"National & International News Archives 2003"
[Comprehensive Index of Media News Articles Archives]
"December"
*Episcopal Gay Bishop: "I Want To Marry".
*University of South Carolina Enacts Pro-Gay Policy.
*Iowa Judge Lets Lesbian Divorce Stand.
*Iowa Judge Causes Stir in Granting Gay Divorce.
*Canada Supreme Court Should Say Whether Civil Unions a Fair Option for Gays.
*Canada's New Justice Minister Wants Gay Marriage Review Widened.
*Civil Unions: Swimming Against the Tide?
*Gay Politician Joins Canadian Cabinet But Marriage Law in Trouble.
*New Jersey Partner Bill Heads To Monday Vote.
*Right Wing Gathers in Massachusetts.
*Massachusetts Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Back in Court.
*Ohio Defense of Marriage Act Heads To Senate.
*Will Marriage Matter in 2004?
*Federal Marriage Amendment Introduced in Senate.
*Gay Marriage Emerges as Potent Issue in the 2004 Presidential Campaign.
*Wedding Bells Are Ringing.
*Study: Same-Sex Benefits Laws Provide Big Gain At Low Price.
*Rosie Changes Mind About Marriage.
*New York County Lawyers' Association Supports Gay Marriage.
*Gay Marriage Foes Brainstorm In Boston.
*Incoming Canadian PM May Change Question on Gay Marriage.
*The National Black Justice Coalition Announces Gay Marriage Support.
*New Jersey Partner Bill Gains Support Of Governor.
"November"
*Bush Attacks Gay Marriage Ruling.
*Gay Marriage Ruling Has '04 Democrats Walking Fine Line.
*Gay Marriage Opponents Gear Up.
*Court Rules Couples May Wed.
*Local Battle Looms After Court Ruling.
*Full Text of Massachusetts Gay Marriage Ruling Goodridge vs. Department of Public Health.
*Massachusetts Gay Marriage Ban Overturned.
*Newsweek: Tears of Joy and 'An Enormous Judicial Breakthrough'.
*Massachusetts Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage is Unconstitutional.
*Gay Marriage Legal In Massachusetts Court Rules.
*SJC Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage.
*MarriageWatch.Org Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health Case.
*Wisconsin Assembly Fails To Override Anti-Gay Bill Veto.
*Same-Sex Marriage Ban Fails in Wisconsin.
*Gen Clark On Gays: Axe 'Don't Ask' Give Civil Unions.
*Bishops Vote To Become Politically Active To Block Gay Marriage.
*Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Nebraska DOMA Challenge.
*Million Dollar Ad Campaign To Support Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Marriage Ban On Hold.
*UK To Bring In Civil Union Bill.
*Gay Marriage Bill Moves Forward In Taiwan.
*N.J. Court Bars Gay Marriage.
*Maine's Top Court Rules for Gay Partners.
*Ohio Ballot-Box Recognition for Domestic Partners is First in Nation.
*Wisconsin Passes Second Bill to Bar Same-Sex Marriages.
*Baltimore Sun Alters Policy on Same-Sex Union Ads.
*Britain's First Law Lady Argues the Case for Gay Marriage Rights.
*NJ Court Dismisses Gay Marriage Suit.
*Ohio City Votes for Gay Partners.
*Gay Rights Row in Scots Committee.
*AG Outlines Case for Same-Sex Marriage.
"October"
*Canadian Gov't Submits Arguments For Same-Sex Marriage To Supreme Court.
*Arizona Majority Supports Civil Unions.
*Bishops Backpedal On Same-Sex Benefits.
*A First: Hearings on Pro-Marriage Bills in Massachusetts.
*Poll: Surge in Support for Gay Marriage.
*Majority in Massachusetts Supports Gay Marriage, Poll Shows.
*Cracks Appear In Catholic Marriage Armor.
*Advocates of Same-Sex Marriage Go on Offense.
*Massachusetts Gay Marriage Bill Ready.
*Canadian Support For Gay Marriage.
*Spanish Gay Couples Push Spain For Recognition.
*Gay Marriage Bill Ready For Massachusetts Legislature.
*Don't Ignore Gay Unions' Social, Economic Impact.
*Gay Partners Settlement Challenged in Washington.
*Bush Endorses Anti-Gay Marriage Rally.
*Arizona Court Rules Against Same-Sex Couple Seeking to Wed.
*Hillary Clinton, Bush Using Gay Marriage To Distract From War, Economy.
*Gay Marriage Foes, Supporters Square Off.
*Newfoundland Gay Couples Disrupt Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Rally.
*Arizona Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban.
*Poll: Support Growing For Gay Marriage.
*Christians Ask Supreme Court of Canada To Appeal Gay Marriage.
*Bush Signs Anti-Gay Proclamation.
*Support For Anti-Gay Amendment Grows.
*Conservatives Using Issue of Gay Marriage to Spur Voter Drive.
*Chicago Opens Gay Partner Registry.
*Gays, Lesbians View Registry as Progress. [Free Reg. Required]
*First Same-Sex Couples Register With County. [Free Reg. Required]
*Majority Of Straights Back Benefits For Same-Sex Couples.
*Massive Gay Lobby Buttonholes Wisconsin Legislators.
*New Scots Cardinal To Support Gay Issues.
*Third of All Scots Are Opposed to Gay 'Weddings'.
"September 2003"
*Civil Unions "Apartheid" UK Activists Say.
*Poll: New Jersey Residents Support Same-Sex Unions.
*2nd Suit To Kill California's Gay Partner Law.
*Colorado Legislature Asked To Support Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment.
