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SACRAMENTO – The head of a conservative group demanded Wednesday that Attorney General Bill Lockyer file criminal charges against San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and others who have performed gay marriages. "If New York State can charge a little mayor with violating state law, then California's attorney general should have no problem charging a corrupt mayor of a big city with violating the law," said Randy Thomasson, executive director of the Campaign for California Families. Prosecutors in New York have filed 19 counts against Jason West, the mayor of New Paltz, a village 75 miles north of New York City,...

Conservatives Launch Effort to Recall California Attorney General (CNSNews.com) - Foes of same-sex "marriage"are launching an effort to recall California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. U.S. Senate candidate Howard Kaloogian - who previously served as chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee - said that he will serve Lockyer with a "Notice of Intent to Recall" on Monday. "Californians deserve to have an attorney general who will fight to uphold their laws and respect the will of the people," Kaloogian said in a press release. "Based on his history on this issue and his tepid response so far to the...

For Immediate Release - February 28, 2004CONTACT: Bob Taylor press@HowardForSenate.com RECALL BILL LOCKYER EFFORT MOVES FORWARD Attorney General Bill Lockyer Monday Will Be Served With “Notice of Intent to Recall” SACRAMENTO—Republican U.S. Senate candidate Howard Kaloogian (website: www.HowardForSenate.com) announced today that his effort to Recall Bill Lockyer will proceed because of Lockyer’s clear hostility to defending the people’s will on the definition of marriage. Kaloogian said today that he will serve Attorney General Bill Lockyer with a Notice of Intent to Recall on Monday. Earlier this week, Kaloogian, who served as Chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee, announced...

Action filed to remove S.F. mayor, AG Officials 'breached' oaths for not stopping same-sex marriage A traditional-family lobby group involved in previous attempts to stop San Francisco's unprecedented issuance of same-sex marriage licenses has filed legal action calling for the removal of Attorney General Bill Lockyer, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and City and County Clerk Nancy Alfaro. The Sacramento-based Pro-Family Law Center charges the officials have breached their oaths of office. Under Newsom's order, San Francisco issued the first officially sanctioned marriage licenses to same-sex couples in American history Feb. 12. More than 3,000 ceremonies have been conducted since...

Campaign Starts To Recall Attorney General Lockyer Senate Candidate, Activist Launch Recall Effort POSTED: 10:00 am PST February 24, 2004 UPDATED: 10:05 am PST February 24, 2004 SACRAMENTO -- There's another recall move brewing. Former Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian says he and citizen activist Ted Costa are launching a recall campaign against state Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Kaloogian says he's challenging Lockyer to take action to stop same sex marriages in San Francisco. Kaloogian, who is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, says Lockyer can stop the recall attempt any time by "enforcing the laws of California." Word of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 — As President Bush declared his support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, the political and legal landscape surrounding the marriage licenses issued here to same-sex couples appeared rockier than ever on Tuesday. Mayor Gavin Newsom, whose city was singled out by the president, held a news conference at which he called Mr. Bush's support for an amendment "shameful" and "cowardly" and accused the president of a "lack of truthfulness." Mayor Newsom, whose directive to the county clerk on Feb. 12 has resulted in more than 3,200 same-sex marriages in San Francisco, said Mr. Bush's...

SACRAMENTO – Even as Attorney General Bill Lockyer prepared court papers Tuesday to stop same-sex marriages, a pair of conservative Republicans who helped organize last year's recall of former Gov. Gray Davis announced plans to remove Lockyer from office for "neglecting" state marriage laws. U.S. Senate hopeful Howard Kaloogian and political consultant Ted Costa opened a petition drive to recall Lockyer, arguing that the two-term attorney general has been ignoring Proposition 22, a measure approved by voters in 2000 that requires the state to only recognize marriage between a man and a woman as valid. Lockyer, a potential rival to...