Court upholds bar on mayor performing same-sex marriages

Court upholds bar on mayor performing same-sex marriages
AP via Newsday - Court upholds bar on mayor performing same-sex marriages October , 2005, 2:58 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. -- A ruling barring New Paltz Mayor Jason West from performing same-sex marriages has been upheld by a midlevel state appeals court.

Conservative Anglicans warn liberal churches in West
ABCNEWS.com - gay bishop and Canadian Anglicans began blessing same-sex marriages. The move outraged traditionalists who dominate

Companies to develop AIDS defense for women
ABCNEWS.com - Merck & Co., Inc. But many women are infected by husbands or through forced sex, and few have power to demand the use of a condom.

Panthers' Smith quiets trash talk
Chicago Sun-Times - pretending to row a boat after a big catch, a reference to the team's infamous boat cruise-turned-sex scandal this month

Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of benefits for same-sex partners of public employees
Seattle Times - Overturning a lower court ruling, the state high court said barring benefits for state and city employees' same-sex partners violates the Alaska Constitution's equal protection clause. ' unconstitutional to bar benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees, a victory for gay

Vilsack: Lawmakers shortchanged sex offender surveillance
The Des Moines Register - shot back at critics of surveillance of sex offenders released from prison, saying lawmakers criticizing legislative task force named to monitor the state's toughened sex abuse laws

Map Service Tracks Sex Offenders
The Indy Channel - Map Service Tracks Sex OffendersPOSTED: 9:40 am EST October 31, 2005UPDATED: 11:03 am EST October 31, 2005INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana is among most states with listings of sex offenders posted online.

Sex and the Faithful Soldier
New York Times - nationally, is intended to promote Bible-based abstinence from pornography, adultery, nonmarital sex and masturbation

Make a commitment: Voters under 25 have a chance to take charge of Texas' future by rejecting Proposition 2
Houston Chronicle - THE past year has not been very empowering for young adults. would amend the Texas Constitution to deny same-sex couples not only the right to marry, but also face, this is redundant: Same-sex marriage is already illegal in Texas

Vilsack: Lawmakers didn't provide money for sex offender surveillance
WQAD - lawmakers who criticized him over the lack of continuous monitoring of sex offenders released from prison force to monitor the state's sex abuse laws, which include monitoring via

Sex Offenders Told To Stay Away From Halloween
WBAL Channel - Sex Offenders Told To Stay Away From HalloweenPOSTED: 6:34 am EST October 31, 2005UPDATED: 7:59 you to be thinking about sex offenders and how to protect your

Sex offenders ordered to stay home on Halloween
WRGB - USLocalNews Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:30 AM Sex offenders ordered to stay home on Halloween (Albany, NY - AP) - Sex offenders won't be scaring anyone this Halloween.The state's most dangerous

Mays proposes safety zones to control sex offenders
Kansas City Star - speaker Doug Mays proposed a plan Friday to keep registered sex offenders a half-mile away from schools that would keep registered child-sex offenders from living within 2,500