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• Outgoing Mayor Mounce talks priorities, is looking forward to volunteering more

• Galt council elects Randy Shelton as mayor

• The canine controversy

• 2 teens stabbed in separate incidents

• Regional Roundup

• Morada group sues Stockton over development, water

• Galt Council not ready to make final decisions on Nueva Vision

• Shackled teen escapes

• Record 3.1 million California kids getting school meals

November 21st, 2009

• Logbook

• Holiday drive spreads cheer to U.S. troops

• Galt High students want board to approve open-campus policy

• Poisoning victims remain hospitalized

• Expert: Half a mushroom cap can be deadly

• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl

• Lodi Middle School holds annual Turkey Trot

• Regional Roundup

• No motive or suspect in shooting

• Sacramento cop arrested for alleged kidnapping

November 20th, 2009

• Acampo woman killed

• Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff

• Advocacy groups sue East Bay Municipal Utility District over Pardee expansion

• Regional Roundup

• Galt plans to help residents with energy-efficient projects

• Stable southeast of Lodi approved

• One year after a heart attack, Lodi's Judy Mims thanks rescuers

• National Guard troops return home in time for the holidays

• Real estate market gets on more solid ground

November 19th, 2009

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Chase ends in crash

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Corrections

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

November 17th, 2009

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Regional Roundup

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clarification

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Regional Roundup

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• The country's mess is our fault (170)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (73)
• Public health care is a Christian option (62)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (50)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (24)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (18)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Non-traditional marriage and Web sites

Gay marriage has been legal in only three states, but already the new "right" has become a potent lever for prejudiced attacks against traditional Americans.

Dr. Neil Clark Warren started eHarmony in 2000, distilling all he had learned from a successful psychology practice into 29 key measures of marital compatibility. Based on careful research, the site aims solely at putting together great marriages. In its eight years, the site has found soulmates for hundreds of thousands of couples who had patronized eHarmony specifically because it was not just another "hookup" site. They were seeking lifelong, compatible, moral relationships — traditional marriage.

But gays can't abide that. Over the past three years, eHarmony has spent millions of dollars battling homosexual litigants. A California judge this summer classified a lesbian's suit against eHarmony a class action. A New Jersey judge last week accepted a settlement for gay activist Eric McKinley against eHarmony. And eHarmony fears litigation in a dozen other states.

Gays do have equal access to eHarmony. But the site makes clear its aim is to serve one market, those seeking traditional life partners. It weeds out applicants unable to form healthy relations, those already married, those with emotional impairment and those seeking sex only. It recommends two years of writing and phoning before marriage.

Gays easily access the largest hookup site, Match.com, which lists homosexual seekers. An all-gay site, ManHunt.com, caters just to them. Enterprising gays could easily create a site aimed at uniting compatible gay friends.

Not disruptive enough for liberals. The New Jersey judge fined Warren $55,000 for not finding McKinley a mate and forced the doctor to open a dubious gay match site for which he has neither expertise nor heart.

Nobody goes into a Cadillac dealership and demands Kia parts. We respect the aim and limit of business. How would owners of a fine vegetarian restaurant feel, harassed and sued by meat eaters for not serving hot dogs? Gay marriage certainly does attack Americans.

Peter Stearns
Lodi

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