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-Gay Marriage Is Ruled Legal in Connecticut
A divided state Supreme Court struck down a civil union law, making the state the third to legalize same-sex marriage. [...] The ruling, which cannot be appealed and is to take effect on Oct. 28, held that a state law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples, and a civil union law intended to provide all the rights and privileges of marriage to same-sex couples, violated the constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11marriage.html?hp
-Separate Is Not Equal
The Connecticut Supreme Court ended a serious injustice within its own borders by ruling that gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11sat4.html?ref=opinion
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Miami Herald
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-Wyo. town reflects 10 years after Shepard's murder
A decade after a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead, many in this small college town are still struggling with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination of attitudes toward gays. Ten years ago, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard died after being beaten and left in the cold by two men he met in a bar. Residents were shaken by the brutality of the crime, and the media descended on the town trying to explain why it happened.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/721085.html
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-Coming out would have positive or no impact, say nearly 9 of 10 heterosexuals
New online study also shows nearly 7 out 10 heterosexuals said they prefer an individual be open and honest about being gay, rather than feel the need to hide their orientation
According to a new national survey, nearly nine out of 10 (87%) heterosexuals said that if someone were to come out to them as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, it would have a positive or no impact on how they would view gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people. The survey also revealed that two out of three (67%) heterosexual adults agree that if someone they knew is gay or lesbian, they'd want that individual to be open and honest with them about it, rather than feel the need to hide who he or she really is. The new nationwide survey of 2,455 U.S. adults, (ages 18 and over), of whom 287 self identified as gay or lesbian (which includes an oversample of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults), was conducted online between September 15-22, 2008, by Harris Interactive, a global market research and consulting firm, in conjunction with Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc., a strategic public relations and marketing communications firm with special expertise in the GLBT market.
-$300,000 award to bullied gay and lesbian high school students upheld Lambda Legal news release:
'My experience at Poway was just three years of my life I'd love to forget'(San Diego) In a 3-0 decision, the California Court of Appeal (Fourth District) today upheld a jury decision that found that Poway Unified School District officials took minimal or no action at all when two Poway High School students were subjected to relentless harassment because they are gay and lesbian. The ruling upheld an award of $300,000 to Megan Donovan and Joey Ramelli under the state education code. "We're pleased the court today recognized that every student has a right to feel safe and protected at school," said Lambda Legal Senior Staff Attorney Brian Chase. "Unfortunately, what happened to Megan and Joey is far from uncommon. We hope this lawsuit and the attention it has generated will remind school officials everywhere that parents expect their kids to be safe from bullying and violence during school hours."
-Averting crisis: Mitchell Gold on growing up gay in America
Decades before Mitchell Gold became a famous furniture mogul, he considered ways to kill himself. ''I debated how to do it. An overdose of sleeping pills seemed somewhat painless,'' Gold writes in his new book, Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America. ``I considered other tactics -- driving a car off a cliff, running in front of a train, jumping off a building -- but I knew I didn't have the guts.''
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/720107.html
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365Gay.com
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-In SNL, veritas
In the last few weeks I've become seriously convinced that Saturday Night Live could help sway this presidential election. For one thing, it has crystallized Sarah Palin's foreign-policy experience in a simple phrase: "I can see Russia from my house." She didn't quite say that, of course, but it's
close enough - not to mention funny, and memorable.
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/in-snl-veritas/
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The Advocate
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-Gay Man's Killer Gets Four Life Sentences
Darrell Lynn Madden was sentenced to four consecutive life terms in prison on Thursday after admitting to killing a 62-year-old gay man in Oklahoma City last year, reports The Oklahoman. In a plea deal made with prosecutors, Madden, 38, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and slaying Steven Domer. He earned two additional like terms for assaulting and spitting on Oklahoma County jail guards.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63421.asp
- Connecticut Marriage Ruling Shifts Focus to California, Prop. 8
While LGBT citizens and supporters were rejoicing at the Connecticut supreme court's Friday decision to legalize same-sex marriage, others were already weighing what effect the ruling might have on this year's marriage amendment battles in California, Arizona, and Florida as well as the presidential election. While LGBT citizens and supporters were rejoicing at the Connecticut supreme court's Friday decision to legalize same-sex marriage, others were already weighing what effect the ruling might have on this year's marriage amendment battles in California, Arizona, and Florida as well as the presidential election.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63491.asp
-Protesters Descend on Kentucky McDonald's
A McDonald's restaurant in Louisville, Ky., at which gay customers were harassed and insulted for their orientation was visited by dozens of protesters on Friday. Carrying signs saying "Homophobia Served Here" and "NOT Lovin' It," the protesters called for McDonald's to treat all customers fairly. The group was responding to an alleged incident on July 26 in which two men -- Ryan Marlatt and Teddy Eggers -- and three other friends were waiting for their food at McDonald's when they claim employees referred to them as "faggots." Marlatt and Eggers asked for the cost of their meals to be refunded by a manager, but the men say the manager refused. Following the incident, Marlatt and Eggers said they tried unsuccessfully to contact the estaurant's general manager and the McDonald's corporate office in Illinois.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63490.asp
-Mormons Raise $8.4 Million for Prop. 8
A coalition of Mormon churches is raising funds and mobilizing members in support of the California ballot initiative that would amend the state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Senior elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints broadcast a call to Mormons on Wednesday night to increase efforts to volunteer and donate funds to the fight, the Associated Press reports. The hourlong message went out to churches in Utah, Hawaii, and Idaho as well as California.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63457.asp
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Marriage Equality News
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-No on 8 needs $10 million; 'Our lead is gone'
Link: Bay Area Reporter
With the campaign to defeat anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 behind in money and in two recent polls, Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors declared Tuesday, "We are going to lose this election if we don't raise the money we need to stay on the airwaves." No on 8 senior strategist Steve Smith who, along with Kors, was speaking on a conference call with LGBT media, said the campaign needs to raise at least $10 million before the November 4 election. That money is crucial to reach voters through TV ads.
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-"Hampered struggle against neo-Nazis"
BELGRADE -- Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Ciplic says that state has mechanisms to outlaw the work of neo-Nazi organizations. The problem, Ciplic says, is enforcement. The minister supports the Interior Minister (MUP) Ivica Dacic's call to citizens not to organize a rally on Saturday so as to avoid clashes and jeopardizing the lives of innocent people.
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=10&dd=10&nav_id=54128
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-UK to Get Its First Gay History Museum
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/features/a-matter-of-gay-pride-britain-is-to-have-its-first-museum-on-the-history-of-homosexuality-955390.html
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-Will Gay Marriage Help McCain?
Now that same-sex love is legal in California, should Obama brace for a ballot backlash?
