71.   Kimberly Link was pleasantly surprised to find new residents from Hong Kong and Nigeria in her metro Atlanta subdivision, as well as gay couples.

72.   Jeremy Northam and Steve Zahn play escaped convicts who hide out in a small town, posing as a gay couple who stage beauty pageants.

73.   Last February, during a debate on barring counties from offering domestic-partner benefits to gay couples, May lashed out at insulting comments by another representative.

74.   Last year, Dean, a doctor, also signed a landmark law that made Vermont the first state to extend the right of marriage to gay couples.

75.   Laurie Israel, a lawyer, says that under estate tax laws, unequal treatment of gay couples becomes more extreme among wealthy people.

76.   Legally, the rights of civil marriage must be made available to gay couples.

77.   Lesbian and gay activists say some states have used the laws to deny gay couples access to benefits enjoyed by heterosexual couples.

78.   Mississippi bars joint adoptions by gay couples, although individual gays and lesbians are allowed to adopt.

79.   More than half said gay couples should have the same rights and benefits as straight couples.

80.   More than two-thirds of the teen-agers also said gay couples should be permitted to adopt children.