Headlines @ Closin’ Time (3/15/05)

* Gay marriage ruling galvanizes both sides: Decision by a California court allowing gay unions reflects a judiciary moving in one direction and legislatures in another / Alexandra Marks , Christian Science Monitor — State after state votes overwhelmingly against gay marriage, and a philosopher king tries to force his will on the vox populi anyway. Impeach him.

* Informers betrayed Chechen leader for $10m, Russia says / Andrew Osborne , The Independent — With friends like those, it’s hard to win a revolution.

* Lawmakers move to spare Schiavo: Reach deal in Florida Legislature to vote on bill as deadline looms /WorldNetDaily — What did Terri ever do to tick her old man off enough that he wants her dead so badly?

* Nichols faces 4 murder charges: Surrounded by 19 officers in cinder-block jail room /Associated Press — Give him a fair trial, and then hang ‘im.

* Harvard Faculty Approves Summers No-Confidence Motion: Said women may lack aptitude to excel in science and engineering /Bloomberg.com — I’m surprised the secret vote was so close, 218-185. The PC Police obviously don’t have a supermajority at Harvard.