Mayor Faces Charges for Gay Marriages
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A judge reinstated criminal charges Wednesday against a small-town mayor who got in trouble for marrying a series of gay couples last year.
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A California law barring gay  marriage violates the state's constitution because it inhibits  freedom of expression and undermines privacy, lawyers for the  city of San Francisco argued in court on Wednesday.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday that he plans to seek counseling for alcohol use, following the disclosure that he had an affair with the wife of a trusted aide.
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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at attempts by church leaders to undermine support for gay rights
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America's first openly gay governor plans to return to work later this week, but James E. McGreevey faces a political landscape upended by his admission that he had engaged in an extramarital affair with a man and would resign.
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A new battle in America's fight over  gay rights has erupted in Atlanta, cradle of the U.S. civil  rights movement, where a golf club is resisting a city order to  grant spousal benefits to its gay members.
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PITTSBURGH - A woman accused of marrying two other men while still married to a western Pennsylvania man has been charged with bigamy, according to state police. Julia J. Bish, 34, of Hempfield, faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday on two misdemeanor bigamy charges.
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In response to an uproar from gay activists, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Thursday added a gay minister to the lineup for its weekend gospel tour.
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Gay marriage opponents launched a petition drive Monday in hopes of persuading lawmakers to amend the state constitution to include a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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The city's former mayor, already serving a 37-year federal prison sentence for having sex with children, pleaded no contest Tuesday to state child-sex charges and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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MOSCOW, Mar 12 (IPS) - Russian homosexuals are taking up a new fight to   assert their rights in the face of what the  mayor of Moscow has  called "satanic" practices.
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Mayor Martin O'Malley on Wednesday denounced rumors of infidelity spread on the Internet by a longtime aide to Gov. Robert Ehrlich, saying he was the target of an "orchestrated campaign," as his wife described the effect that the stories were having on their young children.
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The national American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday accused the city's black mayor of civil rights violations including racial profiling in his crusade to stem crime in Mississippi's capital city.
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By TOM GALLAGHER  For the record, I will insist that formal discussions about allegations made against me by Mayor Lionel Rivera occur in public and be open to public participation. The issues bear on matters of ethics and values of your elected officials; the people have a right to know.
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By Patrick Wilson, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Jun. 24--A former Winston-Salem minister was arrested in Wake County on Friday on charges that he had sexual relationships with two boys.   The Rev.
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(West Hartford-AP, Nov. 30, 2004 8:07 PM) _ A Boston lawyer who led the fight for same-sex marriage in Massachusetts told about 50 students and visitors at the University of Hartford today that the time appears
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's decision in February to open City Hall to thousands of gay weddings has become a subject of considerable debate among Democrats.