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A p ril 21, 2004
Omaha Unveils King Statue, Son Attends
(A P) — M artin Luther King
J r.'s son will be in O m aha, Neb.
this m onth for the unveiling o f a
9-foot-tall bronzed statue o f his
father.
M ayor M ike Fahey will unveil
the statue on April 24, at a cel
ebration honoring the slain civil
rights leader. The site o f the statue
is a plaza on the northeast side of
the City-C ounty Building that’s
dedicated to King.
Local artist Littleton Alston
created the statue, w hich is titled,
"Rev. Dr. M artin Luther King Jr.:
I’ve been to the M ountain T op.”
The cerem ony will include live
m usic and a speech from M artin
Luther King III, the son o f the
Rev. M artin Luther King Jr. and
C oretta Scott King.
“It was (form er) M ayor Mike
Boy le’s idea to dedicate the plaza
Marnesha Strickland (from left), Gloria Mills, Jelani McClendon and Rose Stanley helped throw a
Kidney Karnival with the MIKE program for kidney health.
V olunteers, aged 14 through
17, shared inform ation about k id
ney health and d isease p rev en
tion that they learned through
the program .
“They really demonstrated learn
ing. They knew that diabetes and
high blood pressure were leading
causes o f kidney disease and what
the risk factors w ere,” said Dr.
Cheryl Neal, director o f the pro
gram.
For m ore in fo rm atio n about
MIKE, visit www.mikeprogram.org.
S a m e-S ex M arriage L icen ses H alted
State will
recognize
licenses granted
ognized gay m arriages in the coun
try,” said Dave Fidanque, the ACLU
executive director in Oregon.
The county began allow ing gay
m arriage on March 3, m aking it the
only place in the nation w here gays
could get married. The county has
issued 3,022 m arriage licenses to
gay couples since then.
Bearden told the county to cease
issuing sam e-sex licenses until the
Oregon Legislature has a chance to
fashion a new law, perhaps allow
ing V erm ont-style civil unions.
He gave the O regon Legislature
90 days from the start o f its next
session to com e up with the new
Taw Tf th a t d o e f f l t K a ^ e n ,
(A P )— A j udge told M u I tnomah
County to stop issuing gay m ar
riage licenses T uesday, but he
handed gay couples a historic vic
tory by ordering Oregon to recog
nize the 3,000 licenses already
granted in the county.
T he decision by M ultnom ah
C o u n ty C irc u it J u d g e F ra n k
Bearden marked the first tim e in the
nation that a judge h a s’tecognized
^ m a rria g e *
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, “These are the first legally rec M ultnom ah County can resum e
issuing m arriage licenses to gays
and lesbians.
Legislators could convene in
Salem as early as June, for a session
that was intended to focus on tax
reform.
The action effectively ends gay
marriage nationally, at least until
May 17, when M assachusetts is
slated to begin allow ing gay m ar
riage follow ing a high court ruling
there.
An im m ediate appeal o f the ru l
ing w as ex p ected . T he d ecisio n
cam e in a law suit that has c o n
so lid ated all the arg u m en ts o v er
sam e-sex u n io n s in hopes o f a
quick ruling by the Oregon Su
p rem e C o u rt.
to Dr. King and with his blessing I
decided last year to bui Id upon that
tribute to add som ething to the
plaza that was highly visible and
reinforces ... that the justice (that)
Dr. K ing’s work and w ords sought
has not been wholly achieved,”
Fahey said.
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T e e n p a r tic ip a n ts o f th e
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with National Youth Service Day
last Friday.
Martin Luther King III visits Mississippi State University in this
Feb. 9, 2004 file photo, to commemorate Black History Month,
in Mississippi State, Miss. (AP Photo)
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