Across the nation.Seattle, Wash. A judge on May 21 dismissed a lawsuit against Mayor Greg Nickels Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels (born August 7, 1955) became the 51st and current mayor of Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2002. He was elected to a second term November 8, 2005. challenging an executive order he signed in March that directed the city to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Boston, Mass Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's opposition to same-sex marriage led students to boo him while he delivered a commencement speech A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions. at Suffolk University During the 1990s Suffolk University constructed its first residence halls, began satellite programs with other colleges in Massachusetts, and opened campuses in both Madrid, Spain, and Dakar, Senegal, (the Suffolk University Dakar Campus). on May 23. Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo. In a rally broadcast to hundreds of churches and carried on radio stations across the country May 23, several prominent evangelical leaders urged Christians to support a proposed federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries described evangelicals as "the great sleeping army." Chapel Hill, N.C. The town council on May 10 approved amending town policy to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. , gender identity, and gender expression. |
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