Kerry/Edwards 'No Objection' To Missouri Gay Marriage Ban
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(Cape
Girardeau, Missouri) Senator John Edwards, campaigning [last week] in
Cape Girardeau, said he and running mate John Kerry have “no objection”
to [last] week's vote in Missouri to amend the state constitution to
ban gay marriage.
…Edwards comments are likely to anger gay rights advocates.
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And yesterday's big news . . .
New Jersey Gov. Being Blackmailed By Gay Lover Sources Say
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(Trenton,
New Jersey) New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's stunning announcement
Thursday that he is gay and had an affair was prompted by the threat of
blackmail, two high-ranking officials in the governor's administration
say.
…One
source, a senior McGreevey political adviser, said Cipel threatened
McGreevey several weeks ago that unless he was paid “millions of
dollars,” Cipel would file a lawsuit against the governor charging him
with sexual harassment.
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California Supreme Court Rules 4,000 Gay Marriages Illegal
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(San
Francisco, California) The California Supreme Court Thursday ruled that
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom exceeded his authority when he allowed
same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses earlier this year.
The court, a 5 – 2 decision, declared that the marriages of gays and lesbians that resulted, more than 4,000, are void.
In their
ruling the justices made it clear that the issue in the case was
confined to Newsom's actions and the direct results from them but did
not involve the constitutional issue of gay marriage. That will decided
by the high court at a later date, once the various suits wind their
way through the lower courts.
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