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San Diego County workers may be excused from gay weddings (The Fresno Bee) - Workers in the San Diego County clerk's office who object to same-sex marriages may be excused from officiating at gay weddings.

San Diego County workers may be excused from gay weddings (KTVN Reno) - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Workers in the San Diego County clerk's office who object to same-sex marriages may be excused from officiating at gay weddings. County Clerk Gregory Smith says he is considering allowing his employees to opt out of the ceremonies for religious or moral reasons.

NAMES & FACES: A busy weekend for weddings (Detroit Free Press) - What a busy weekend for weddings!

Some County Clerks Balk At Performing Gay Weddings (CBS 5 Bay Area) - Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.

San Diego County workers may be excused from gay weddings (Los Angeles Times) -

Probation for sham weddings role (BBC News) - Seven women and a man are put on 12 months probation for their parts in a sham marriage scam.

Economic troubles take gloss off weddings (Carroll County Online) - NEW YORK - The fairy-tale weddings that many couples have yearned for are starting to come back down to earth, leveled by everyday problems like house payments and rising gas and food bills.

Registrars fear being driven out over gay weddings (Daily Telegraph) - Some Christian registrars are "terrified" of being hounded out of their jobs for not conducting same-sex marriages, an employment tribunal has been told.

Same-sex weddings: marriage made in Hollywood (Independent) - "If I'm this emotional now just saying it, I can't imagine how it's going to be. We are very, very excited." That was a misty-eyed Ellen DeGeneres, soaking up a standing ovation on the set of her talk show, after announcing that she was planning to marry her partner of four years, the Ally McBeal actress Portia de Rossi.

Weddings and Engagements (Princeton Town Topics) - Maldarelli-Drey. Jill Marie Maldarelli, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Maldarelli of Skillman, to Lieutenant Earl D. Drey Jr., son of Earl D. Drey Sr. and the late Mrs. Jamie Drey of Burke, South Dakota.