In February 2004, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom began officiating same-sex weddings on the steps of City Hall. Over the next month, more than 4,000 couples tied the knot in defiance of a state referendum that had banned gay marriage in California in 2000. Newsom says he challenged the law out of a sense of "moral obligation." But his move awakened a sense of moral outrage among Republicans, who raced to put anti-gay-marriage initiatives on the ballot in 11 states. After John Kerry lost in November, some Democrats suggested that the specter of gay marriage had thrown the contest to George W. Bush. "I believe it did energize a very conservative vote," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said immediately after the election. "It gave them a position to rally around. The whole issue has just been too much, too fast, too soon."
http://www.motherjones.com
-GLAAD Announces Partnership with National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
GLAAD is proud to announce its partnership with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Academy for Leadership in Action at this year's National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. This year's conference is taking place in the "mile high" city, Denver, Colorado, from January 28 through February 1, 2009. We cordially invite you to join us at the conference and to be a part of this incredibly exciting skill building and learning opportunity.
www.glaad.org
-CT: High Court Grants Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples
The state Supreme Court's 4-3 decision Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry swept through the state with the force of a cultural tidal wave.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hcu-gaymarriage-1010,0,7812756.story
-AK paper: McCain/Palin reply on gay proclamation
Good story today from Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News on their blog, all about Palin rejecting a request to endorse National Coming Out Day:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/10/ak-paper-mccainpalin-reply-on-gay.html
-UK: Gay student hanged himself after anonymous phone taunts about his sexuality
A teenager killed himself after a string of anonymous and abusive phone calls about his sexuality. The calls began after Lee Simpson revealed in a letter to his family and friends that he was gay. Months later the 18-year-old student was found hanged at home in Blackley. His father, John Simpson, 50, believes that the calls taunting Lee plagued him and he could no longer cope with the harassment. 'It happened just before he died,' said Mr Simpson. 'I never expected him to do what he did but those calls definitely didn't help him. I think they pushed him over the edge.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1075716/Gay-student-hanged-anonymous-phone-taunts-sexuality.html
-PA: Courts: Gay plant worker looks to appeals court to condemn harassment
For years, Brian Prowel says, his coworkers tormented him for being effeminate, for not being like all the other guys at his Butler plant. Not true, says his former employer: Prowel was frequently abused by his coworkers ... but only because he's gay. And that, unsavory as it may sound, is not against the law. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly prohibits employment discrimination based on sex. It does not, however, extend to sexual orientation -- rendering that sort of discrimination illegal is up to states and municipalities. Some do, and some don't. The case, an appeal of which is now being decided in federal court, has attracted interest from civil-rights activists, who say it has a potential to redefine how the courts apply anti-discrimination law. Twenty-one women's groups from around the country have signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief. Setting precedent for gender-presentation discrimination, they say, will pave the way for women in traditionally male fields to be protected against gendered harassment. And having harassment-free access to male-oriented high-paying jobs could go a long way toward addressing the pay gap.
http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=53365
-Coming Out Would Have Positive or No Impact on Nearly 9 out of 10 Heterosexuals
New online study also shows nearly 7 out 10 heterosexuals said they prefer an individual be open and honest about being gay, rather than feel the need to hide their orientation
Washington, DC - October 10, 2008 - According to a new national survey, nearly nine out of 10 (87%) of heterosexuals said that if someone were to come out to them as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, it would have a positive or no impact on how they would view gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people. The survey also revealed that two out of three (67%)heterosexual adults agree that if someone they knew is gay or lesbian, they'd want that individual to be open and honest with them about it, rather than feel the need to hide who he or she really is. The new nationwide survey of 2,455 U.S. adults, (ages 18 and over), of whom 287 self identified as gay or lesbian (which includes an oversample of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults), was conducted online between September 15-22, 2008, by Harris Interactive, a global market research and consulting firm, in conjunction with Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc., a strategic public relations and marketing communications firm with special expertise in the GLBT market.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/index.asp
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Lambda Legal
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-Sex Sting Exposes Police Bias
Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee town after its police department and police chief released photos of 40 men following a public sex sting operation. The Johnson City Police Department (JCPD), acting drastically outside of normal procedure, released the arrest photographs of Kenneth Giles and 39 other men because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation. The local news ran the story prominently along with the pictures and addresses of the men involved, and since the arrests, one man has committed suicide and several others have lost their jobs, including Giles. We argue that the JCPD violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution by singling out these men for harsher treatment by making their images available to the media.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/lambda-legal-files-federal-lawsuit-in-tenn.html
-Perilous Health Care Proposal
Lambda Legal and the National Coalition for LGBT Health, along with other health advocacy and medical care groups, submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding proposed expansions to federal rules that pose a risk of increased discrimination against LGBT and HIV-positive patients.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/lambda-legal-hiv-and-medical.html
-Working together
To help meet our financial goals during this tough economic time, Lambda Legal Board Member Curt Kirschner has pledged to match all donations from new members between now and October 31st.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/
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NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST - October 11, 2008
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-Rich Nations Pushing for Coordination in Rescue
The United States and six other nations agreed to a plan to rescue the financial industry, but fell short of offering concrete steps to backstop bank lending.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/11global.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-Time to Act
The leading nations must develop a clear and coordinated plan this weekend to end this time of global financial peril.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11sat1.html?ref=opinion
-The Navy, Whales and the Court
The Supreme Court should assert its authority over any military activities that can cause environmental harm.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11sat3.html?ref=opinion
-Alaska Inquiry Concludes Palin Abused Powers
Gov. Sarah Palin abused the powers of her office by pressuring subordinates to get her former brother-in-law, a state trooper, fired, an investigation has concluded. [...] What now lies ahead is not fully known at this point. Ms. Palin could be censured by the Legislature, but that is unlikely. [...] The report says she knowingly "permitted Todd Palin to use the governor's office and the resources of the governor's office, including access to state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11trooper.html?hp
-Teachers Sue Over Right to Politic
The New York City teachers' union filed a federal lawsuit on Friday claiming that a policy banning political pins and signs in schools violates teachers' First Amendment rights by blocking them from political expression. The lawsuit comes nearly two weeks after the Department of Education sent a memo to principals directing them to enforce the longstanding regulation, which requires that all school staff members show "complete neutrality" while on duty. The policy also prohibits teachers from using school property to promote a candidate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11button.html
-Mugabe Hands Ministries to His Party in Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG - In a step that could jeopardize a painstakingly negotiated power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe, in office for 28 years, has unilaterally declared that his party will retain ministries that control the military and the police, state media reported Saturday. The crucial Finance Ministry was still in dispute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/africa/12zimbabwe.html?hp
-Police: 2 Arab Homes Torched in Israel Town
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Police say two Arab-owned apartments were torched in the Israeli town of Acre amid clashes between Jews and Arabs. Police say Saturday rioters torched two empty apartments owned by Arabs in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Overall, 12 people are in custody for rioting and eight are under house arrest.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ML-Israel-Clashes.html
-With Spotlight on Pirates, Somalis on Land Waste Away in the Shadows
AFGOOYE, Somalia - Just step into a feeding center here, and the sense of hopelessness is overwhelming. Dozens of women sit with listless babies in their laps, snapping their fingers, trying to get a flicker of life out of their dying children. Little eyes close. Wizened 1-year-olds struggle to breathe. This is the place where help is supposed to be on its way. But the nurses in the filthy smocks are besieged. From the doorway, you can see the future of Somalia fading away.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/africa/11somalia.html
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Washington Post
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-Will McCain Do Anything to Win?
