Voters in 11 States Reject Gay Marriage
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Gay rights activists received a rebuke from the Deep South to North Dakota as voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage in a clean sweep for proponents of traditional one-man, one-woman unions.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party&#39;s conservative base.
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The Social Security Administration is rejecting marriage documents issued for heterosexual couples in four communities that performed weddings for gay couples earlier this year.
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Gay rights groups plan to limit challenges to constitutional amendments banning gay marriage that 11 states passed last week.
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The resounding &quot;no&quot; that voters gave to officially recognizing homosexual couples as married marks a major setback for
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Still reeling from the passage last month of constitutional bans on same-sex marriage in 11 states, gay rights advocates moved on Wednesday to undo California&#39;s prohibition
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Gay rights leaders are debating if they should moderate their goals after 11 states approved constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriages.
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Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.
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The US Supreme Court Monday rejected a challenge to the Massachusetts Supreme Court&#39;s ruling in favor of gay marriage. The rejection of review by the nation&#39;s highest court
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BATON ROUGE, La. - A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage...
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Italians largely oppose gay marriage with 61 percent rejecting homosexual wedlock and even more opposed to adoption for same-sex couples, a poll on Sunday showed.
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A year that brought gay and lesbian couples hope, when the potential for legitimate marriage seemed euphorically within reach, came to a dispiriting end for many of them Tuesday at the ballot box.
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NEW ORLEANS - Early returns indicated strong support among Louisiana voters for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With only 4 percent of precincts reporting, 33,255 voters or 82 percent supported the amendment, with 7,194 or 18 percent against...
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 18 -- Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban  same-sex marriage, one of as many as 12 such measures on ballots around the country this year.
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Washington - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to Massachusetts&#39; gay marriage law, leaving intact a state court ruling that has led to thousands of weddings for same-sex couples and a national debate on the issue.
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By huge margins, voters favor restrictions on marriage. Gay-rights activists are promising court challenges. Alison Wood holds her daughter, Hanna Wood-Krusell, 5, as she votes in Rockport, Mass.
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In addition to Wisconsin, three other states &#151; Arizona, Colorado and Virginia &#151; are viewed by gay-rights strategists as having closely contested campaigns this fall over proposed constitutional amendments that would ban gay marriage and civil unions. A brief look at the campaigns: