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The effort to give California more clout in national politics by staging an early presidential primary died quietly Friday as the Legislature prepared to adjourn for the year. Unless the legislation is resurrected--which seemed unlikely--California's presidential primary again will be held with its regular state primary in June, instead of on March 3, as proposed.

The effort to give California more clout in national politics by staging an early presidential primary died quietly Friday as the Legislature prepared to adjourn for the year. Unless the legislation is resurrected--which seemed unlikely--California's presidential primary again will be held with its regular state primary in June, instead of on March 3, as proposed.

Dealing a setback to the religious right on two politically charged issues, the state Senate on Wednesday voted to make it illegal for employers to discriminate against homosexuals and appealed to President Bush to lift the import ban on the French abortion drug RU-486. The two proposals, both targets of a intensive lobbying campaign by fundamentalist Christian organizations, were returned to the Assembly for expected final legislative approval.

Dealing a setback to the religious right on two politically charged issues, the state Senate on Wednesday voted to make it illegal for employers to discriminate against homosexuals and appealed to President Bush to lift the import ban on the French abortion drug RU-486. The two proposals, both targets of a intensive lobbying campaign by fundamentalist Christian organizations, were returned to the Assembly for expected final legislative approval.