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Lawyers argue over gay marriage referendum
Web-posted 10/19/04
ATLANTA - A legal battle over a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage went before the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday, with justices hearing arguments for and against allowing voters to weigh in on the controversial referendum during next month's general election.

Gay marriage ban dominates debate
Web-posted 10/18/04
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Both candidates say they oppose gay marriage, but that issue prompted the most heated exchange Monday in a debate between U.S. Rep. Max Burns and Democratic challenger John Barrow.

Marriage ruling could shake up courts, Capitol
Web-posted 10/18/04
ATLANTA - A political hot potato will land Tuesday in the laps of the seven justices of the Georgia Supreme Court as sparring legal teams argue whether a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage should go before voters next month.

Gay-marriage vote could affect parties
Web-posted 10/14/04
ATLANTA - Conventional wisdom has it that an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage will probably win the approval of Georgia voters this November, likely by a comfortable margin.

Ruling buoys opponents
Web-posted 10/06/04
ATLANTA - Less than a month before Georgia voters decide whether to approve a constitutional ban on gay marriage, a Louisiana state judge this week threw out a similarly-worded referendum already passed last month by voters in that state.

Many agree vote won't be end of issue
Web-posted 09/17/04
ATLANTA - No matter what happens with a proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 2 ballot that would ban gay marriage, people on both sides of the debate say the subject isn't likely to go away anytime soon.

Ruling keeps gay marriage ban on ballot
Web-posted 09/29/04
ATLANTA - Efforts to remove the gay marriage ban from the November ballot failed Wednesday. A vote on the proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage in Georgia can go forward, a Fulton County Superior Court Judge ruled.

Voters contest ballot's legality
Web-posted 09/25/04
ATLANTA - Seven Georgia voters - all married - asked a Fulton County Superior Court judge Friday to remove a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage from the state's Nov. 2 ballots, arguing the referendum is illegally written and misleads voters.

Suit wants marriage question off ballots
Web-posted 09/17/04
ATLANTA - A lawsuit filed Thursday asks Georgia courts to remove a proposal to ban gay marriage from the ballot because it's misleading to voters.

Backers, critics of ban prepare for campaigns
Web-posted 09/15/04
ATLANTA - Where did Georgia's gay marriage debate go? The firecracker issue dominated headlines and water-cooler talk during last winter's legislative session, but after the constitutional amendment was confirmed by lawmakers and sent to voters, both sides quieted.

Candidate still uncertain on same-sex marriage ban
Web-posted 07/02/04
SAVANNAH, Ga. - U.S. Senate hopeful Cliff Oxford is retreating from a potentially politically poisonous endorsement of a November state ballot measure to ban gay marriages.

Lawmaker says vote against gay-marriage ban wasn't easy
Web-posted 04/06/04
ATLANTA - State Rep. Louise McBee, D-Athens, said her vote last week against a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage was the "most difficult" choice she has made in her 13 years as a lawmaker.

More judicial tyranny
Web-posted 10/07/04
The latest example of judicial arrogance comes from Judge William Morvant of Louisiana's 19th District Court. This week, he held that a state constitutional amendment approved by more than 70 percent of Pelican State voters earlier this month is unconstitutional.

Gay-marriage ban would set poor precedent
Web-posted 10/09/04
It is unfortunate that the subject of gay marriage has to be in the forefront of this November's elections. However, it is. It can affect the lives of many gays and lesbians, and our fate is in the hands of our fellow Georgians.

Your basic right is at risk
Web-posted 09/17/04
Proponents of gay marriage are losing the argument - so they're trying to prevent the debate from even happening. A lawsuit filed in Atlanta this week seeks to prevent Georgia voters from deciding Nov. 2 whether to amend the state constitution to recognize marriage only as a union of a man and a woman.

Blacks vs. gays
Web-posted 03/28/04
As far as hundreds of African-American pastors are concerned, the gay rights movement - which likes to compare itself to the civil rights movement of the 1960s - has pushed the envelope a little too far with its call to legalize same-sex marriages.

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