Ameristar's request for later vote denied http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040716/NEWS05/407160335/1007 

Prairie Meadows wins OK to expand http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040716/NEWS05/407160333/1007

Possible casino sites lean toward south D.M. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040716/NEWS05/407160334/1007

Marriage Protection Act -- A Suitable Short-Term Alternative to FMA? http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/162004a.asp
 

Cloture Vote Fails, Marriage Amendment Stalls in Senate - July 14, 2004

(AgapePress) - On a 50-48 vote, the U.S. Senate has failed to overcome a Democratic filibuster and force a vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment. Senators John Kerry and John Edwards, both on the campaign trail, were the two senators not present for the vote; neither had planned to attend the procedural vote.

The "cloture vote," as it is called, required 60 votes to bring debate to a close. Supporters of the FMA had conceded beforehand that they did not expect to garner enough votes to force the vote. Pro-family leader Gary Bauer had stated that regardless of the specifics of the motion, there would be only one way to interpret the results. Senators who support traditional marriage will vote for cloture, he said, while senators who support homosexual "marriage" will vote against cloture.

Conservative leaders are vowing to hold those senators who show support for same-sex marriage accountable in November's election.
For the complete article: http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/142004a.asp
 

July 13, 2004 Ugandan AIDS Model Again Highlighted, But Opponents Disagree
By Patrick Goodenough - CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief - July 13, 2004

Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - The leader of the country that has most successfully brought HIV-AIDS under control has once again attributed that achievement to promoting sexual abstinence and fidelity above condom use, but critics remain unimpressed.

Despite having the lowest per-capita use of condoms in sub-Saharan Africa - by far the region hardest hit by the rampant epidemic - Uganda has overseen the biggest decline of HIV infection in the world since the early 1990s.

"In our prevention campaigns we emphasized on abstinence and on being faithful rather than condom use," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told the 15th international AIDS conference in Bangkok on Monday.

"Ultimately we cannot become a condomized nation," he said, adding that condom use was merely a "stop gap, improvised measure." Instead, he called for "relationships based on love and trust."   
For the complete article: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200407/FOR20040713a.html

July 12, 2004  Electronic Lottery Game Planned for Iowa http://www.kcrg.com/article.aspx?art_id=85435&cat_id=123

July 10, 2004 Oregon records gay marriages http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/10894607473820.xml

Kerry Picks Edwards to 'Help Build One America' http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200407/POL20040706a.html
 

A Judge with Religious Convictions Gets Senate OK http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/82004b.asp
 

Senate Confirms Conservative Judicial Nominee July 07, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Senate, allowed to make an up-or-down vote on one of President Bush's judicial nominees, confirmed the nomination of J. Leon Holmes as a U.S. District judge on Tuesday.The vote was 51-46.Conservative groups were delighted, but liberal groups -- determined to block any and all conservative, pro-life candidates -- were outraged.
http://www.cnsnews.com/Nation/archive/200407/NAT20040707a.html