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© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com From his perch at the current ground zero in the battle over traditional marriage, San Francisco-based syndicated talk-show star Michael Savage warns one of America's "last institutions" is under attack from radical homosexuals with an agenda that mirror's revolutionary communists. "Gay marriage is an oxymoron," Savage said in comments e-mailed to WND. "It is a mockery of marriage by radical homosexuals who wish to destroy one of the last cornerstones of our culture. Those who have studied the communist agenda understand very well that Karl Marx himself derided marriage and family." He quoted from Marx's Communist Manifesto, which said,...

George Bush's plan to ban same-sex marriages has pushed his vice-president's openly lesbian daughter, Mary Cheney, into an unwanted spotlight. Ms Cheney is being urged by gay activists to speak out against a constitutional amendment to outlaw such unions which the President yesterday backed as a way of protecting marriage. They have set up a website, DearMary.com, calling on their supporters to write to her about the issue. It displays Ms Cheney's photograph on the back of a milk carton, mimicking a missing person advertisement, asking: "Have you seen me?" The site points out that Ms Cheney has remained silent...

BOSTON - The Massachusetts high court ruled Tuesday that only full, equal marriage rights for gay couples — rather than civil unions — would meet the edict of its November decision, erasing any doubts that the nation's first same-sex marriages would take place in the state beginning in mid-May. AP Photo Slideshow: Same-Sex Marriage Issues The court issued the opinion in response to a request from the state Senate about whether Vermont-style civil unions, which conveyed the benefits — but not the title of marriage — would meet constitutional muster. The much-anticipated opinion sets the stage for next Wednesday's Constitutional...

Mass. Court: Gay Civil Unions Not Enough Wednesday, February 04, 2004 BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers must give gay and lesbian couples full and equal marriage rights, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday. With its decision to back marriage and not the concept of civil unions, the court set the stage for the nation's first same-sex marriages (search) to take place beginning in mid-May. Plus, the court added fresh fuel to a debate that has split politicians, churches and families around the country. The court's action clarified what it meant in November when it ruled that the state's marriage laws were...