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...least two other French mayors have said they're willing to perform gay or lesbian marriages if asked. A French public prosecutor last week faxed Mamère a warning against following through with the wedding, admonishing him that "as a person invested with public authority you should abstain from all initiatives destined to block the execution of the law." Mamère is undeterred. "This is a political initiative to reverse prejudice," he says. "It's in line with the Greens' orientation towards openness and equality." What better time to demonstrate that commitment, he says, than just before...
Perhaps because having established that he is a genius, Prince has decided he would rather be a rock star. And Musicology reminds you he is still capable of being the world's greatest. As a Jehovah's Witness, Prince has said he will try to abstain from getting too dirty, and give the man credit: he manages to hold out for an entire song. But by the time the second track, Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance, comes on, he's pushing the throttle with some funk four-four and singing about a gigolo and his old bag of a client. "Ugly...
...motion to overturn Ficom’s exemption narrowly failed by a vote of 20-19. During the vote, after the council decided that no members could abstain from the decision, three council members left the room in protest...
Eight schools would need to approve any new members, both at the athletic director and Policy Committee levels. If Vermont does, in fact, abstain from voting, that means it will take only three dissenting votes—half of the Ivy hockey institutions, in other words—to block a school’s entry...
Vanderpool urged runners to abstain from drug and alcohol use, emphasizing that both have the potential to numb students’ ability to feel frostbite’s warning signs, which include tingling limbs and dizziness...