By Harold Ford Jr.
Although our nation's economic house is on fire, John McCain isn't unveiling proposals to put out the fiscal flames. Instead, he is pursuing the presidency by taking the low road, as he and his surrogates attack Barack Obama in harsh, personal terms. It's hard to believe this is the same man who in 2004 said of the Swift-boat attacks against John Kerry: "I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002558.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
-What's in a (Muslim) Name?
Khaled Hosseini
The author of 'The Kite Runner' asks: Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah too?
I prefer to discuss politics through my novels, but I am truly dismayed these days. Twice last week alone, speakers at McCain-Palin rallies have referred to Sen. Barack Obama, with unveiled scorn, as Barack Hussein Obama. [...] Never mind that this evokes -- and brazenly tries to resurrect -- the unsavory, cruel days of our past that we thought we had left behind. Never mind that such jeers are deeply offensive to millions of peaceful, law-abiding Muslim Americans who must bear the unveiled charge, made by some supporters of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin, that Obama's middle name makes him someone to distrust -- and, judging by some of the crowd reactions at these rallies, someone to persecute or even kill. [...] What I find most unconscionable is the refusal of the McCain-Palin tandem to publicly condemn the cries of "traitor," "liar," "terrorist" and (worst of all) "kill him!" that could be heard at recent rallies. [...] People are losing their homes and their jobs and are watching the future slip away from them. But instead of addressing these problems, the McCain-Palin ticket is doing its best to distract Americans by provoking fear, anxiety and hatred. Country first? Hardly.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002456.html
-McCain's Chilling Dance With the Dark Side
So the McCain camp is trying to raise doubts about Barack Obama -- even though the Illinois senator has been on the national stage for four years and has been under the presidential campaign microscope for the last 20 months. They seem to have no qualms appealing to the cultural fears of their agitated, and now energized, base by practically branding Obama as un-American or anti-American. And this is eliciting an ugliness at McCain-Palin events that is justifiably raising alarms that some nut job is going to act on the Republican ticket's cynical campaigning. For two days now, there have been stories about boisterous McCain-Palin supporters screaming inflammatory words at the very mention of Obama's name. Words like "terrorist" and "Kill him!" and "treason."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/mccains_chilling_dance_with_th.html
-SPOT ON: Those Negative Ads Are a Positive Thing
It's that time again. With the mud flying in the presidential race, pundits, journalists and political observers of all stripes are denouncing the campaign's new, strikingly negative tone. Listening to them, you'd think that the very fabric of our democracy were being ripped apart every time a candidate aired a tough attack ad, threw an elbow or issued a sharply worded statement. It's no surprise that the public has joined the chorus to denounce negativity in politics. But as someone who has spent years studying negative advertising, I say hold the handwringing over attack ads. They're actually pretty good for the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002449.html
-More Journalists Pull Out of Iraq
Withdrawal reflects country's growing stability as well as the financial strains facing western media.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002934.html?hpid=topnews
-Austrian far right leader Haider dies in car crash
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's veteran far-right leader Joerg Haider was killed in a car accident on Saturday near his home town of Klagenfurt, police said. Haider, who led the far-right into a coalition government from 2000-2006, made headlines across the world and drew international condemnation with his blunt anti-immigrant statements and for seeming to flirt with Nazi sympathies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101003311.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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-McCain-Palin 2008 Statement on 'Troopergate' Report
McCain-Palin 2008 spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following statement on today's release of Stephen Branchflower's report: "Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country."
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/10/mccain-palin-2008-statement-on-troopergate-report/
-Wild Day Caps Worst Week Ever for Stocks
The Dow declined 128 points to 8451.19, capping the worst week in its 112-year history with its most volatile day ever. Down nearly 700 points early on, stocks gave up late gains as hopes for an international bank-rescue plan were overcome by a wave of selling.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122368071064524779.html
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-Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans
Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive. Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/721995.html
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-ACORN group targeted by GOP
Organization behind registration drive is known for low-income membership
A new class warfare front has opened in the campaign for president as Republicans mount an assault on the integrity of the nation's largest community organizing group and try to link it to Democrat Barack Obama, himself a former organizer for a different group.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-acornoct11,0,1168347.story?track=rss
-Connecticut justices give gays right to marry
The high court says allowing same-sex couples only civil unions is not full equality. The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday gave gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, ruling that civil unions relegate them to a "separate" and "inferior status" that falls short of full equality. "We therefore agree with the plaintiffs that 'maintaining a second-class citizen status for same-sex couples by excluding them from the institution of civil marriage' " violates the state's constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws, the state high court said.
http://www.latimes.com/wireless/avantgo/la-na-gaymarriage11-2008oct11,0,1405125.story
-POLITICS: The Real Risk Of McCain's Health Plan
It's not the taxes -- it's the erosion of risk-sharing between the healthy and the sick. This week's most important debate wasn't the meandering town hall duel between Barack Obama and John McCain. That encounter was understandably scored by polls and most pundits as a win for Obama, who seemed steadier than an over-caffeinated McCain. But lackluster questions and a constrictive format meant it did little to clarify the decision facing voters.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/politicalconnections.php
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PCWorld.com
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Firefox Add-on Blocks 'Clickjacking' Attacks
NoScript now stymies new class of exploits by revealing secret content. A popular Firefox add-on designed to block scripts and plug-ins has been updated to stymie the new "clickjacking" class of attacks, the extension's developer said Thursday.
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,152088/printable.html;
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-Rich Nations Pushing for Coordination in Rescue
The United States and six other nations agreed to a plan to rescue the financial industry, but fell short of offering concrete steps to backstop bank lending.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/11global.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-Time to Act
The leading nations must develop a clear and coordinated plan this weekend to end this time of global financial peril.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11sat1.html?ref=opinion
-The Navy, Whales and the Court
The Supreme Court should assert its authority over any military activities that can cause environmental harm.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11sat3.html?ref=opinion
-Alaska Inquiry Concludes Palin Abused Powers
Gov. Sarah Palin abused the powers of her office by pressuring subordinates to get her former brother-in-law, a state trooper, fired, an investigation has concluded. [...] What now lies ahead is not fully known at this point. Ms. Palin could be censured by the Legislature, but that is unlikely. [...] The report says she knowingly "permitted Todd Palin to use the governor's office and the resources of the governor's office, including access to state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11trooper.html?hp
-Teachers Sue Over Right to Politic
The New York City teachers' union filed a federal lawsuit on Friday claiming that a policy banning political pins and signs in schools violates teachers' First Amendment rights by blocking them from political expression. The lawsuit comes nearly two weeks after the Department of Education sent a memo to principals directing them to enforce the longstanding regulation, which requires that all school staff members show "complete neutrality" while on duty. The policy also prohibits teachers from using school property to promote a candidate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11button.html
-Mugabe Hands Ministries to His Party in Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG - In a step that could jeopardize a painstakingly negotiated power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe, in office for 28 years, has unilaterally declared that his party will retain ministries that control the military and the police, state media reported Saturday. The crucial Finance Ministry was still in dispute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/africa/12zimbabwe.html?hp
-Police: 2 Arab Homes Torched in Israel Town
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Police say two Arab-owned apartments were torched in the Israeli town of Acre amid clashes between Jews and Arabs. Police say Saturday rioters torched two empty apartments owned by Arabs in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Overall, 12 people are in custody for rioting and eight are under house arrest.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ML-Israel-Clashes.html
-With Spotlight on Pirates, Somalis on Land Waste Away in the Shadows
AFGOOYE, Somalia - Just step into a feeding center here, and the sense of hopelessness is overwhelming. Dozens of women sit with listless babies in their laps, snapping their fingers, trying to get a flicker of life out of their dying children. Little eyes close. Wizened 1-year-olds struggle to breathe. This is the place where help is supposed to be on its way. But the nurses in the filthy smocks are besieged. From the doorway, you can see the future of Somalia fading away.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/africa/11somalia.html
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Washington Post
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-Will McCain Do Anything to Win?
