Roundup: News From
Around the World

Veto? Hell, no! Hundreds gathered on Friday at the Vermont statehouse to protest Gov. Jim Douglas's intention to veto marriage-equality legislation. Drop the Rock : New York lawmakers have reached a deal to dismantle the state's 1970s-era Rockefeller drug laws, some of the nation's harshest. Welcome : For the first time, an openly gay and partnered man has been ordained into the Episcopal priesthood in the Diocese of San Diego. Survey says : A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California shows that 49% of respondents oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry in the state, compared to 44% who favor it.

Finally : Alberta, Canada, will write protection for sexual orientation into its human rights law , 10 years after the country's high court extended those rights. Busy signals: Residents of Kalamazoo, Mich., have deluged City Hall with e-mails, phone messages, and mail to voice their opinions on extending a nondiscrimination ordinance to LGBT individuals.

Cause for concern: Forty percent of new HIV cases in the United Kingdom last year were among gay men, twice the number of a decade ago.