Organizers of the Great Nationwide Kiss In understood the importance of a kiss when they first decided to turn it into a movement. They repeatedly told the stories of: the two men in El Paso who were kicked out of Chico’s Tacos in El Paso, Texas for kissing; the two lesbians kicked out of Rolling...

EL PASO — Gay and unmarried heterosexual partners of municipal employees will now be able to get city health benefits. After a brief debate about whether the timing was right, the City Council voted 6-1 Thursday to add domestic partner benefits to the city budget. About 45 of 6,100 city employees...