GLBT DIGEST - October 05, 2008

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New York Times
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-Pittsburgh Episcopal Diocese Votes for Split
A wide majority of clergy and lay members of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted Saturday to leave the national church and align with a more conservative South American branch, adding to the fallout from the 2003 election and consecration of an openly gay bishop.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05church.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse

-On Politics | Hartford
Taking Sides on a Constitutional Convention
A deceptively simple question on Connecticut's ballot next month is stirring up rallies against gay marriage, counterdemonstrations, demands for direct initiatives and fears of big-money lobbying campaigns by
right-wing groups.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/connecticut/05polct.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse


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Washington Post
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-Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look
Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500361.html


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Sun-Sentinel
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-Gay families are here, no matter what the Florida Constitution says
Adelle Barsky-Moore is 5, and she doesn't know about wedge politics and the Culture War. All she knows is that she loves her two dads and they love her. Her parents, Allan Barsky and Greg Moore, have been together 10 years. They were married in Canada, Barsky's native country, in 2003. They wear wedding bands, are registered domestic partners in Broward and live in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-flbmayocol1005sboct05,0,638420.column

-Amendment 2 would hurt many couples, not just gays
I've spent four decades fighting for the rights of seniors in Florida, and I am deeply troubled by the threat Amendment 2 poses for Florida's large senior population. Amendment 2 does not simply define marriage; it could actually restrict who could receive basic family protections and health benefits. The ramifications of this misdirected amendment could hit seniors particularly hard. Many seniors who are widowed do not remarry because, if they do, they risk losing essential pension benefits or they fear that a new marriage might upset estate plans for their adult children.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-amendment2forum05pnoct05,0,5431813.story


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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-'Gay virginity' auctioned by 27-year-old Wall Street casualty
Here's an innovative use of the Internet: A 27-year-old straight guy -- recently fired from his Wall Street job and $32,000 in debt -- is auctioning off his "gay virginity." This is spreading across the Internet today and folks online are speculating that it probably is for real ...
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/10/27-year-old-wal.html

-Would Palin vote no on FL gay marriage ban?
Thanks to Gwen Ifill's insistence on not insisting on follow-up questions last night, Sarah Palin's position on gay marriage looks strikingly similar to that of Joe Biden's and therefore of Florida Red and Blue, the opponents of Amendment 2 in Florida.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/10/would-palin-vot.html


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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-West Virginia Wants to Stub Gay Smoking
West Virginia -- a state not known for being exactly gay-friendly -- has allocated $100,000 to fight smoking in the gay and lesbian community, reports The Charleston Gazette. Two state groups each received a $50,000 grant that will go to smoking cessation programs and marketing. Gay people who chew tobacco will also be targeted for assistance.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid62990.asp


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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-British star Matthew Goode says he's comfortable with gay kisses and nudity
British star Matthew Goode says that he's comfortable with gay kisses and nude scenes in te remake of Brideshead Revisited. The actor needed to get intimate with co-star Ben Whishaw in the film version of Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel. A story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence in pre- World War Two Britain.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9206.html

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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-Red tassels are only remains of saintly cardinal
The bones of the Victorian cardinal who is in line to become Britain's first saint for almost 40 years have disintegrated, hampering plans to turn his final resting place into a centre of Christian pilgrimage. Church officials exhuming the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman were surprised to discover that his grave was almost empty when it was opened on Thursday. All that remained were a brass plate and handles from Newman's coffin, along with a few red tassels from his cardinal's hat. The discovery will not affect Newman's case for sainthood. But officials have had to abandon plans to transfer his bones from a rural cemetery in Rednal, Worcestershire, to a marble sarcophagus at Birmingham Oratory, which Newman founded after converting to Catholicism from the Church of England.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882620.ece

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