Bush 'Troubled' by San Francisco's Gay Marriages (Reuters)
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San Francisco's Gay Marriages to
Continue, for Now (Reuters)
San Francisco's Gay Marriages to
Continue, for Now (Reuters)
02/17/2004 09:10 PMReuters - A judge on Tuesday gave the city
of San Francisco a green light to keep on issuing marriage
licenses to gays and lesbians until late March at least.
Remember San Francisco's gay marriages?
Forget it
Remember San Francisco's gay marriages?
Forget it
08/13/2004 01:41 AM
Remember last winter's rush of gay marriages at San Francisco's city
hall, following on from the mayoral decree that gays may marry?
Remember the rock-concert campouts, the nationwide outpouring of
support, the endless parade of joyous images of happily married
couples?
Forget it.
The California Supreme Court has annulled every one of those
marriages. From ephermal.org:
"Molly McKay is the Executive Director of Marriage Equality
California. This is a photo I took of her at the release party for We
Do. She's on page 23, wearing that same dress, getting married.
"For years - years - she and her partner, Dr. Davina Kotulski, came to
City Hall on Valentine's Day to apply for a marriage license. It was
their own quiet protest. And every year they were turned away. Until
this year.
"This year, six short months ago, she was finally allowed to marry
Davina. And today, thanks to the fantastically stupid ruling of the
California Supreme Court, that marriage is null and void."
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Bush 'Troubled' by Gay Marriage Issue
(AP)
Bush 'Troubled' by Gay Marriage Issue
(AP)
02/18/2004 01:27 PMAP - President Bush said Wednesday he was "troubled" by gay weddings
in San Francisco and by legal decisions in Massachusetts that could
clear the way for same-sex marriage. But he declined to say whether he
is any closer to backing a constitutional ban on such vows.
Urged by Right, Bush Takes On Gay
Marriages
Urged by Right, Bush Takes On Gay
Marriages
07/12/2004 09:06 AMPresident Bush's move underscores a critical difference between
himself and Senator John Kerry.
Massachusetts Governor Warns on Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
Massachusetts Governor Warns on Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
04/29/2004 04:24 PMReuters - Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney warned
other states across the nation on Thursday that unless they
give him permission, he will not allow gay couples from out of
state to be married here starting next month.
Court Rules California Cannot Ban Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
Court Rules California Cannot Ban Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
03/14/2005 05:36 PMReuters - In a victory for gay rights
groups, a California Superior Court judge ruled on Monday that
the state's voter-approved ban on homosexual marriage is
unconstitutional.
Oregon's Top Court Annuls 3,000 Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
Oregon's Top Court Annuls 3,000 Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
04/14/2005 07:21 PMReuters - Oregon's Supreme Court invalidated
3,000 marriage licenses on Thursday that had been issued to
same-sex couples a year ago, saying they were unconstitutional.
Mass. Towns Halt Licensing of Some Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
Mass. Towns Halt Licensing of Some Gay
Marriages (Reuters)
05/25/2004 02:49 PMReuters - Three of four Massachusetts towns
issuing marriage licenses to out-of-state gay couples stopped
doing so on Tuesday after the state's attorney general ordered
them to end the practice.
Calif. Top Court Annuls San Francisco
Gay Marriages (Reuters)
Calif. Top Court Annuls San Francisco
Gay Marriages (Reuters)
08/12/2004 01:00 PMReuters - California's Supreme Court
annulled more than 4,000 gay marriages in San Francisco on
Thursday, finding the city acted improperly in granting
marriage licenses earlier this year in defiance of state law.
San Francisco's Got Free Wi-Fi
San Francisco's Got Free Wi-Fi
12/13/2003 05:13 PMCarpoolio writes "If you're living in San Francisco, chances are you
can connect, for free, to the BARWN -- the Bay Area Research Wireless
Network. BARWN ...
San Francisco's homelessness quagmire
San Francisco's homelessness quagmire
12/02/2003 01:44 AMThe San Francisco Chronicle has begun a five-part series on the
incredible homeless problem in SF. Thousands of homeless people live
on San Francisco's streets, in straits as dire as anything you can
imagine in the worst slums of the developing world, amid some of the
wealthiest people in the world. It's a crisis that no one seems to
know how to solve, and that San Franciscans have, by and large come to
accept as an unchangeable fact of life. The first installment,
"Homeless Island," is a gripping account of the knot of beggars who
live and die on a downtown traffic island, holding up heartbreaking
signs and shooting heroin into infected veins, waiting to die from
flesh-eating bacteria. It's like a tour of hell.
