The ruling, striking down laws limiting marriages to unions between a man and a woman, will make California the second state to allow same-sex marriage.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html" border="0"/></a>
Meanwhile, opponents said they are proposing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-scene.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-scene.html" border="0"/></a>
Rescue workers are still struggling to reach untold numbers of remote villages, which could contribute tens of thousands more bodies to the earthquake death toll.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/world/asia/16search.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/world/asia/16search.html" border="0"/></a>
