BBC: Campaigners have urged US homosexuals to stay away from work for a day in protest at recent bans on gay marriage in some states including California.
They were asked to "call in gay" and do community work for a day instead, and also to avoid shopping in order to show gay people's economic clout.
It was unclear how many people actually skipped work but organisers said they had boosted the profile of gay people.
Connecticut and Massachusetts are the only states to allow gay marriage.
In another development, a commission in New Jersey recommended that the state should allow same-sex couples to marry rather than just enter into civil unions.
The state commission argued that same-sex couples could not achieve equality with heterosexual couples if their legal status was restricted to civil unions. >>> | December 10, 2008
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