By Harold Ford Jr.
Although our nation's economic house is on fire, John McCain isn't unveiling proposals to put out the fiscal flames. Instead, he is pursuing the presidency by taking the low road, as he and his surrogates attack Barack Obama in harsh, personal terms. It's hard to believe this is the same man who in 2004 said of the Swift-boat attacks against John Kerry: "I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002558.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
-What's in a (Muslim) Name?
Khaled Hosseini
The author of 'The Kite Runner' asks: Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah too?
I prefer to discuss politics through my novels, but I am truly dismayed these days. Twice last week alone, speakers at McCain-Palin rallies have referred to Sen. Barack Obama, with unveiled scorn, as Barack Hussein Obama. [...] Never mind that this evokes -- and brazenly tries to resurrect -- the unsavory, cruel days of our past that we thought we had left behind. Never mind that such jeers are deeply offensive to millions of peaceful, law-abiding Muslim Americans who must bear the unveiled charge, made by some supporters of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin, that Obama's middle name makes him someone to distrust -- and, judging by some of the crowd reactions at these rallies, someone to persecute or even kill. [...] What I find most unconscionable is the refusal of the McCain-Palin tandem to publicly condemn the cries of "traitor," "liar," "terrorist" and (worst of all) "kill him!" that could be heard at recent rallies. [...] People are losing their homes and their jobs and are watching the future slip away from them. But instead of addressing these problems, the McCain-Palin ticket is doing its best to distract Americans by provoking fear, anxiety and hatred. Country first? Hardly.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002456.html
-McCain's Chilling Dance With the Dark Side
So the McCain camp is trying to raise doubts about Barack Obama -- even though the Illinois senator has been on the national stage for four years and has been under the presidential campaign microscope for the last 20 months. They seem to have no qualms appealing to the cultural fears of their agitated, and now energized, base by practically branding Obama as un-American or anti-American. And this is eliciting an ugliness at McCain-Palin events that is justifiably raising alarms that some nut job is going to act on the Republican ticket's cynical campaigning. For two days now, there have been stories about boisterous McCain-Palin supporters screaming inflammatory words at the very mention of Obama's name. Words like "terrorist" and "Kill him!" and "treason."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/mccains_chilling_dance_with_th.html
-SPOT ON: Those Negative Ads Are a Positive Thing
It's that time again. With the mud flying in the presidential race, pundits, journalists and political observers of all stripes are denouncing the campaign's new, strikingly negative tone. Listening to them, you'd think that the very fabric of our democracy were being ripped apart every time a candidate aired a tough attack ad, threw an elbow or issued a sharply worded statement. It's no surprise that the public has joined the chorus to denounce negativity in politics. But as someone who has spent years studying negative advertising, I say hold the handwringing over attack ads. They're actually pretty good for the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002449.html
-More Journalists Pull Out of Iraq
Withdrawal reflects country's growing stability as well as the financial strains facing western media.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002934.html?hpid=topnews
-Austrian far right leader Haider dies in car crash
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's veteran far-right leader Joerg Haider was killed in a car accident on Saturday near his home town of Klagenfurt, police said. Haider, who led the far-right into a coalition government from 2000-2006, made headlines across the world and drew international condemnation with his blunt anti-immigrant statements and for seeming to flirt with Nazi sympathies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101003311.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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-McCain-Palin 2008 Statement on 'Troopergate' Report
McCain-Palin 2008 spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following statement on today's release of Stephen Branchflower's report: "Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country."
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/10/mccain-palin-2008-statement-on-troopergate-report/
-Wild Day Caps Worst Week Ever for Stocks
The Dow declined 128 points to 8451.19, capping the worst week in its 112-year history with its most volatile day ever. Down nearly 700 points early on, stocks gave up late gains as hopes for an international bank-rescue plan were overcome by a wave of selling.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122368071064524779.html
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Miami Herald
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-Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans
Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive. Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/721995.html
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-ACORN group targeted by GOP
Organization behind registration drive is known for low-income membership
A new class warfare front has opened in the campaign for president as Republicans mount an assault on the integrity of the nation's largest community organizing group and try to link it to Democrat Barack Obama, himself a former organizer for a different group.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-acornoct11,0,1168347.story?track=rss
-Connecticut justices give gays right to marry
The high court says allowing same-sex couples only civil unions is not full equality. The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday gave gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, ruling that civil unions relegate them to a "separate" and "inferior status" that falls short of full equality. "We therefore agree with the plaintiffs that 'maintaining a second-class citizen status for same-sex couples by excluding them from the institution of civil marriage' " violates the state's constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws, the state high court said.
http://www.latimes.com/wireless/avantgo/la-na-gaymarriage11-2008oct11,0,1405125.story
-POLITICS: The Real Risk Of McCain's Health Plan
It's not the taxes -- it's the erosion of risk-sharing between the healthy and the sick. This week's most important debate wasn't the meandering town hall duel between Barack Obama and John McCain. That encounter was understandably scored by polls and most pundits as a win for Obama, who seemed steadier than an over-caffeinated McCain. But lackluster questions and a constrictive format meant it did little to clarify the decision facing voters.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/politicalconnections.php
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PCWorld.com
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Firefox Add-on Blocks 'Clickjacking' Attacks
NoScript now stymies new class of exploits by revealing secret content. A popular Firefox add-on designed to block scripts and plug-ins has been updated to stymie the new "clickjacking" class of attacks, the extension's developer said Thursday.
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,152088/printable.html;
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-Blacks and Amendment 2
Imagine a black man standing on a yacht and pulling up the rope ladder after climbing aboard, even though more people are down in the water. That's the vision I get whenever I hear black people, especially black ministers, promoting Amendment 2, the state's proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage.
