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CLEVELAND - Thom Rankin and Ray Zander have been in love for nearly two decades. They own a home together. They volunteer together at church. They're active in their community. On Friday, they will ask for a marriage license they know the state of Ohio forbids them to get. But that won't stop the pair who will be among about 100 couples who plan to ask Cuyahoga County Probate Court to grant them the licenses. As much as they'd like to, getting hitched is not the point. "I hope that it at least brings people to the table to hear...

<p>WASHINGTON — Saying same-sex marriages are likely to spread across America like a "wildfire," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (search) exhorted colleagues Tuesday to embrace a constitutional amendment banning them.</p> <p>"We simply will not let activist judges redefine that definition of marriage," the Tennessee Republican said a gathering of anti-gay marriage activists. "We will not let activist judges redefine — I would say radically redefine — what marriage is, and that is a union between a man and a woman."</p>

Australia Saying No to Homosexual Marriages Following on the heels of President Bush's and the Pope's remarks opposing homosexual marriages, the prime minister of Australia has also spoken out forcefully against same-sex unions. This report is from AgapePress. Australia is saying ''no'' to homosexual marriage. Today that nation's federal government ruled out any move to legalize same-sex unions. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Prime Minister John Howard says ''traditional marriage is one of the bedrock institutions of our society and I don't want anything to occur that further weakens it.'' Howard told reporters in Darwin that ''...this is not...