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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,...

<p>San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom came out roaring against what he terms President Bush's shameful call Tuesday for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and challenged fellow Democrats to stand firm against the proposal.</p> <p>The president has "tried to divide this country in order to advance his political career by messing with the Constitution,'' Newsom said at a City Hall press conference following Bush's comments from the White House.</p>

<p>San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom invited Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday to visit San Francisco so he can see for himself what the same-sex weddings at City Hall have wrought.</p> <p>"There have been no riots to my knowledge, and I've been here firsthand to witness the civility of this process,'' Newsom said, responding to remarks by Schwarzenegger a day earlier that San Francisco's same-sex weddings, if not halted, could spark possibly deadly violence.</p>

Can’t Afford to Lose San Francisco is about a lot more than one Left-leaning city. In 2000, the people of the state of California voted by a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent to pass Proposition 22, which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Having openly defied the overwhelming opinion of the voters of California, the city of San Francisco will now sue to overturn Proposition 22 on the grounds of the equal-protection and due-process provisions of the California State constitution. Does anyone believe that the framers of California's constitution intended these provisions to...

City wants 'gay' judge in marriage caseBattling with opponents over role of Earl Warren's grandson Posted: February 24, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Behind the scenes of San Francisco's historic defiance of marriage law, the city's attorneys are battling to ensure an avowed homosexual judge presides over a crucial court hearing next month. Judge James Warren (Photo: Public Broadcasting System) Two judges refused the requests by traditional-family defenders to stop San Francisco's issuance of marriage licenses, which now has surpassed 3,000. The two cases were consolidated Friday, and under the rules of consolidation, Judge Ronald Quidachay would preside over...

<p>February 24, 2004 -- Democratic front-runner John Kerry yesterday claimed he's unfamiliar with the much-publicized gay marriages being conducted by the mayor of San Francisco, so he can't express an opinion about whether they're right or wrong.</p> <p>"I haven't made any judgment about it. I haven't really kept up with exactly what he is doing," Kerry told a press conference at York College in Queens.</p>

<p>When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples this month, many in the gay rights movement nationwide cheered.</p> <p>But in Massachusetts, the sudden act of civil disobedience is setting off deep concern among some leading gay advocates, who worry the move could undercut the push for same-sex marriage here.</p>

<p>Attorney General Bill Lockyer plans to ask the California Supreme Court on Friday whether San Francisco's approval of same-sex marriages violates state law.</p> <p>Lockyer's announcement Monday came after San Francisco filed a constitutional challenge of California's prohibitions on same-sex marriages.</p>

Tyranny of the Left By Christopher G. Adamo America's Constitutional foundations and its rule of law are hemorrhaging. They are hemorrhaging in Massachusetts, where an activist Supreme Court suddenly invented, out of thin air, an inherent "right" to same sex "marriage." They are hemorrhaging in San Francisco, where newly elected Mayor Gavin Newscomb issued an edict whereby "marriage" licenses would henceforth be granted to homosexual couples, despite his having absolutely no authority to do so. They are hemorrhaging in Texas, where Democrats in the state legislature have engaged in an illegal effort to prevent the implementation of a redistricting plan...

A week after CNN’s Bill Schneider awarded his “Political Play of the Week” on Inside Politics to Democrats for how they trumpeted the scurrilous “AWOL” charge, on this past Friday afternoon’s IP he awarded “the newly elected” Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, as opposed to the unelected Massachusetts Supreme Court, for the non-stop issuance of illegal same-sex gay marriage certificates, though Schneider, naturally, failed to characterize the entire circus as beyond the law. Instead, Schneider championed how “the 36-year-old Mayor is looking to the future. Younger Americans are much more inclined to favor same-sex marriage. It's like their civil...

<p>IT'S FUNNY that, in a city that prides itself on its nonconformity, so many people make the exact same argument exactly the same way. To wit, after I write that Mayor Gavin Newsom was wrong to flout state law by authorizing same-sex marriages, a legion of readers write comparing gay and lesbian newlyweds with civil-rights legend Rosa Parks. To say that Newsom should have more respect for the law, they argue, is like saying Rosa Parks should not have engaged in her landmark act of "civil disobedience."</p>

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's attorney general predicted on Monday that the courts would bar same-sex marriages in San Francisco within weeks and invalidate the thousands of gay marriages the city has sanctioned over the past two weeks. "I think it will be weeks and my best prediction is that the marriages will be invalidated, the courts will direct people that wish to change the law to the legislative process," Bill Lockyer, the Democratic attorney general, told Reuters in a telephone interview. Over the past 10 days, San Francisco has issued marriage licenses to 3,175 homosexual couples, prompting euphoria in...