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/article845962.ece
-Editorial: Amendment 2 opponents offer valuable symposium
The News-Press Editorial Board has opposed Amendment 2 - the so-called "marriage protection" amendment - since the beginning of the year. We found in our debate that the amendment has no place in the Florida Constitution, is divisive and discriminatory.
http://www.news-press.com/article/20081011/OPINION/810110418/1015
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Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
-Lake Worth vote backs gay unions, opposes marriage amendment
LAKE WORTH - The city commission unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday opposing Amendment 2, the "marriage protection" amendment to the state constitution that will be on the ballot Nov. 4. Because the amendment defines marriage as between one man and one woman and states that no other legal union shall be recognized, Commissioner David Vespo said city employees who have domestic partners could see health insurance or other benefits denied if the amendment receives the 60 percent voter approval needed to pass. "People have become wise to the fact that these types of amendments are getting on the ballot as a way of generating fear in the public," Lake Worth Mayor Jeff Clemens said. The West Palm Beach City Commission passed a similar resolution Monday opposing Amendment 2.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/10/1010amend2.html
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~~~ 1-YES, 2-NO, 3-YES, 4-YES, 6-NO, 8-NO ~~~
Orlando Sentinel
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September 21, 2008
-What we think about Florida's amendments
Sure, the sexiest of Florida's constitutional amendments -- tax reform and vouchers -- got yanked from the ballot by the state Supreme Court. Nevertheless, the state's voters will face an array of six questions on the Nov. 4 ballot, the most notable of which is Amendment 2 -- the cleverly labeled "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." Who wouldn't want to protect marriage? Trouble is, this amendment is about more than matrimony.
**Amendment 2 -Our recommendation: Vote No.
What it would do: Memorialize marriage as a "legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife . . ." But it also declares that "no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." Good idea or bad idea? Bad idea. This amendment does more than just target homosexual unions. It puts all manner of domestic partnerships at a possible disadvantage. For example, after a similar measure passed in Michigan in 2004, the state's Supreme Court ruled that public institutions could no longer offer health and other benefits to domestic partners of the same sex. Many institutions found a way around the ruling, but why put people in Florida at risk? Besides, state law already restricts marriage to a man and a woman, and Florida doesn't recognize gay unions performed in other states. This measure seems more like a cynical attempt to bring out the conservative base in a presidential election year.
Here's a look at the other ballot amendments, all of which require a 60 percent "yes" vote to pass.
**Amendment 1 - Our recommendation: Vote Yes.
What it would do: Don't confuse this with last January's tax-cutting measure. This Amendment 1 would strike from the constitution an archaic provision dating back to the early 1900s that allows the Legislature to ban foreigners from owning property. Such laws got their start in California and were aimed at stopping Japanese from buying land. Fortunately, Florida's Legislature never enacted such laws. Good idea or bad idea? Great idea. This is a no-brainer. The Florida Constitution is no place for bigotry.
**Amendment 3 - Our recommendation: Vote Yes.
What it would do: Ensure that people who take steps to harden their homes against hurricanes or install renewable-energy devices don't get hammered by higher property assessments, which translate into higher taxes. This would apply, for example, to people who install storm shutters or who put in solar-energy panels to help power their homes. Good idea or bad idea? Good idea. Florida should encourage homeowners to protect their homes from hurricanes, as it should encourage them to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. It makes no sense for people to take such steps, only to get punished by the tax man. This newspaper often has sided against well-intentioned amendments to the constitution if they can be accomplished through the Legislature. But lawyers say this measure has to go through the constitution.
**Amendment 4 - Our recommendation: Vote Yes.
What it would do: Provide a tax break for property owners who agree to permanently preserve environmentally sensitive land. It has the enthusiastic backing of a wide range of environmental groups. Good idea or bad idea? Good idea. It's gotten more and more expensive for the state and other agencies to outright purchase property for conservation. That's why so-called conservation easements and other preservation deals have become more popular. This gives landowners a powerful incentive. This amendment should not, however, give legislators an excuse to gut state land-buying programs.
**Amendment 6 - Our recommendation: Vote No.
What it would do: Another tax break. This one would make sure that marinas, commercial fish houses, boat-building operations and other "working waterfront" businesses get taxed based on their current use, not for the property's potential use. The goal is to protect these businesses from soaring tax rates based on waterfront real estate's potential for condominiums and resorts. Good idea or bad idea? A good idea, but one that has the potential for abuse. The state's tax exemption for agriculture has long been manipulated by fat cats who put out a few cows or plant some trees to reduce their holding costs. We see this well-intentioned amendment possibly becoming a tax dodge for waterfront developers. The Legislature needs to find another way to help legitimate waterfront businesses.
**Amendment 8 - Our recommendation: Vote No.
What it would do: Pave the way for counties to let voters decide whether they want to impose a sales tax to support community colleges. The sales tax would expire after five years, though voters could authorize it for another five. Good idea or bad idea? Bad idea. Community colleges play a vital role in Florida's communities, and they're a virtual rainbow of people and interests. But we think it's the state's -- not local authorities' -- job to support them. Plus, what happens after a college launches a program based on sales-tax funding, only to see that money vanish after five years? Voters may not be in the mood to renew the tax. This measure has no business in the state constitution anyway.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed21108sep21,0,862201.story?track=rss
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Scott Newton for Wilton Manors Mayor
From Cindy Newton
As you already know my husband, Scott Newton, is in the middle of a tough re-election campaign to continue as our Mayor of Wilton Manors. We are busy knocking on doors, putting up signs, getting out the message of the hard work Scott has done for our city and going to city events as we always have. Scott and I have made Wilton Manors a priority in our lives since the time our kids were at Wilton Manors Elementary School. [...] One way I thought that I could help was to help raise money for his campaign. My idea is to ask you and the rest of his supporters for a contribution. Your contribution of $15.00, $25.00 or more will help us get the word out and show the support we have in the community. Or, perhaps you would let us use your yard for a sign, or maybe you are willing to host a meet and greet at your home, or volunteer a few hours walking door to door with Scott. [...] Please contact me by email or call me at 954-561-4453. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Contributions can be mailed to our home at 1825 N.E .27th Dr. WM, FL 33306 and made payable to: Campaign of Scott Newton I thank everyone for the tremendous support and encouragement you have given Scott. We greatly appreciate it and look forward to seeing Scott continue to serve our city and remain our Mayor.
