SOME GAY GROUPS TO PROTEST GOP CONVENTION: From the Associated Press

President Bush's efforts to ban gay marriage are driving gay rights activists to plan protests and other attention-grabbing events in New York City this summer during the Republican convention. ...

"We're definitely going to use the convention as an opportunity to get our message across, and as an opportunity to convey what this election means to gay families," said John Marble, a spokesman for the National Stonewall Democrats, a gay political group.

Gay rights groups say the push for a constitutional ban on gay marriage is not only drawing activists to New York, but inspiring young gay Americans to get involved in politics. ...

Some gay organizations are also planning to go to Boston during the Democratic convention, which begins July 26.

Sen. John Kerry, likely the Democratic presidential nominee, says he opposes gay marriages, but is also against a federal constitutional amendment to ban them. Kerry says he supports civil unions and rejects legislation that could be used to eliminate equal protections for gays.

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