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom touched off a defiant outburst of matrimony 10 days ago when he decided his city would issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. These marriages -- now more than 3,000 -- are also one of the most flagrant acts of mass civil disobedience in recent years. The freedom-to-marry movement has long grounded its cause in the rhetoric and precedents of the American civil rights movement. As she began her arguments for gay marriage before the Vermont Supreme Court in 1998, lawyer Beth Robinson cited a landmark case from 1948, when the California Supreme Court...

Gavin Newsom "is a terrific mayor," said Arnold Schwarzenegger on Meet the Press yesterday as he tried to minimize the homosexual marriage flap in San Francisco. It is no wonder Newsom can say that he feels "no anxiety" about his blatant violation of California law. In an interview with the Associated Press, Newsom revealed that some of the politicians condemning his issuance of marriage certificates to homosexuals are privately rooting for him. They "are telling me one thing and saying another publicly," he said. To the extent that Newsom is criticized, it is not for a legal or moral transgression,...

<p>Washington -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned up the rhetoric against San Francisco's move to allow same-sex marriages, saying on national TV Sunday that he fears outbreaks of serious civil unrest if the ceremonies continue at City Hall.</p> <p>Schwarzenegger said on NBC's "Meet the Press'' that he fears worsening protests about the divisive issue and worries the situation could get out of hand if courts don't quickly stop the marriages, which are being performed in defiance of existing state law.</p>

<p>The Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot likes to say that on the politics of gay rights, the loser will be whichever side raises the issue first.</p> <p>For many years, Republicans came up losers because media outlets portrayed them as intolerant, as indeed many of them were. The score evened last year when a 4-3 majority of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court demanded the state recognize same-sex marriage. Republicans probably nudged a little ahead last week when San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to throw away the rule of law and declare it was his duty to recognize marriages between gay couples, despite a 2000 voter initiative codifying the traditional definition of marriage. As courts refuse to issue injunctions to stop San Francisco from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, many Democrats are running scared. In the words of Peter Schrag, former editorial page editor of the liberal Sacramento Bee, they know Mr. Newsom has committed an act of "monumental political stupidity."</p>

"You got $82 bucks and you're in San Francisco, you can get married. Just go down to City Hall -- line forms on the Far-Far Left. You'll have to step lively though -- there's quite a crowd -- a clerk will be right with you. Keep your checkbooks handy, and please keep your hands off your future spouse. There'll be plenty of time for that later. We're all adults here, and we want to get as many couples processed as we can before Arnold stirs his butt or O'Reilly gets his second wind. "Isn't this the most wonderful Valentine's Day...

SAME-SEX NEWLYWEDS PLAN BIG PARTY TODAY As hundreds of gay and lesbian couples get set for a big wedding celebration today in San Francisco, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seemed eager to tussle with the attorney general. The governor wants quick action taken to contest the thousands of same-sex marriage licenses, which could be little more than a fond memento if the courts intervene. Attorney General Bill Lockyer has vowed to defend the state after San Francisco sued California on Thursday to overturn the sections of the family code that stipulate marriage in California must be between a man and a woman....

<p>Gavin Newsom was going to be the policy wonk, the San Francisco mayor who sweated the small stuff. Instead, he's sweating some of the biggest stuff of all.</p> <p>In less than two months, Newsom has become the indignant, in-your-face mayor. He made unannounced visits to homicide scenes in violence-ravaged San Francisco neighborhoods, declaring, "I'm responsible for what's going on out there." When police inspectors grumbled, Newsom said their problem wasn't him, it was their record at solving crimes.</p>

<p>Now that Democratic San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is allowing same-sex marriage in San Francisco, he has won the gratitude of Republican Party activists in California and across the nation.</p> <p>GOP stalwarts say Newsom has fired up Republicans by handing them a defining issue just when they needed one. The parade of City Hall marriage ceremonies blanketed cable TV news shows at the height of the 2004 Democratic primary season, when presidential contenders were grabbing most of the headlines by bashing President Bush on issues like jobs and the economy.</p>