Sincerely,
Cindy Newton
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Washington Post
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-Bush Raises $2M in Florida, South Carolina
Bush attended a fundraiser at the home of Sergio Pino, a developer and entrepreneur in south Florida, where he raised more than $500,000, according to Republican officials. After the fundraiser and a meeting in Coral Gables with Cuban-American leaders, Bush was traveling to South Carolina where he was to speak at an event on Kiawah Island that was to raise $1.4 million for the Republican National Committee.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002379.html?hpid=sec-politics
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Sun-Sentinel
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-Homeless population growth concerns officials
When a homeless man uses the steps of the Women's Club as a toilet, things have gotten out of control.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbhomeless1011sboct11,0,5959498.story
-Disabled, homeless man robbed of wheelchair in Pompano Beach
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-1001pompanowheelchair,0,3028899.story
-Palm Beach County devises plan to open 24-hour centers for the homeless
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flphomeless0924pnsep24,0,6271118.story
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Miami Herald
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-CONSERVATION
Broward leaders tackle water shortage prevention
Broward County leaders will begin making recommendations to prevent a massive water shortage by 2025. The Broward County Water Resources Task Force met Friday to start discussing ways to prevent a future water shortage caused by a combination of a population that's growing -- and a water supply that's not. The goal of the task force, which has 22 elected officials in Broward, is to propose a common water supply solution for the entire county by next September.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/721777.html
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-Some new voters will be shut out under "no match, no vote" law
More voters than ever are expected at Florida polls Nov. 4, but a newly enforced state law could thwart thousands from having their vote count. State election officials have notified more than 800 people in the Tampa Bay area and a total of 10,400 statewide who recently signed up to vote that they aren't yet qualified because of discrepancies between their signup forms and state records.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article847368.ece
-Republican firm's Fla. poll: Obama +8
Latest poll by Republican-oriented Strategic Vision (click here to see it) gives Democrat Barack Obama a 52-to-44 percent lead over Republican John McCain in Florida. The 8-point lead equals the largest margin for Obama in Florida polls tracked by RealClearPolitics.com McCain had an 8-point lead in a Strategic Vision poll back in June. It's encouraging to learn that the virulent attacks directed at Senator Obama by the McCain campaign or not influencing Floridians (at least right now). The Republican smear machine is appealing to the the basest of human emotions: hate, prejudice, and fear. I hope Floridians continue to think about our economy and not smears about Obama's character.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2008/10/10/republican_firms_fla_poll_obam.html?cxntfid=blogs_q_florida_politics
-Unraveling all those amendments to the state Constitution
Florida voters face a bunch of proposed amendments to the state Constitution. The one that would place the state's existing law banning gay marriage in the state Constitution is probably relatively easy for people to figure out. It's getting a fair amount of attention, making it easier to sort out. No so for the other proposals.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/10/unraveling_all_those_amendment_1.html
-Squelch one rumor: yes, you can wear a campaign button or t-shirt when you vote
Elections officials are still attempting to stamp out an e-mail rumor about Election Day attire. Contrary to what's being claimed, voters are allowed to wear campaign t-shirts, buttons and similar paraphernalia when they go to vote, either during early voting or in their neighborhood precincts on Election Day. That doesn't count as illegal electioneering at the polls.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/10/squelch_one_rumor_yes_you_can.html
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-Blacks and Amendment 2
Imagine a black man standing on a yacht and pulling up the rope ladder after climbing aboard, even though more people are down in the water. That's the vision I get whenever I hear black people, especially black ministers, promoting Amendment 2, the state's proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage.
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/article845962.ece
-Editorial: Amendment 2 opponents offer valuable symposium
The News-Press Editorial Board has opposed Amendment 2 - the so-called "marriage protection" amendment - since the beginning of the year. We found in our debate that the amendment has no place in the Florida Constitution, is divisive and discriminatory.
http://www.news-press.com/article/20081011/OPINION/810110418/1015
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Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
-Lake Worth vote backs gay unions, opposes marriage amendment
LAKE WORTH - The city commission unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday opposing Amendment 2, the "marriage protection" amendment to the state constitution that will be on the ballot Nov. 4. Because the amendment defines marriage as between one man and one woman and states that no other legal union shall be recognized, Commissioner David Vespo said city employees who have domestic partners could see health insurance or other benefits denied if the amendment receives the 60 percent voter approval needed to pass. "People have become wise to the fact that these types of amendments are getting on the ballot as a way of generating fear in the public," Lake Worth Mayor Jeff Clemens said. The West Palm Beach City Commission passed a similar resolution Monday opposing Amendment 2.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/10/1010amend2.html
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~~~ 1-YES, 2-NO, 3-YES, 4-YES, 6-NO, 8-NO ~~~
Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com
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September 21, 2008
-What we think about Florida's amendments
Sure, the sexiest of Florida's constitutional amendments -- tax reform and vouchers -- got yanked from the ballot by the state Supreme Court. Nevertheless, the state's voters will face an array of six questions on the Nov. 4 ballot, the most notable of which is Amendment 2 -- the cleverly labeled "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." Who wouldn't want to protect marriage? Trouble is, this amendment is about more than matrimony.
**Amendment 2 -Our recommendation: Vote No.
What it would do: Memorialize marriage as a "legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife . . ." But it also declares that "no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." Good idea or bad idea? Bad idea. This amendment does more than just target homosexual unions. It puts all manner of domestic partnerships at a possible disadvantage. For example, after a similar measure passed in Michigan in 2004, the state's Supreme Court ruled that public institutions could no longer offer health and other benefits to domestic partners of the same sex. Many institutions found a way around the ruling, but why put people in Florida at risk? Besides, state law already restricts marriage to a man and a woman, and Florida doesn't recognize gay unions performed in other states. This measure seems more like a cynical attempt to bring out the conservative base in a presidential election year.
Here's a look at the other ballot amendments, all of which require a 60 percent "yes" vote to pass.
**Amendment 1 - Our recommendation: Vote Yes.
What it would do: Don't confuse this with last January's tax-cutting measure. This Amendment 1 would strike from the constitution an archaic provision dating back to the early 1900s that allows the Legislature to ban foreigners from owning property. Such laws got their start in California and were aimed at stopping Japanese from buying land. Fortunately, Florida's Legislature never enacted such laws. Good idea or bad idea? Great idea. This is a no-brainer. The Florida Constitution is no place for bigotry.
**Amendment 3 - Our recommendation: Vote Yes.
What it would do: Ensure that people who take steps to harden their homes against hurricanes or install renewable-energy devices don't get hammered by higher property assessments, which translate into higher taxes. This would apply, for example, to people who install storm shutters or who put in solar-energy panels to help power their homes. Good idea or bad idea? Good idea. Florida should encourage homeowners to protect their homes from hurricanes, as it should encourage them to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. It makes no sense for people to take such steps, only to get punished by the tax man. This newspaper often has sided against well-intentioned amendments to the constitution if they can be accomplished through the Legislature. But lawyers say this measure has to go through the constitution.
**Amendment 4 - Our recommendation: Vote Yes.
What it would do: Provide a tax break for property owners who agree to permanently preserve environmentally sensitive land. It has the enthusiastic backing of a wide range of environmental groups. Good idea or bad idea? Good idea. It's gotten more and more expensive for the state and other agencies to outright purchase property for conservation. That's why so-called conservation easements and other preservation deals have become more popular. This gives landowners a powerful incentive. This amendment should not, however, give legislators an excuse to gut state land-buying programs.
**Amendment 6 - Our recommendation: Vote No.
What it would do: Another tax break. This one would make sure that marinas, commercial fish houses, boat-building operations and other "working waterfront" businesses get taxed based on their current use, not for the property's potential use. The goal is to protect these businesses from soaring tax rates based on waterfront real estate's potential for condominiums and resorts. Good idea or bad idea? A good idea, but one that has the potential for abuse. The state's tax exemption for agriculture has long been manipulated by fat cats who put out a few cows or plant some trees to reduce their holding costs. We see this well-intentioned amendment possibly becoming a tax dodge for waterfront developers. The Legislature needs to find another way to help legitimate waterfront businesses.
