TOP6NEWS - Date 12.16.04

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1-NEWS:  Report on OR Supreme Court oral arguments
2-NEWS:  KY judge on m amendment suit asked to recuse himself

3-NEWS: MA parents kicked out of school for videotaping gay pride assembly

4-NEWS:  Nordic family doesn't mean tying the knot

5-NEWS: Book coming out that says Lincoln was gay

6-OP-ED: Marriage Movement puts out statement, ssm dividing movement

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1-NEWS: Report on OR Supreme Court oral arguments

By: ASHBEL S. GREEN

Gay-rights advocates brought their appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging the justices to order the 2005 Legislature to create civil unions for same-sex couples.

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2-NEWS: KY judge on m amendment suit asked to recuse himself

A judge who disclosed he contributed to a group opposed to Kentucky's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage has been asked to remove himself from hearing a lawsuit challenging the amendment. Franklin County Circuit Judge William Graham told lawyers in the case Tuesday that he had made a modest contribution to the Kentucky Fairness Alliance. He told the lawyers he was giving them time to decide whether to seek to disqualify him.

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3-NEWS: MA parents kicked out of school for videotaping gay pride assembly

By Jessica Fargen

Two parents, shocked at frank talk during a gay and lesbian awareness day at Newton North High, were forced off the property after one parent whipped out a video camera and started taping.

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4-NEWS:  Nordic family doesn't mean tying the knot

By Noelle Knox

Marianne Kristensen got pregnant a few months after she started dating Tommy Pettersen. So they decided to buy a house and move in together. They say they are ready to become parents — the baby is due in May — but not to get married.
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5-OP-ED: Book coming out that says Lincoln was gay

By DINITIA SMITH NY Times

The subject of the 16th president's sexuality has been debated among scholars for years. They cite his troubled marriage to Mary Todd and his youthful friendship with Joshua Speed, who shared his bed for four years.

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6-OP-ED: Marriage Movement puts out statement, ssm dividing movement

By Jane Eisner

One-hundred and forty scholars, health-care professionals, clergy and public officials are releasing a statement today lauding the work of the grassroots "marriage movement" in helping stem the tide of family breakdown in America.

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