Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Makes me all weepy

Well, it does! Portland is issuing same-sex marriage licenses!
Mayor Jason West, of New Paltz, N.Y., vowed to go ahead with same-sex weddings this weekend, despite being charged with 19 criminal counts and possibly facing jail time for marrying gay couples.
On Wednesday, Nyack, N.Y., Mayor John Shields said he would also start marrying gay couples and planned to seek a license himself to marry his same-sex partner.
Half a dozen gay couples were turned down for a marriage license in Detroit. Instead of licenses, they were offered copies of the state law that outlaws same-sex marriage.

CBS News online offers a nice interactive look at gay marriage, gay adoptions and hate crimes issues. There's a poll on the same page, but I couldn't get the poll results to pop up. Make sure you read the poll question carefully. The wording is kind of tricky.

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