**Amendment 8 - Our recommendation: Vote No.
What it would do: Pave the way for counties to let voters decide whether they want to impose a sales tax to support community colleges. The sales tax would expire after five years, though voters could authorize it for another five. Good idea or bad idea? Bad idea. Community colleges play a vital role in Florida's communities, and they're a virtual rainbow of people and interests. But we think it's the state's -- not local authorities' -- job to support them. Plus, what happens after a college launches a program based on sales-tax funding, only to see that money vanish after five years? Voters may not be in the mood to renew the tax. This measure has no business in the state constitution anyway.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed21108sep21,0,862201.story?track=rss
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Scott Newton for Wilton Manors Mayor
From Cindy Newton
As you already know my husband, Scott Newton, is in the middle of a tough re-election campaign to continue as our Mayor of Wilton Manors. We are busy knocking on doors, putting up signs, getting out the message of the hard work Scott has done for our city and going to city events as we always have. Scott and I have made Wilton Manors a priority in our lives since the time our kids were at Wilton Manors Elementary School. [...] One way I thought that I could help was to help raise money for his campaign. My idea is to ask you and the rest of his supporters for a contribution. Your contribution of $15.00, $25.00 or more will help us get the word out and show the support we have in the community. Or, perhaps you would let us use your yard for a sign, or maybe you are willing to host a meet and greet at your home, or volunteer a few hours walking door to door with Scott. [...] Please contact me by email or call me at 954-561-4453. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Contributions can be mailed to our home at 1825 N.E .27th Dr. WM, FL 33306 and made payable to: Campaign of Scott Newton I thank everyone for the tremendous support and encouragement you have given Scott. We greatly appreciate it and look forward to seeing Scott continue to serve our city and remain our Mayor.
Sincerely,
Cindy Newton
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Washington Post
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-Bush Raises $2M in Florida, South Carolina
Bush attended a fundraiser at the home of Sergio Pino, a developer and entrepreneur in south Florida, where he raised more than $500,000, according to Republican officials. After the fundraiser and a meeting in Coral Gables with Cuban-American leaders, Bush was traveling to South Carolina where he was to speak at an event on Kiawah Island that was to raise $1.4 million for the Republican National Committee.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002379.html?hpid=sec-politics
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Sun-Sentinel
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-Homeless population growth concerns officials
When a homeless man uses the steps of the Women's Club as a toilet, things have gotten out of control.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbhomeless1011sboct11,0,5959498.story
-Disabled, homeless man robbed of wheelchair in Pompano Beach
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-1001pompanowheelchair,0,3028899.story
-Palm Beach County devises plan to open 24-hour centers for the homeless
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flphomeless0924pnsep24,0,6271118.story
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Miami Herald
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-CONSERVATION
Broward leaders tackle water shortage prevention
Broward County leaders will begin making recommendations to prevent a massive water shortage by 2025. The Broward County Water Resources Task Force met Friday to start discussing ways to prevent a future water shortage caused by a combination of a population that's growing -- and a water supply that's not. The goal of the task force, which has 22 elected officials in Broward, is to propose a common water supply solution for the entire county by next September.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/721777.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Some new voters will be shut out under "no match, no vote" law
More voters than ever are expected at Florida polls Nov. 4, but a newly enforced state law could thwart thousands from having their vote count. State election officials have notified more than 800 people in the Tampa Bay area and a total of 10,400 statewide who recently signed up to vote that they aren't yet qualified because of discrepancies between their signup forms and state records.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article847368.ece
-Republican firm's Fla. poll: Obama +8
Latest poll by Republican-oriented Strategic Vision (click here to see it) gives Democrat Barack Obama a 52-to-44 percent lead over Republican John McCain in Florida. The 8-point lead equals the largest margin for Obama in Florida polls tracked by RealClearPolitics.com McCain had an 8-point lead in a Strategic Vision poll back in June. It's encouraging to learn that the virulent attacks directed at Senator Obama by the McCain campaign or not influencing Floridians (at least right now). The Republican smear machine is appealing to the the basest of human emotions: hate, prejudice, and fear. I hope Floridians continue to think about our economy and not smears about Obama's character.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2008/10/10/republican_firms_fla_poll_obam.html?cxntfid=blogs_q_florida_politics
-Unraveling all those amendments to the state Constitution
Florida voters face a bunch of proposed amendments to the state Constitution. The one that would place the state's existing law banning gay marriage in the state Constitution is probably relatively easy for people to figure out. It's getting a fair amount of attention, making it easier to sort out. No so for the other proposals.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/10/unraveling_all_those_amendment_1.html
-Squelch one rumor: yes, you can wear a campaign button or t-shirt when you vote
Elections officials are still attempting to stamp out an e-mail rumor about Election Day attire. Contrary to what's being claimed, voters are allowed to wear campaign t-shirts, buttons and similar paraphernalia when they go to vote, either during early voting or in their neighborhood precincts on Election Day. That doesn't count as illegal electioneering at the polls.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/10/squelch_one_rumor_yes_you_can.html
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GLBT DIGEST - October 10, 2008
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Movie Review: Breakfast With Scot (2007)
Gay Jock Meets Girlie-Boy and Bonding Is Awkward
In "Breakfast With Scot," an effeminate 11-year-old boy who loves boas, beads and Broadway musicals is taken in by a semi-closeted gay male couple, Eric (Tom Cavanagh) and Sam (Ben Shenkman), after his mother dies of a drug overdose. That mother was the common-law wife of Sam's wastrel brother, Billy, who has left for Brazil promising to return and leaving the boy, Scot (Noah Bernett), in the custody of child services.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/movies/10scot.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=cse
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-MovieMakers: One Film Not Enough? Head to the Festival
'Reel Affirmations' Aims To Entertain and Educate
Washington's 18 year-old GLBT film festival has a new slogan. It's now "Reel Affirmations: The Nation's GLBT Film Festival."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900872.html
-Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/education/10math.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-'Save Me' makes a strong impression
Since so many religions have condemned homosexuality for millenniums, it's no small accomplishment that the absorbing and wrenching Save Me, written by Robert Desiderio from a story by Craig Chester and Alan Hines, views a dedicated homophobe with compassion and understanding. This is a modest, thoughtful, independent production of exceptional insight and quietly devastating power.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-shsavesboct10,0,6460918.story
-Arkansas says it will begin allowing same-sex or unmarried foster parents case by case
Arkansas plans to reverse course and allow unmarried or same-sex couples to take on foster children on a case-by-case basis, even as voters prepare to decide the issue in November, the state Department of Human Services said Thursday. The agency said it would end its plan to formalize the prohibition, which has been in place since an executive directive was signed in 2005. The department said it will instead propose allowing state workers to place foster children case by case.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-gay-foster-ban,0,6140194.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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--McDonalds ends gay chamber support, group ends boycott
The American Family Association has ended its boycott of McDonalds, over the hamburger company's membership in the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. From the AFA website:
McDonald's has told AFA they will remain neutral in the culture war regarding homosexual marriage. AFA is ending the boycott of McDonald's. As you know, AFA called for the boycott in May after McDonald's joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). McDonald's said McDonald's Vice President Richard Ellis has resigned his position on the board of NGLCC and that his seat on the board will not be replaced. McDonald's also said that the company has no plans to renew their membership in NGLCC when it expires in December.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with Equality, Grants Equal Marriage!