*GOP Renews Anti-Gay Attacks.
*Australian Gay Unions Popular.
*Republicans Eye Ban on Same-Sex Marriage.
*NY State Dems Call For Gay Marriage.
*Marriage Law Eyed for GOP Platform.
*GOP Eyes Anti-Gay Plank.
*Traveling Made Easier for European Union Gay Couples.
*Melissa Etheridge & Tammy Lynn Michaels Say "I Do'.
*Poll: Americans Reject Constitutional Ban On Gay Marriage.
*Court Challenge Launched Over California Partner Law.
*Gay Marriage Becomes Routine for Dutch.
*Ministers Throw Out European Union Proposal on Same-Sex Marriages.
*Poll Shows Wisconsin Warming To Gay Civil Unions.
*Davis Signs California Partner Law.
*Gay Married Couple Barred At US Border.
*U.S. Denies Gay 'Family' Entry.
*Right Wing Mounts New Anti-Gay Offensive In Canadian Parliament.
*Gay "Wedding" Rocks Russian Church.
*Now Russia`s Church Faces Gay Issues.
*Tory Starts Petition Against Same-Sex Marriages.
*Australia's Senate Votes For Same-Sex Pension Rights.
*Tucson Approves Same-Sex Domestic Partner Registry.
*GOP Senators To Lobby For Anti-Gay Amendment.
*Scottish Parliament Ministers Dodge Gay Marriage Issue.
*Canadian Bishops Oppose Same-Sex Marriage.
[Video Clips of News Reports on Canada Same-Sex Marriages Above]
*U.S. Catholic Leaders Endorse Constitutional Amendment Against Gay Marriage.
*Catholic Bishops Say Same-Sex Marriage Could Open Door to Incest.
*Catholic Church Launches New Anti-Gay Offensive.
*Canada: Fall Vote on Gay Marriage Possible.
*Scottish Gay Marriage Debated.
*Michigan County Commissioners Target Gay Marriage.
*Rallies Across Canada Against Gay Marriage Fizzle.
*Canada: Prayer Vigils Against Gay Marriage Stoke Debate.
*Democrats Question Marriage Amendment.
*Seattle Printer Refuses to Print Gay Wedding Invitations.
*Printer Refuses To Print Gay Wedding Invitations.
*Business Refuses To Help Gay Customers.
[View Video Clips of News Reports on Gay Wedding Invitations Below News]
*Vermont Lawmaker Welcomes California's Domestic Partner Bill.
*Colorful Witnesses to Testify on Gay Marriage.
*Russia's First Gay Wedding.
*Canada Court Decisions On Gay Marriage 'Fixed'.
*South Africa Advised To Recognize Gay Marriage.
*Senate Hears Call For Anti-Gay Amendment.
*Republicans Relish Gay Marriage Fight.
*Log Cabin Takes On GOP Over Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Reps. Oppose Marriage.
*Canadian Justice Minister on Media Blitz to Promote Gay Marriage.
*Speaker Predicts Legislative Response if Gay Unions Legalized.
*DOMA Likely If Court Approves Gay Marriage Mass Speaker Predicts.
"August 2003"
*Gay Americans Go North to Take the Plunge.
*Schwarzenegger: No To Gay Marriage.
*House Judiciary Chair Opposes Anti-Gay Amendment.
*Wisconsin Begins Volatile Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Debate.
*Has the Author of DOMA Changed his Tune?
*Constitutional Ban On Gay Marriage Condemned By DOMA, Author.
*California Lawmakers Demand Gay Answers From Schwarzenegger.
*Case Could Overturn Arizona's Anti-Gay Marriage Law.
*Lutherans Discuss Gay Rites.
*Foes of Gay Marriage Renew Push For a Ban.
*The Marriage Amendment Op~Ed.
*San Francisco To Recognize Out Of State Unions.
*Conservatives Push Gay Marriage Ban Constitutional Amendment.
*CWFA 'Growing Threat of Same-Sex Marriage and Dilemma of Federal Marriage Amendment'.
*Prime Minister Jean Chretien Firm On Gay Marriage.
*Same-Sex Marriage Canada.
*Vatican Has Confused Canadian Same-Sex Marriage Debate.
*Wisconsin Governor Says Marriage Ban Not Needed.
*Same-Sex Marriage Backlash? President, Vatican Go on Offensive Against Gay Rights.
Same-Sex Union Vote Affirmed Confusion Among Episcopals About Intent of Earlier Decision.
*Separation of Church and State Same-Sex Marriage is a Civil Matter.
*For couples, Gay Marriage is at Least Partly About the Money.
*Gay Marriage Debate Clouds Real Issue of Equal Treatment.
*Senate To Take Up Marriage Ban.
*Bush Using Gays As Political Ploy Frank Charges.
*HRC Poll Shows Plurality of Americans Support or Accept Marriage Rights for Gays Couples.
*Bush Watching Gay Marriage Cases in Mass., N.J..
"July 2003"
"Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith"
"Considerations Regarding Proposal Giving Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons"
*Vatican Instructs Legislators On Gays.
*Vatican Fights Gay Marriages.
*Vatican Exhorts Legislators to Reject Same-Sex Unions.
*Vatican Drive to Curb Gay Marriage.
*Bush Wants Marriage Reserved for Heterosexuals.
*Bush Backs Bid to Block Gays From Marrying.
*Gay Leaders Attack Bush Marriage Comments.
*Bush: Lawyers Looking at Ways to Ban Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Supreme Court to Rule on Same-Sex Marriages.
*Gay Couple: "Different Ways to Make a Family".
