Date: 	Thu, 28 Oct 1999 08:30:57 -1000
From: Mia H H Lam <mial@hawaii.edu>
Subject: Re: Ellen and Anne to wed? (fwd)

> > Subject: Ellen and Anne to wed? (fwd)
> > Author: Jennifer Gagliardi at ~ctl-internet-po
> > Date: 10/12/99 10:44 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > MR. SHOWBIZ
> >
> > They've already exchanged rings and sworn eternal love, but Ellen
> > DeGeneres and Anne Heche might get the chance to finally make it legal,
> > reports the Associated Press.
> >
> > While in Vermont for Coming Out Week, the two actresses said that if the
> > state makes same-sex marriages legal, they'll be first in line. The
> > Vermont Supreme Court is now considering a case filed by three same-sex
> > couples who want to marry. "There is no one who is keeping their fingers
> > crossed more than us. We'd love to celebrate that with you," Heche said,
> > addressing an audience of hundreds at the University of Vermont on 
>Sunday.
> >
> >
> > "All right, that does it. I'm moving here," DeGeneres said, when greeted
> > with enthusiastic applause from the crowd
> >
> > If Vermont makes same-sex marriages legal, it will be the first state in
> > the union to do so. A landmark same-sex marriage court case in Hawaii is
> > ongoing, while, 180 degrees away, the California Protection of Marriage
> > Initiative is being proposed on the March 2000 primary ballot, which
> > specifies "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or 
>recognized
> > in California."
> >
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