President Bush has officially submitted to the Senate his nomination of John D. Negroponte as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Pro-life groups have found him not a worthy candidate. https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010515/t000040722.html
Republican Senator Jesse Helms has introduced legislation that would effectively cut off federal funding to public schools that refuse to allow Boy Scouts to use their facilities because of the group’s stance on homosexuality. https://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,24831,00.html
US Census data indicate that unmarried co-habitation has increased 72% in the last decade. The numbers increased from 3.2 million unmarried-partner households in 1990 to 5.5 million in 2000. https://www.usatoday.com/news/census/2001-05-15-cohabitate.htm