GLBT DIGEST - September 02, 2008

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-Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St.Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violentlymanhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Goodman wasarrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who werebeing unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and NicoleSalazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out theirjournalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the RepublicanNational Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending hercolleagues and the freedom of the press. [...] Democracy Now! is callingon all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor ChrisColeman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release ofGoodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: ChrisRider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jailat 651-266-9350 (press extension 0). [...] Amy Goodman is one of the mostwell-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She hasreceived journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguishedreputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous andSalazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from thenation's leading independent news outlet. Democracy Now! is a nationallysyndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TVstations across the US and the globe. Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ


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Washington Post
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-New Orleans Notebook
In the Big Empty, a Calm After The Storm
The Big Easy became the Big Empty -- few people and no floodwater, hardly,given expectations. Man, was it strange. Strings of Mardi Gras beads fromparties past flapped like pennants from shredded awnings. But it was a goodstrange.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090103203.html

-CAMPAIGN CANCELLATION: Bolling Staffer Rejects Book With Gay, LesbianSection
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling's reelection campaign canceled an order for150 guidebooks produced in the Twin Cities that devoted a section to gay andlesbian tourists. Bolling (R) had planned to give the guidebooks, publishedby the Rake, to the 123 members of the Virginia delegation to the RepublicanNational Convention in St. Paul, Minn. A Bolling spokesman said Monday thatthe lieutenant governor never saw a copy of the guidebook but would not havehad a problem with it. A staffer reviewed a copy and canceled the orderbecause of the section on gays and lesbians, said Randy Marcus, Bolling'schief of staff and a convention delegate. Bolling's campaign ordered anotherguidebook for the delegates and alternates.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102773_pf.html

-GOP Deals With the Storm -- and the Stork
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Louisianacoast about 10:30 a.m. Monday. Hurricane Bristol made landfall in Minnesotaat 11:43 a.m. "Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant," announced the article bySteve Holland on the Reuters news wire. Sarah Palin, John McCain's runningmate, disclosed this bombshell about her daughter Bristol "to knock downrumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover upfor her child."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102553.html


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-As GOP looks to 'values voters,' church it hoped to court shuns politics toembrace many views
The message from the pulpit was "Wine, Water and Worship" - with no mentionof the other "W," George W. Bush. At Eagle Brook Church, Minnesota'slargest evangelical Christian congregation, there was zero talk of politicson the eve of the Republican National Convention. Church pastors politelydeclined an invitation to a GOP prayer breakfast this week.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-cvn-gop-evangelicals,0,5921659.story


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Steve Rothaus
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-Michael Feinstein Announces Wedding Plans with Longtime Partner
In Monday's New York Times, Stephen Holden has done an in-depth piece onMichael Feinstein as Michael prepares for his upcoming run and the releaseof his new album. In the piece, Holden also breaks the news of Feinstein'sengagement to longtime partner Terrence Flannery. The couple are due to bemarried in Los Angeles on October 17, 2008.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=31737


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365Gay.com
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-Dems embarrassed by Gustav remark
A former Democratic National Committee chairman has apologized forsuggesting that Hurricane Gustav's arrival as Republicans prepared to opentheir national convention was a sign that God favors Democrats.
http://www.365gay.com/news/dems-embarrassed-by-gustav-remark/


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Marriage Equality News
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-Biden Called a 'Proven Advocate' for Gay Rights
By LOU CHIBBARO JR | Washington Blade
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's decision to pick Sen. JoeBiden (D-Del.) as his vice presidential running mate drew immediate praisefrom gay activists in Delaware, who called Biden a strong and reliablefriend of the gay community. After more than two months of deliberationover selecting a vice presidential nominee, Obama announced Biden'sselection shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday in text messages and e-mails sent tohis campaign supporters.

-Seven Out Athletes Win Medals in Beijing
by Anthony Glassman | Gay People's Chronicle
Beijing-Of 11 out athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, seven took medalsand one made history. Linda Bresonik of Germany took a bronze medal forsoccer, while Lauren Lappin and Vicky Galindo nabbed silver medals with theUnited States women's softball team. Natasha Kai of the U.S. brought homegold in soccer, while Gro Hammerseng and Katya Nyberg, who are a couple,brought gold medals home to Norway in handball.

-Michigan Elections Panel OKs Ballot Proposals
By Tim Martin | Pride Source
Michigan voters will decide whether to loosen the state's restrictions onembryonic stem cell research and allow medical use of marijuana duringNovember's election. A state election panel gave final approval to theproposals Thursday, clearing their path to appear on the ballot. Supportersof both measures collected more than enough valid voter signatures toqualify.

