ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The prospect of a gay rights ordinance passing in Anchorage under a supportive city administration is dimming.

Tuesday is the cutoff to pass the anti-discrimination ordinance under the support of Acting Mayor Matt Claman, a Democrat.

If the proposal passes the Anchorage Assembly after that, Mayor-elect Dan Sullivan, a Republican, would have the power to kill it.

Assembly Chair Debbie Ossiander says she will continue to allow public testimony on the issue, but she will not call any extra meetings to get through testimony. Scores of people weighed in at special meetings last week.

Sullivan says he’s waiting to see the final language before he weighs in with his opinion.

Others, including Ossiander, say Sullivan is generally opposed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Two high-profile lawyers are arguing that any bureaucratic inconvenience caused by suspending California’s same-sex marriage ban is outweighed by the ongoing discrimination being suffered by gay and lesbian couples.

Theodore Olson and David Boies, who represented opposing sides in the 2000 presidential election challenge, Bush v. Gore, filed papers Thursday buttressing their argument that Proposition 8 should be lifted while a federal lawsuit challenging the voter-approved measure proceeds in court.

Their brief came in response to briefs filed by Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who opposed granting the temporary injunction. They say it would create uncertainty about marriages conducted in the interim if the ban is eventually upheld.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A health clinic where an adult film actress recently tested positive for HIV got a surprise inspection by state health inspectors Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health said investigators plan to issue subpoenas this week to access patient records.

State inspectors who visited the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in the San Fernando Valley said the staff was cooperative.

“They allowed our people to do a walk-around. They allowed them to speak to employees. There was no exchange of documents yet. There will be in the future, and we’ll see how that goes,” CalOSHA special counsel Amy Martin said.

AIDS prevention advocates and Los Angeles County public health officials say the clinic is protecting the pornography industry by withholding the name of the production company that filmed the performer without a clean test.

The clinic said the woman is the first active performer to contract HIV since a 2004 outbreak shut down production for a month.

The state also wants information about 18 other HIV cases reported by the clinic since 2004.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A text message can show you where to go in Illinois to be tested for HIV/AIDS.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is unveiling “Text 2 Survive” to help stop the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus.

On a mobile phone, anyone can send a text with the message I-L and their five-digit ZIP code to the number 8-9-1-8-3.

The user will receive a confidential text message on the phone with contact information for the nearest HIV/AIDS testing center.

To promote the effort, Public Health is offering a chances to win gift cards for using “Text 2 Survive” or for getting tested.

Approximately 34,500 people in Illinois have HIV or AIDS.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) – Several hundred people are expected to attend a gay Pride event in Kalispell this weekend and some groups say they plan to protest.

The Flathead Valley Alliance, a coalition of gays and lesbians, is planning a dance Friday night, a parade and rally Saturday morning, followed by a drag show and dance on Saturday night.

The local group is in its first year of a two-year commitment to host the annual Montana Pride Network celebration.

Valley Victory Church Pastor David Beaulieu says he knows of a few people who plan to stand silently along the parade route holding signs and some who will pray silently.

Flathead Valley churches have organized a pro-family parade for June 27, including a trailer that focuses on marriage being between one man and one woman and a Ten Commandments float.

Organizer Annie Bukacek calls the event a peaceful response to the gay rights parade.

NEW YORK (AP) – The New York State Bar Association now backs same-sex marriage.

Delegates for the association adopted a resolution Saturday asking state legislators to give full marriage rights to same-sex couples.

The Association says New York’s Domestic Relations law should also be changed to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Bar Association president Michael Getnick says the reform is needed to ensure equal legal rights for gays and lesbians.

The Bar’s previous position on same-sex marriage was that the state could take other actions to guarantee those rights, like recognizing domestic partnerships or civil unions.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Gov. David Paterson says he will make sure state senators vote on a same-sex marriage bill before they break for the summer.

Paterson made the pledge in an interview with the New York Times on Sunday, hours after he refused at a news conference to commit to forcing a vote on the issue.

At the news conference, the governor announced plans to call the Senate into special session to end a political power struggle in the chamber. He said the same-sex marriage bill would not be on the agenda, but he left open the possibility that it could be considered if the Senate acts first on his top priorities.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A poll finds growing support for same-sex marriage in New York as a bill languishing in the state Senate is scheduled for a special session.

The Quinnipiac (KWIN’-uh-pee-ack) University poll finds 51 percent of New Yorkers support the legalization of same-sex marriage. Forty-one percent oppose it.

This is the first time the Quinnipiac poll found majority support for the measure.

Gov. David Paterson says he will compel the Senate to consider final legislative approval of the bill in a special session that he says will begin Tuesday.

The Assembly already passed the bill. Paterson says he will sign it into law if the Senate passes it.

The poll questioned 2,477 voters from June 16 to Sunday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus two points.

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education has approved a ban on campus job discrimination against gays and lesbians.

The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University already prohibit job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

The higher education board voted unanimously to extend the policy to all 11 public college campuses in North Dakota’s university system.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolinians are getting the opportunity to get an HIV test, free of charge, courtesy of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation/ Magic Johnson HIV Testing Van.

The testing is sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council.

The stop in Columbia is part of a three-week, 14-city campaign. The tour kicked off earlier this month in Los Angeles. The final stop is Saturday in Washington, D.C.

Organizers are also presenting grants of $5,000 each to local partners at each stop.