"Day clinics? Jail? You think anyone out here on the street, all over
this city, can stick with that?" Tommy said weeks before he died. "Why
the hell do you think we're out here? Because we can't get over what's
going on with us by ourselves, that's why.
"We want to get off the street, but I got to tell you true," he said.
"Unless they take people like us and put us somewhere where we can't
keep f -- ing up, we're going to keep f -- ing up."
Link
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via Nelson's
Weblog)
San Francisco's clubs you can't join
San Francisco's clubs you can't join
07/19/2004 11:47 AMYesterday's San Francisco Chronicle surveyed the most exclusive clubs
in San Francisco, from the San Francisco Golf Club (with an alleged
"no Jews, no people-of-color" policy) to the shadowy Bohemian Grove, a
frat party playground for the conservative rich white guys running our
shadow government:
"In 1971, President Richard Nixon, a member (of the
Bohemian Grove) since 1953, was to be the lakeside speaker, but
reporters had finally raised a ruckus about a sitting president giving
an off-the-record speech at the Grove. Nixon sent sugary regrets in a
telegram that hangs in the city clubhouse today, saying that anyone
could be president of the United States, but only a few could aspire
to be president of the Bohemian Club.
Privately, he said to domestic affairs adviser John Ehrlichman and
Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman (and the hidden tape recorder) in the Oval
Office that May: 'The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time
-- it is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine, with
that San Francisco crowd. I can't shake hands with anybody from San
Francisco.'"
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Yahoo! News - San Francisco's Gay
Weddings Continue
Yahoo! News - San Francisco's Gay
Weddings Continue
02/17/2004 06:09 AMSan Francisco's Gay Weddings Continue; More than 1,700 Marriage
Licenses
Issued
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Bush, Bush Sr. and Clinton to Attend
Pope Funeral (Reuters)
Bush, Bush Sr. and Clinton to Attend
Pope Funeral (Reuters)
04/05/2005 05:32 PMReuters - Former Presidents George Bush and
Bill Clinton will accompany President Bush to Friday's funeral
of Pope John Paul II, but former President Jimmy Carter bowed
out after he was told the size of the delegation was limited.
Free Wireless Internet Blankets San
Francisco's Marina District
Free Wireless Internet Blankets San
Francisco's Marina District
03/14/2005 04:45 PMAnchorFree Wireless has announced the launch of a free wireless
Internet (Wi-Fi) hotzone in the heart of San Francisco’s prestigious
Marina district. Consumers can access the Internet wirelessly at no
cost indoors and outdoors on a 4-block region of Chestnut Street.
[PRWEB Feb 28, 2005]
San Francisco's START SOMA to Host the
Video Game Art Show
San Francisco's START SOMA to Host the
Video Game Art Show
03/14/2005 05:24 PM [PRWEB Mar 8, 2005]
Help Derek give San Francisco's married
gays prints of their happy moments
Help Derek give San Francisco's married
gays prints of their happy moments
02/19/2004 12:46 PMDerek sez, "Last weekend I was a City Hall, photographing the happy
couples descend the steps after their marriages. Now I'd like to track
down as many of the couples as I can to give them prints of their
happy moment! If you know one of these people, or know someone who
might, please put them in touch with me using one of the many social
software tools at our disposal!"
Link
(
Thanks, Derek!)
Twin Wireless Internet Hotzones Blanket
San Francisco's Marina District
Twin Wireless Internet Hotzones Blanket
San Francisco's Marina District
04/18/2005 02:01 PMFree wireless Internet access is available indoors and outdoors in San
Francisco's Marina district across Union and Chestnut Streets [PRWEB
Apr 18, 2005]
"Gay Marriages"
"Gay Marriages"
05/20/2004 02:30 AMState to allow gay marriages
State to allow gay marriages
05/16/2004 10:46 PMMassachusetts is set to become the first US state to officially
recognise same-sex marriages.
