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• Officer laid to rest in Galt

• After three fires in one week, arson suspected at Lodi home

• Agency, city can begin application process to build Lodi power plant

• Renovation in Thornton

• Regional Roundup

• Correction

• Noche Mexicana

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 7th, 2009

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

• Lining up for flu shots in Lodi

• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

• Daytime thieves targeting Lodi homes

• Lodi High School rally featured on 'Good Day Sacramento'

• Out of control

• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

• New Lodi Memorial rule to combat spread of H1N1: Visitors must be older than 16

November 6th, 2009

• Short sales make up nearly half of Lodi market

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi man accused of smuggling drugs, weapons for inmates at state prison

• 'I-5 Strangler' sentenced to 6 terms of life

• Jury convicts Acampo man of torture, assault of his girlfriend

• Young girl is 200,000th person to assemble AIDS, HIV care kit

• Woman in wheelchair struck by car

November 5th, 2009

• A lower Lodi Lake

• Streetside scarecrows

• San Joaquin County considers moratorium on new Williamson Act contracts

• Speakers address Lodi Unified School District budget shortfalls, plea to keep programs

• Armed robbers still targeting Lodi shops

• Regional Roundup

• California voters have final say over $11 billion water bond

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• Paul Tebbel shines spotlight on sandhill cranes

• Your complete guide to Sandhill Crane Festival

• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy

• Man wanted in Acampo homicide gives up to San Joaquin County Sheriff's detectives

November 4th, 2009

• Candle fire

• Rep. Jerry McNerney sets telephone town hall for Thursday

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

• Galt City Council argues over ordinance hiring residents

• San Joaquin County sues state over prison hospital planned for Stockton

• Big win for Allen Baroni in reclamation election

• California sends Democratic loyalist John Garamendi to Congress

• Bicycling father raising awareness of teen suicide

• Lodi City Council weighs raising fares to restore some bus service

November 3rd, 2009

• 500 attend service for Kyle Coumas

• Correction

• Galt considers ordinance that would require city contractors to hire locally

• Regional Roundup

• Have you seen a missing guide dog puppy in Lodi?

• Galt man dies after weekend Highway 12 crash

• Jason Behrmann is top candidate for Galt city manager

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

• Clarification

November 2nd, 2009

• Downtown Lodi trick or treat

• Public Meetings

• Correction

• Kyle Coumas funeral today

• 27-year-old man shot to death Saturday night in front of Acampo home

• Regional Roundup

• Group investigates reports of haunting

• Sandhill Cranes Festival comes to Lodi next weekend

• Lamborghini lovers gather for show, fine wine, luncheon in Woodbridge

• Lodi's 'Biggest Loser' Christy Richesin runs 5K Halloween race

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• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy (70)
• The Treaty of Tripoli hoax (60)
• Universal health care solves big problems (54)
• Here's what my father knew about the assassination of JFK (35)
• Stuck in neutral? Hardly! (35)
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• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks (24)
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A 'yes' vote on 8 was not a vote for hate

I found out a lot about myself since this last election. Apparently, because I voted "yes" on Proposition 8, I am a hater.

And here I thought my position was much more complex. I guess I am wrong as the pro-gay marriage supporters are out in their loving kindness, pushing around 69-year-old grandmothers, including a couple of blows to the head — battery — taking away her sign — grand theft person — attempting to permanently deprive — a felony — knocking her cross to the ground and stomping on it, painting graffiti on private property —vandalism — and making threats to those who made contributions to support Proposition 8 — civil rights violation and voter intimidation. I guess I should get with the program and learn to be kind and loving like this also. Just one question, where do I go to receive training and buy my "unruly and uncivilized thug" kit so I can intimidate defenseless senior citizens like you "lovers?"

Better yet, since this issue appears that it is not going away, why don't we have an open, calm, mature and public debate regarding the facts. I am sure that unless you are heterophobic we can have a good discussion. The problem for you would be that this would give me the opportunity to introduce facts to discount your fallacious arguments and to point out that you do not want equal rights, you want superior rights, as has been experienced in other countries that have gay marriage.

I clearly do not have enough room to go into every detail of my position opposing gay marriage in this editorial, but to start, a civil union has the exact same rights as a marriage. The only difference is the word "marriage," which has been a religious term for 5,000 years. I must ask everyone out there, if they support gay marriage, do they also support gay bar mitzvah? What the homosexual community really wants is respect for their personal choice. I must tell you I have never heard anybody say "that David Gibbons, what a great heterosexual."

David Gibbons
Lodi