-Poll: New Jerseyans Ready for Same-Sex Marriage
By Rex Wockner | Pride Source
A Zogby Poll released Aug. 19 found that 59 percent of New Jerseyans supportgranting same-sex couples access to marriage "if public officials concludethat the civil-union law has not worked to provide same-sex couples thelegal protections that marriage would." Thirty-six percent oppose the idea.Sixty-nine percent said marriage equality is inevitable in New Jersey, while21 percent think it isn't.

-GLAAD: 1,049 US Daily Newspapers Accept Gay Wedding Announcements
By Rex Wockner | Pride Source
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said Aug. 18 that 1,049 dailyU.S. newspapers now accept same-sex wedding announcements - a 15-foldincrease since 2002. According to the group, 83 percent of all U.S.newspaper consumers now read a paper that accepts wedding announcements fromsame-sex couples, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have newspapersthat print announcements for gay and lesbian couples, all but three of thenation's top 100 media markets are home to newspapers with an inclusiveannouncement policy, and every daily newspaper in nine states and theDistrict of Columbia prints wedding announcements for same-sex couples.

-Deadly Inattention to HIV
By David R. Holtgrave and Julie M. Scofield | Baltimore Sun
Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV. That's about 150 every day - more than 1,000 a week. This is part of the news fromthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recently unveiled HIVincidence statistics, and it has critical implications for the nation.Previously, it was thought that there was an infection every 13 minutes. Butthe CDC's new tool for estimating HIV reveals that there are more than15,000 more HIV infections annually than had been previously estimated.Roughly 200 of those 15,000 people will die each year because of HIVdisease. The number of new infections among gay and bisexual men of allraces is on the rise, and the disproportionate impact in racial and ethnicminority communities is staggering.

-Not All Mormon Faithful Support Gay Marriage Ban
365Gay.com
(Salt Lake City, Utah) Prompted by their church's support for a Californiainitiative to ban gay marriage, some Mormons are voicing opposition to theproposed ban on the Internet - saying in cyberspace what they might not beable to express in church buildings. "We need a place where people can havea discussion and get information," said Laura Compton, a contributor atMormonsforMarriage.com. "And people need to know that it's not coming froman anti-Mormon place, or a gay Castro district place. It's coming from afaithful place."


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Pink News - UK
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-Gay man may be selected as Anglican bishop
Sources close to the selection process for the next Anglican Bishop ofBangor in Wales have revealed that a prominent gay man is on the shortlist.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8876.html


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-Was a Would-Be Saint Gay?
The long-running battle between gay rights activists and the Vatican hasmoved into the realm of the dead. With 19th century Anglican convertCardinal John Henry Newman, arguably the greatest Catholic thinker from theEnglish-speaking world, moving ever closer to sainthood, trouble is brewingover where his final resting place should be. The London-born historian andtheologian died in 1890 and, following the instructions in his will, wasburied beside his lifelong friend and fellow convert Ambrose St. John, whohad died 15 years earlier. Newman's deep expressions of grief after St.John's death, along with other writings, have led some historians to askwhether the two men, who lived together for many years, lived much likecommon-law spouses. newman, whose ideas on conscience and faith haveinfluenced Christian theology ever since, is expected to be beatified nextyear following the Vatican's recent certification of a Newman miracle - whena Boston man's cure from a crippling spinal disease could not be explainedmedically. The final step of canonization - full Sainthood - will requireproof of an additional miracle achieved through the intercession of Newman'sspirit.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837124,00.html

-Ambrose St John, the Cardinal and Catholic grave robbers
The famous Catholic Cardinal, John Henry Newman, who died in 1890 was a manof deep passion and conviction. The celebrated theologian and historian isviewed by many Catholics as one the greatest thinkers from theEnglish-speaking world. Despite the hidebound traditions of his day, Newmanmaintained a relationship of great intimacy with an Anglican clergyman,Father Ambrose St John. The relationship was so close, it has been likenedto the relationship between "husband and wife." When Ambrose St John diedin 1875, Newman was deeply stricken. He said: "I have ever thought nobereavement was equal to that of a husband's or a wife's, but I feel itdifficult to believe that any can be greater, or any one's sorrow greater,than mine."

-Fed up with straight talking
As far as most women's mags are concerned, lesbians don't exist. So shouldgay readers stick to specialist titles or is there room for middle ground?
by Claudia Cahalane, The Guardian, How to please your man. Bag the guy ofyour dreams. Britain's most eligible bachelors. Sex tips he'll love. Thewomen's glossies often seem to have but one thing on their minds: sex. Andlots of it. But not, perhaps, if you're a lesbian. There's the oddtitillating feature about getting off with your best mate, but as far asmost mainstream glossies are concerned, gay women only exist as asubculture. Images and words virtually always assume heterosexuality, andthere is little recognition that a portion of the readership (at least 6% ofthe female population) will not be straight. So what does a gay woman readon the bus?

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