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Bush makes first trip
New York as president
NEW YORK (AP) — In his Big Apple
debut, President Bush made it to two of
New York’s most famous sites, welcoming
new citizens at Ellis Island
and honoring the late
Cardinal John O’Connor
at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
New York went against
him in last year’s election,
but Bush went out of his
way to reach out to De
mocrats on his trip Tues
day, giving Sens. Hillary
Rodham Clinton and Charles
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round-trip flights on Air Force One. They
accompanied him all day.
Bush tailored his maiden New York ap
pearance as president to bring him to friend
ly settings.
When he reiterated his opposition to
abortion by calling O’Connor a defender of
“innocence and the right to be born,” he
drew an ovation. Rather than urge his lis
teners back into their seats, he basked in the
applause.
On Ellis Island, Bush pledged a welcom
ing spirit for new immigrants and a five-
year, $500 million effort to smooth the path
from arrival to citizenship, setting a goal of
processing new applications in six months or
less. Some applications drag on more than
four years, the administration said.
He looked on as 29 men and women from
18 countries took the oath, then led them in
their first pledge of allegiance, directing
them: “Right hand on your heart.”
The national anthem echoed through the
cavernous Ellis Island museum, immigrant
faces on stained-glass windows looking
down on the proceedings.
There were also echoes of Bush’s efforts
during the presidential campaign last year to
distance himself from the anti-immigrant
rhetoric of others in the GOP.
“Immigration is not a problem to be
solved, it is a sign of a confident and suc
cessful nation,” Bush said. “New arrivals
should be greeted not with suspicion and re
sentment, but with openness and courtesy.”
Bush presented the Congressional Gold
Medal, the highest award conferred by law
makers, to the family of O’Connor.
It was O’Connor to whom Bush apolo
gized last year after campaigning at Bob
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News in Brief
Three killed, one
injured in shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Shots were fired into a char
tered bus early Monday, killing
one person and injuring three
others.
The shots apparently were
fired by someone in a car
shortly after the private bus
left the Century Club night
club, police said.
Police said there were no
suspects and the attack appar
ently did not target anyone.
Killed was Tony Lorenzo
Galloway, 26. Police said they
did not know his hometown.
A 20-year-old woman was
shot in the abdomen and was
in critical condition at UCLA
Medical Center with massive
liver bleeding, said hospital
spokeswoman Elaine Schmidt.
A 36-year-old man shot in
the chest was treated and re
leased Monday, and a 30-
year-old man shot in the lung
was in fair condition.
Police did not immediately
release the names of the
wounded.
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death of daughter
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)
— A doctor who told authori
ties his 14-month-old daugh
ter fell out of a window to her
death was arrested on suspi
cion of murder.
Dr. Dennis Tison's daugh
ter, Isabel, died of head injuries
at a hospital Jan. 12.
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on suspicion of murder; with a deadly we
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NEW YORK (AP) — Worried that courts
might open the door to gay marriage, a coalition
of religious leaders and family-policy experts
wants to amend the U.S. Constitution with a dec
laration that marriage can only be between a man
and a woman.
The Federal Marriage Amendment, to be
presented T hursday at a news conference in
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in 1998 by an alliance of conservative Chrisii:|^ e was (
groups. Daniels’ coalition does not include Medical Cei
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law schools of Harvard, Notre Dame
Louisiana State.
— Matt Daniels
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Thursday
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Washington, would require ratification by both
houses of Congress and the legislatures of 38
states to become law.
Gay-rights advocates describe the initiative as
“gay-bashing,” while its backers say the amend
ment would prevent judges from setting family
policies that lack public support.
Matt Daniels, executive director of the Al
liance for Marriage, said coalition members de
cided to propose the amendment because of
fears that Vermont’s year-old civil union law —
granting marriage-like rights to same-sex cou
ples — would spawn lawsuits nationwide by gays
seeking similar rights.
“Let’s challenge the homosexual movement to
play fair on the playing field of democracy,” Daniels
Jasper (ap) -
Daniels said members of Congress from^
parties were prepared to support the amendin^ ern j co y^Qpp
but their names will be released later — no:j n ^ ea
Thursday’s news conference. Bne j n June.
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san politics, so we’ll announce it with no potfrarged Monda
cians at the microphone,” he said. iui 3er in the de
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called “defense of marriage” laws, definingiiihijdren, ages 4 a
riage as the union of a man and a woman. Dani e Jasper polic
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one of diem ratified since 1971.
“Congress won’t act until the situation is iff -
alarming to more people,” Daniels said. “It"
require more developments in the courts—M
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
A man charged with sodomy for
having oral sex with a 16-year-
old girl is fighting prosecution,
arguing that the law violates his
right of free expression.
He is the first person to be
charged under Utah’s anti
sodomy laws since 1990, and his
may be the first consensual
sodomy case in more than 15
years. A hearing was scheduled
for next week.
Derrick Sundquist was 19
when he was charged last year
with misdemeanor sodomy.
In Utah, a 16-year-old may
have consensual sex with a per
son who is no more than four
years older.
Sodomy was outlawed in
Utah even for married couples
until 1977, when the law was
changed to apply only to un
married people. It is punishable
by up to six months in jail and a
$1,000 fine.
If the girl was younger than
16 or Sundquist was older than
20, he could have faced felony
charges of sodomy of a child,
which are more common and
not in dispute, said attorney Bri
an Barnard, who has filed a brief
supporting Sundquist on bell
of the Utah Civil Rights^
Liberties Foundation.
In recent years, Utah judf
have dismissed lawsuits cb
lenging sodomy and fornicao
laws, saying that because peoj
are seldom prosecuted, plaino
are not in imminent danger
going to jail for having sex.
Sundquist was charged at
the girl told police about
consensual sex in Ameri
Fork, 30 miles south of
Lake City.
His attorney has filed a
tion to dismiss the charge.
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