Show A10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 28 2004 SftrapgM: ‘dtomeslto© psurirateErsDiiBp mew toondl domestic partnership for practical reasons Christopher Price and Bonnie Fletcher both 25 did so in New York City last fall so they could qualify for student housing for couples pt Mount Sinai School of Medicine where they arc graduate students Not ready to marry Price calls their decision “a good first small step” “The first thing you do is you move in The next thing you do Ls get a dog" lie says chuckling “And then you'll find out who's responsible or not” Others are making a political — as a show of support for same-se- x couples who don't have the same option And some groups led by heterosexuals are even calling for a “marriage boycott" to protest a proposed constitutional amendment defining the institution ‘as between a woman and a man' “I just don't think the state should be in the position of sanctioning who should be a family and who should- - Some heterosexuals are deciding against traditional marriage CHICAGO (AP) — As same-se- x j couples fight Tor their right to marry some straight couples — who could marry if they wanted to — are deciding against it Instead they're registering as “domestic partners' an option offered by some cities and counties mainly with gay and lesbian couples in mind National statistics aren't available since some municipalities don't track domestic partners' gender or make their registries public But experts are noting early signs that while the marriage rate continues to decline these alternative arrangements arc piquing state-me- some straight couples’ interest Some heterosexuals following a trend already popular in such countries as Sweden and France choose SARS Fade Continued from WHO A 1 Kerry partisan Max Cleland who lost three limbs in Viet- nam and his Senate seat in a 2002 campaign-lha- t questioned his patriotism because he initially resisted Bush's Homeland Security plan pressed the case Tuesday that Vietnam still matters “The Bush campaign is trying to define John Kerry now but for my money the de fin- ing moment is 35 years ago" Cleland said “John Kerry chose to volunteer arid serve his country and risk his life doing so George Bush did not" ' : 7 Over the past three decades the annual number of marriages las a percentage of unmarried women has declined steadily 6 from a straight single Los Angeles who recently posted — the site Boycott-marriageco- 4 m 3 Marriages in the United States per 100 unmarried women age 15 and older says she’s persuaded one couple to postpone their wedding and has others considering it “I would just like to get more straight people engaged in the issue — no pun intended” says Rosenberg Jones whose opposition to a constitutional amendment inspired her to act Dorian Solot says she’s also heard from several couples who are boyShe’s executive ' cotting marriage director of the Alternatives to Marriage Project a nonprofit that provides information and support to couples who don't wish to many — and that posted its own boycott page last month 2 1 0 SOURCE: The National Marriage Project at Rutgers University nt So far Phoebe Rosenberg Jones — 5 1970 ’75 '80 00 01 85 '90 AP n't” says Jennifer Gaboury another New Yorker She and Jacob Goldfinger both 33 registered as a domestic partners last year and instead of having a wedding invited family and friends to their “commitzvah" The ceremony included the traditional Jewish breaking of the glass after they exchanged vows But there was no minister or justice of the peace — and no marriage license Gaboury says she arrived at her decision not to marry in college after realizing that a lesbian friend couldn’t do so Goldfinger grew to share her views He says getting married “would have been like eat team gathers BEIJING (AP) — Patients quarantined because of SARS were reportedly doing better Tuesday and one promised friends: “I will try my best to recover” China has announced two confirmed cases and six suspected cases in recent days all linked to a Beijing research lab'wherc investigators suspect workers caught and spread severe acute respiratory syndrome him'-- ' 8 recovering patients to find how disease came back : “Part of it might he the accident that Kerry is a decorated veteran of the war and he has tried to use that as crcr dcntials to lead in wartime Thai may well backfire on Not tying the knot ing at a segregated lunch counter" Those calling for a marriage boycott applaud the decision even if dissuading couples from legally tying the knot is difficult - ‘ The World Health Organiza- said it was organizing a team to find out how two ' workers at China's Centers for' Disease Control became infected and why their ail- ments weren’t monitored It said it was especially Chinese officials repbrted no new cases or suspected SARS cases Tuesday but stepped up scrutiny of pneumonia patients to make sure they don’t have SARS ' Authorities say a lab worker named Song in Beijing passed SARS to a nurse named Li The nurse's father mother aunt and roommate also are concerned that one worker took several long train rides while suffering SARS symptoms — putting other passen' gers at risk The worker passed the disease to a nurse ' who treated her doctors say: The WHO said the team which begins work Wednes- n day includes experts in infection demiology virology - control and laboratory safety : ill Song returned to the southeastern province of Anhui and her mother died shortly thereafter Experts suspect SARS epi-tio- AP photo official signs of SARS prevention saying in Chinese and English "Don't Spit" on Tuesday in Shanghai China A woman rides a bicycle past Sale prices effective April 28 - 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