TOP6NEWS - Date 11.19.04
1-NEWS: The founding of the Marriage Law Foundation
2-NEWS: ACLU wants to change OR ssm licenses to CUs
3-NEWS: Reaction to Goodridge anniversary
4-NEWS: More m amendments coming
5-NEWS: Questions raised in gay groups after election
6-OP-ED: A. Fausto-Sterling on her ssm's social good
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1-NEWS: The founding of the Marriage Law Foundation
National foundation to defend marriage opens in Utah
Debbie Hummel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
On the first anniversary of a Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriage, two Utah attorneys announced a new foundation Thursday to defend traditional marriage across the country.
Monte Stewart and Bill Duncan's Marriage Law Foundation will provide legal support and resources against lawsuits challenging attacks on any state's ban on gay marriage.
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2-NEWS: ACLU wants to change OR ssm licenses to CUs
Gay-rights advocates turn to civil unions and legal equality in a case before the state high court
BILL GRAVES and ASHBEL S. GREEN Oregonian
Gay rights leaders on Thursday asked the Oregon Supreme Court to order civil unions for same-sex couples and to uphold the legality of 3,000 marriage licenses issued to gay and lesbian couples earlier this year in Multnomah County.
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3-NEWS: Reaction to Goodridge anniversary
For Gay Marriage Ruling, Quiet Anniversary
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The first anniversary of the court decision sanctioning gay marriage in Massachusetts was marked with little fanfare Thursday, but both sides in the controversy said it was simply the calm before a renewed political and legal storm.
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4-NEWS: More m amendments coming
More marriage ban amendments coming
Some of the 17 now in place face lawsuits,
but advocates urge caution with challenges
by Anthony Glassman
Emboldened by the passage of 11 state constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage on November 2, anti-gay activists are hoping to pass as many as 20 more in the next two years, including in the nation's capital.
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5-NEWS: Questions raised in gay groups after election
By JOE CREA Washington Blade
Concern and frustration spilled out into the open this week over how the Human Rights Campaign will navigate the post-election of a capital city now even more tightly within the grasp of conservatives.
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6-OP-ED: A. Fausto-Sterling on her ssm's social good
Anne Fausto-Sterling: The social good of same-sex marriage
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER I got married to another woman, one with whom I have lived intimately for more than 15 years. Obtaining the marriage license, the logistical planning, the writing of the actual ceremony, and the months of discussions between my wife and myself about the meaning of marriage, of commitment to one another, to our respective families, and to our broader community of friends, neighbors and colleagues at work, composed one of the most profound periods in my 60-year existence.
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