No on 36: Help save Oregon marriages
No on 36: Help save Oregon marriages
09/20/2004 02:33 AMPlenty has been written about the mastery of language in use
by conservative think tanks these days and I'm reminded of it every
time I turn on the news or watch a discussion show featuring
conservative guests. I used to discount the importance of language and
framing of issues as overly simplistic, but this really is the death
of liberals right now. It's in the liberal nature to tell both sides
of the story and/or go for a nuanced discussion of issues, but people
don't have time or energy to keep those kinds of things straight on
hundreds of subjects in the news. I'm constantly impressed by
conservatives that can gain traction with somewhat crazy ideas, but do
it using such simple language that leaves little room for
interpretation.
One instance that is driving it home for me is seeing signs for
prop 36 in Oregon. Proposition 36 is the vote on a change to the State
Constitution, to clear up the ambiguous language that says "anyone
over 18 can marry..." so that is says "A man and a woman over 18 can
marry..." I hear the issue is currently polling at around 50%-50%,
which surprises me because I thought gay marriage had zero chance of
survival in the wild, but looking at the signs it's clear that the No
side's language isn't helping them, while the Yes side is killing
it.
The No on 36 folks have
these complicated signs that say "no on constitutional amendment 36"
and although the NO and 36 are the biggest things on it, it still
requires them to push a negative with a screaming NO on it. The color
is drab and you can't read the words "constitutional ammendment" from
a car. The Yes folks have a great distilled message, with multiple
colors. It says "One Man. One Woman. Yes on 36." It's simple, concise,
and gets the point across without the need for a five-syllable word.
So here's the thing: why don't liberals champion the power slogan?
Why can't liberals drop the "yeah, but..." from everything they want
to say? Conservatives never feel the need to spell out the specifics,
or the drawbacks, or the exceptions, while liberals are almost happy
to do it. It obscures the message when you have to add "yeah, but..."
to everything you say.
Here's my suggestion for the No on prop 36 folks: Go simple. Your
new slogan is "Support Marriages. Support Families. No on 36." That's
it. You don't have to explain these are new marriages or expanded
definitions of family, just go with short, emotional slogans. People
love marriage. People love family. A no vote on 36 means thousands of
marriages don't have to be dissolved.
Just as a conservative might repeat the phrase "Progress in Iraq"
over and over, you could easily spin gay marriage as a way to
encourage more marriages, help create more happy families, and help
spread love instead of hate. And when your opponents try to point out
"but! but! you're going to ruin civilization!" you can ask they why
they hate the institution of marriage, why they want to deny love, and
why they want to break up families.
And you can't argue with that on a 2 foot-by-3 foot sign at
60mph.
"CNN.com - S.F. same-sex marriages
voided - Aug 12, 2004"
"CNN.com - S.F. same-sex marriages
voided - Aug 12, 2004"
08/12/2004 08:30 PMUS court rules on gay marriages
US court rules on gay marriages
05/14/2004 08:58 PMThe Supreme Court refuses to stand in the way of Massachusetts
becoming the first state to recognise same-sex marriages.
Gay Marriages Affect Businesses
Gay Marriages Affect Businesses
04/15/2004 10:17 AMExpect to see companies either increase or decrease their benefits
packages.
Programs Try Down-to-Earth Aid for
Marriages
Programs Try Down-to-Earth Aid for
Marriages
01/24/2004 09:29 PMStates have experimented for years with ways to bring down the divorce
rate, much as President Bush proposes to do nationwide.
California annuls gay marriages
California annuls gay marriages
08/12/2004 01:10 PMCalifornia's Supreme Court voids around 4,000 gay marriages in San
Francisco, in a blow for gay rights.
New kinds of marriages in Massachusetts
New kinds of marriages in Massachusetts
01/07/2004 04:19 PMOur home state of Massachusetts has been in the news recently for a
positive decision on gay marriages. It would seem
that the next natural step would be state recognition of
other types of alternative unions.Apparently we don't think
heterosexuality is worthy of special legal treatment anymore.
Why should duality be favored then over plurality? Why
can't a voluntarily polygamous family or polyandrous family apply for
a marriage license? The cultural and cross-cultural precedent
for polygamy is certainly much stronger than for gay
marriage.
