King Sihanouk is on our side

[redbird]

The Netherlands, Ontario, San Francisco....and Cambodia? Sihanouk is a constitutional monarch, so it's not clear how much practical effect this announcement will have.

The text is here, if you're up to reading handwritten French.

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[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Going through a link on Google News, rather than directly to the Washington Post, doesn't require a subscription. However,
that story now requires a bit of digging on Google News. So here's what I excerpted from it -- and URLs to local stories:

Mayors in Salt Lake City and Plattsburgh, N.Y., also have expressed support for same-sex marriage....In Salt Lake City, Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson (D), who is an honorary board member of the pro-gay-marriage group Freedom to Marry, said San Francisco's efforts would allow more people to see the benefits of allowing gays to marry.

Plattsburgh Mayor Daniel Stewart, who is gay, said he recognizes that his support for same-sex marriage puts him at odds with many of his fellow Republicans. "But, as a gay man, I have to fight for equality," he told the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55976-2004Feb19.html
Requires registration. For the Salt Lake City story without registration, see
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Jan/01232004/utah/131746.asp
For the Plattsburgh NY story without registration, see
http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2004/02_2004/021920042.htm

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[trinker.livejournal.com]

Thanks for those links.

It's...it's amazing, seeing this sort public announcement in the face of people complaining about "activist judges".