SF court weighs equality versus tradition

Please read SF Chronicle report (D23) on
SF marriage arguments:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/23/MNGM3AGB3B1.DTL

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On Wednesday (Dec. 22), SF Superior Court Judge Kramer
heard arguments about same-sex marriage.
He hears more on Thursday (D23, today).

He's also asking for written arguments
to be filed by 14 January 2005.

After that date, he'll have 90 days to issue his written decision --
that is, until approximately mid-April.
No matter how he rules,
at least one side will appeal.

Perhaps the case will reach the
California Supreme Court
by late 2005 or early 2006?


On the theme of preserving tradition,
an attorney pointedly reminded everyone that
slavery was a long-standing tradition,
in its time.

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PS 1:
Look for follow-up
in Friday (D24) edition
of SF Chronicle?
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PS 2:
Dec. 24-25 events
from the
FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
plus info from HolyTitClamps, SFBG, et alii ):
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For more "queer things to do"
in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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Cal-SF:
SEXMAS and more holidays
at SF's Power Exchange (sex club):
Please see

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/22/DDGS1AEPGI36.DTL

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CAL-SF: Dec. 24-25:
Help Tenderloin Tessie:
On Saturday, Dec. 25, serve food with Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners, an all-volunteer organization that has been welcoming people in need and providing Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter dinners for the past 30 years. Volunteers can also hand out gift bags to children and help clean up. Everyone who comes to eat is guaranteed a hot, sit-down meal.
Volunteer Fri/24, 4-7 p.m.;
Sat/25, 8-11 a.m., 12:30-4 p.m.,
or 4-7 p.m.;
dinner 1-4 p.m.,
First Unitarian-Universalist Church,
1187 Franklin, S.F. (415) 255-7503
[near Van Ness & Geary]
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CAL-SF: 24 December, Friday night, 10pm:
Christmas Eve:
U-U candle-light communion service
in their chapel.
[ http://www.uuSF.org ]
All welcome.

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SF bicycle tour, on Christmas Day:
[....] On Dec. 25, the VeloGirls lead a 30-mile "coed" [mixed-gender]
Christmas tour of San Francisco.
Sat/25,
10 a.m. sharp,
meet at McLaren Lodge, Golden Gate Park,
Stanyan and Fell, S.F.

lorri [at] velogirls.com (Saturday ride, please RSVP)

http://www.velogirls.com
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CAL-SF: December 25:
regular DRUM CIRCLE
at Hippy Hill, Sharon Meadow,
in Golden Gate Park,
in afternoon, if weather permits.
Free.
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