My friend Richard and I were flying to Bradley Field in Connecticut
today (excellent airplane museum) and it occurred to us that this
could solve America's health insurance problem. Consider 50
uninsured people. They could all get married in one big
union. One of the 50 could take a job with really good health
benefits, e.g., for the government. The other 49 would then get
spousal health benefits.
Indian Arranged Marriages
Indian Arranged Marriages
03/30/2005 09:15 PM
A look at
arranged marriages for Indian-Americans.
"same sex marriages in my fair
commonwealth"
"same sex marriages in my fair
commonwealth"
05/20/2004 02:30 AMComputer bug wrecks marriages
Computer bug wrecks marriages
02/15/2004 02:38 PMnews.com.au Feb 15 2004 6:48PM GMT
CNN.com - S.F. same-sex marriages voided
- Aug 12, 2004
CNN.com - S.F. same-sex marriages voided
- Aug 12, 2004
08/13/2004 09:20 AMthe California Supreme Court nullified same-sex
marriages
cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/12/samesex.marriage.ap/index.html
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Office mistake may void marriages
Office mistake may void marriages
04/03/2005 10:21 AMA register office forgot to renew its marriage licence leaving many
couples unsure whether they are legally married.
'Fake marriages network' smashed
'Fake marriages network' smashed
09/22/2004 02:30 AMA major criminal gang arranging fake marriages in Britain has been
smashed, the Immigration Service says.
Judge Halts Gay Marriages in Ore. County
(AP)
Judge Halts Gay Marriages in Ore. County
(AP)
04/20/2004 06:20 PMAP - A judge told Multnomah County to stop issuing gay marriage
licenses Tuesday, but he handed gay couples a historic victory by
ordering Oregon to recognize the 3,000 licenses already granted in the
county.
Legal gay marriages in the United States
Legal gay marriages in the United States
05/17/2004 03:03 PMMassachusetts has become the first state in the US to allow
same-sex couples to get married. Whether it will last or be
crushed under the weight of a Constitutional amendment I don't know,
but it's bloody wonderful in the meantime:
Other towns and cities across the state were also prepared
to wed large numbers of same-sex couples as the law came into force.
The Supreme Court ruling upheld a decision by the state's highest
court. It said that denying marriage licences to same-sex couples
violated anti-discrimination laws.
The Massachusetts ruling has fuelled heated debate across the country
- and the controversy has been particularly intense in an election
year. In a statement, President Bush said he had called on the
Congress "to pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an
amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a
union of a man and a woman as husband and wife. The need for that
amendment is still urgent, and I repeat that call today." His rival
John Kerry - who is a Massachusetts senator - is also opposed to
same-sex marriages, but favours a more limited form of legal
recognition.
I think the issue of gay marriage only started to matter to me when
I realised that many of my gay friends actually wanted to get married.
And on the day when a friend of mine showed me a marriage booking form
online in San Francisco and I started looking for the section for gay
people and there wasn't one - It was all the same form... That
affected me too I think - to realise that while it was clearly an
issue at the moment, the whole point of this battle was about
completely collapsing that difference around relationships. That's a
pretty cool goal...
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Calif. Court Voids S.F. Same-Sex
Marriages (AP)
Calif. Court Voids S.F. Same-Sex
Marriages (AP)
08/12/2004 01:00 PMAP - The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that San
Francisco's mayor overstepped his authority by issuing same-sex
marriage licenses this spring. The court also voided all the marriages
of gay and lesbian couples sanctioned by the city.
Massachusetts Hours Away from Legal Gay
Marriages
Massachusetts Hours Away from Legal Gay
Marriages
05/16/2004 07:32 PMReuters via Wired News May 16 2004 10:44PM GMT
Massachusetts Seeks to Halt Some Gay
Marriages
Massachusetts Seeks to Halt Some Gay
Marriages
05/21/2004 09:54 PMReuters via Wired News May 22 2004 2:02AM GMT
Judge halts gay marriages in Ore. county
Judge halts gay marriages in Ore. county
04/20/2004 07:33 PMGrok Description matches for Bush 'Troubled' by San Francisco's Gay Marriages (Reuters)
GrokA matches for Bush 'Troubled' by San Francisco's Gay Marriages (Reuters)
Bush 'Troubled' by San Francisco's Gay Marriages (Reuters)
