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DETROIT – The national Democratic Party’s platform committee endorsed gay marriage Saturday for the first time and called for the repeal of a federal law that recognizes marriage as only between a man and a woman.
The platform is a broad statement of the party’s priorities on the economy, social issues and national defense and next goes to the national convention in North Carolina in September.
Scott Dibble, a committee member and a state senator from Minnesota, said support for gay marriage can attract new voters.
“Young people are looking for a political home right now. This has become a defining moral question of our time,” said Dibble, who is gay.
The platform says Democrats support “marriage equality” and the “movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples.”
“We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference,” the platform says.
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For nearly a century, the Teck smelter in Trail, B. C.
pumped slag, a byproduct of metals refining, into
the Columbia River.
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This date in history
1953: The Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb.
1981: IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150, at a press conference in New York.
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A kayaker at “entrance exam”
in the Chelan River Gorge.
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PADDLING – Whitewater kayak events through the exhilarating Chelan River Gorge will be set once-yearly rather than four-times yearly as interest among expert boaters has declined, Chelan County PUD announced this week.
The new plan, worked out with American Whitewater, calls for a water release this year on Sept. 15 and 16 regardless of how many kayakers sign up.
Only about a quarter-mile long, the gorge thunders with expert-only Class 4, 5 and 6 whitewater during spill events.
The PUD’s federal license to operate Lake Chelan Dam originally ordered four annual releases of water through the gorge for whitewater recreation. But there hasn’t been enough interest among boaters in the past three years to justify four events.
Boaters must register prior to the September event online at chelanpud.org.
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Forest Service mule packers lend muscle to lookout project
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Fire lookouts hang on to lofty legacy
Scotchman Peaks group rises to occasion for lookout
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Book Notes: Pictures tell mountain’s story
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| This postcard, postmarked 1905, shows “Mt. Carlton” as seen from downtown Spokane and is among the images featured in “Mount Spokane,” written by Duane Becker. |
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