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...type of state recognition--is astonishing when you look back at the brief history of the gay-marriage debate. As recently as 1993, when the Hawaii Supreme Court issued the first appellate-court ruling in favor of gay marriage (a ruling that never took effect because Hawaiians voted to amend their constitution), even domestic partnerships were still considered radical. Only a few liberal municipalities offered them--Berkeley and West Hollywood in California, for example--and they didn't cover much. You could get a certificate suitable for framing and the assurance that a hospital within city limits would...
...Massachusetts legislature was quick to respond. Tomorrow, it will convene to decide whether or not to amend the state constitution, limiting marriage to the union of a man and a woman. This, of course, would effectively nullify the recent decision...
...Thirty-eight is a magic number because it’s the smallest integer that is more than three quarters of 50,” Tribe said, in reference to the number of states needed to amend the U.S. Constitution...
Opponents of the court’s decision were left with little recourse to prevent what would be the nation’s first gay marriage law. A convention of state legislators scheduled to convene next Wednesday could attempt to amend the constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but the amendment could not be posed to voters until 2006 at the earliest...
...President swept the parliament - albeit by tactics condemned by foreign observers. So Putin now has the power to transform the country - but does he have the vision? Watch these crucial areas: PRESIDENT TILL 2011?: Up for re-election in March 2004, Putin insists he has no plans to amend the constitution to change the presidential term from four to seven years - or lift the two-term limit. Allies and adversaries alike predict he will. SATELLITE STATES: Putin would like to pull back into Russian orbit the small nations that broke away from the U.S.S.R. in 1991. The prize: Georgia - tiny...