- The Massachusetts legislature debates a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage – hundreds of opponents and supporters of the measure rally as the debate begins
- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom proposes that the City issue marriage licenses to same sex couples
- Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide rejects opposition demands that he resign – members of the Congressional Black Caucus criticize the Bush administration for supporting the opposition
- Striking and locked out grocery workers resume talks with Southern California grocery chains – in San Francisco, a protest at the Pacific Stock Exchange urges shareholders to sell off their Safeway stock
- Drug Czar John Walters denounces medical marijuana during a Sacramento visit – State lawmakers urge a moratorium on federal raides in California
- Federal officials reportedly drop their supboenas of anti-war activists who staged an anti-war event at an Iowa university
- Wesley Clark drops out of the Democratic Presidential race