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Thursday, March 17, 2005
California judge appeals marriage ban
A California judge ruled Monday that limiting marriage to a man and a women violates the state's constitution.
If this appeal is upheld, California will become the second state, along with Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages.
According to USA today, Judge Richard Kramer wrote, "It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite sex partners."
The ruling came after more than 4,000 gay and lesbian couples were allowed the right to marry by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom last year. The state's Supreme Court stopped the city from issuing marriage licenses four weeks later.
Robert Tyler, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund said in an interview with the USA Today that the ADF would appeal the ruling,
"This decision will have no effect unless a court of appeals affirms the trial court's decision," he said
Senate approves refuge drilling, 51-49
The Senate voted Wednesday to approve oil drilling beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
President Bush said in a statement, "This project will keep our economy growing by creating jobs. It will make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, eventually by up to a million barrels of oil a day."
Environmentalists have been fighting this development for years saying it will lead to multiple drilling platforms, pipelines and roads that will greatly impact the birthing grounds of caribou, polar bears and millions of migratory birds.
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