November 12, 2004
By Pat Brosnan
IT’S remarkable that when there’s a threat that the State might have to spend money on something other than a minister’s extravagance - like somebody’s rights - there are colossal implications for the exchequer.
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6-OP-ED: M. Foreman: Gay movement and the future
Creating Change Keynote Speech by Matt Foreman
Surrender? Never! The Gay Movement Charts Its Future
I don't know about you, but in the days leading up to the election I was really optimistic and I kept playing this fantasy in my mind.
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