From Family Equality Council
At 11:30am this morning, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its ruling in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, the equal marriage case. In short, we won. I would personally like to thank Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and Love Makes a Family for their leadership in this case and on marriage equality in Connecticut. On this historic day, we should take time to celebrate as a national community of LGBT families. Call your friends and family. Tell them what marriage equality means to you. If you live in Connecticut, join with other families at the state house this evening at 5:30pm for a victory rally! Understand that marriage equality in Connecticut puts us that much closer to marriage equality everywhere. This is truly a great day for our families. This is also a day to remember the important battles we're fighting in other states. On Election Day voters in California, Arizona and Florida will decide whether to change their constitutions to prohibit you and your loved ones from getting married. In Arkansas, voters will decide whether to ban all unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian couples, from fostering or adopting children.
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Palm Beach Atlantic won't ban gay group
BY KIMBERLY MILLER, Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach Atlantic University officials reconsidered their initial ban of a gay students' rights group from campus, offering members a space for a few hours on Monday to meet with select students and staff from the private Christian school. But the group, called Soulforce, called the invitation too restrictive and said members planned to walk onto PBAU's downtown West Palm Beach campus at noon, hoping to conduct a more open forum. ''Unfortunately, the format is not conducive to reaching out to the Palm Beach Atlantic community in the spirit of open dialogue,'' a statement released by Soulforce on Wednesday said in reference to PBAU's offer. ``Additionally, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who need to hear our message of love and affirmation would not be reached in this format.'' Soulforce members are touring the South, visiting 15 mostly Christian colleges to discuss their belief that being gay is not a sin or incompatible with Christianity.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Amendment 2 is a "Bad Idea"
Florida Red and Blue releases Say No 2 video commercial
Florida Red and Blue has released its first "Say No to Amendment 2" commercial, to broadcast across the state. The commercial will be played most heavily in the northern reaches of Florida, where voters are more conservative; but hopefully we'll catch it once in a while in South Florida.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21622
-Gays targeted in two new bias attacks
Muslim suspects told victims 'faggots' are 'stoned to death' in Middle East Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay people are stoned to death in his home country in the Middle East, according to a police report. A 23-year-old Georgetown University medical student was struck in the face Oct. 3 with a bottle wielded by one of the two men charged in the case, a police source said. The alleged attack occurred at about 3 a.m. along the C&O Canal.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21588
-Record number of out gays seeking office
2 incumbents in tight races; Baldwin, Frank, Polis favored to win
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21505
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Canadian Candidate Faces Second Probe For Anti-Gay Remarks
An Independent federal election candidate in Sudbury, Ont., is the focus of a second hate crime investigation, this one following a complaint that he told a radio station a prominent gay rights activist should be executed.
http://www.365gay.com/news/canadian-candidate-faces-second-probe-for-anti-gay-remarks/
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-The Foley Follies
The scandal surrounding former Florida Republican representative Mark Foley was critical in the Democrats' 2006 takeover of Congress. Now that an investigation has determined he broke no law, was winning an election worth perpetuating gay stereotypes?
http://advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62878.asp
-Porn Star Mason Wyler Talks to GAYVN to Confirm Rape, Beating
Gay adult film star Mason Wyler confirmed to GAYVN.com rumors that had been circulating around adult industry since last months -- that he and his boyfriend has been raped and attacked in their Dallas apartment. Originally thought by some in the adult industry to be a publicity stunt, GAYVN.com confirmed the attack with an incident report filed with the Dallas Police Department. Wyler further confirmed the attack took place in a blog on his Website, Wyler Nation.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63402.asp
-Chicago Officials Back Opening Gay High School
Chicago public schools officials said Wednesday that they will support opening a high school dedicated to gay students, citing local and nationwide studies that show gay teens are more likely to drop out of school because of fear of violence. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, a 2003 district survey shows that gay and lesbian youths are three times more likely to miss school because they feel unsafe. The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network released a national survey of more than 6,000 middle and high school students on Wednesday that found that nearly 90% were harassed at school and about 61% felt unsafe.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63328.asp
-Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle Talks About Democrats Against Gay Marriage
Florida's ballot measure to make it more difficult for judges to overturn the state's standing marriage ban has plenty of Republican supporters, but some prominent Democrats have declared themselves supporters of the measure. Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle is leading the pack of Democrats who support amending the state constitution to prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. "Democrats, Republicans, or independents -- marriage is a religious institution, and government should define it to be between a man and a woman," Naugle told The Advocate, which he mistook for a legal publication when he returned the magazine's call for comment on his opposition to marriage equality.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63294.asp
-Ray's Note: Jim Naugle is a faux Democrat. He never votes with Democrats and declares himself a Democrat only for political purposes.
-Pallin ignores National Coming Out Day
Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor Sarah Palin said that she will not officially issue a proclamation recognizing National Coming Out Day. She declined a request by Alaskans Together for Equality to acknowledge the day, which will be on Saturday. The organization says it approached her after the vice presidential debate on October 2, when debate moderator Gwen Ifill asked Palin and Democratic counterpart Joe Biden whether they support gay marriage.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63372.asp
-Straight Spouses of LGBT People Back National Coming Out Day
A new set of voices is supporting National Coming Out Day on October 11 this year -- those of straight spouses, men and women who are married or have been married to LGBT people, reports The Wall Street Journal. "Many concerns of a straight spouse relate to antigay and antitrans attitudes and behaviors in communities across the country," Kathy Callori, executive director of the Straight Spouse Network, told the Journal.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63331.asp
-Russian Officials Shut Down Country's First LGBT Film Fest
Side by Side was supposed to be Russia's first LGBT film festival, but on October 2, just hours before the scheduled premiere, organizers were met by officials blocking the entrance to the venue, claiming fire code violations-an excuse they say Russian authorities have used since the early '90s as a pretext for shutting down events as they see fit.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63258.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-No on 8 needs $10 million; 'Our lead is gone'
Link: Bay Area Reporter
With the campaign to defeat anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 behind in money and in two recent polls, Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors declared Tuesday, "We are going to lose this election if we don't raise the money we need to stay on the airwaves." No on 8 senior strategist Steve Smith who, along with Kors, was speaking on a conference call with LGBT media, said the campaign needs to raise at least $10 million before the November 4 election. That money is crucial to reach voters through TV ads.
-EDITORIAL: Same-sex vows cause no harm to our families
Link: Reading Record Searchlight
In one of the most famous American defenses of religious freedom, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "[I]t does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." We must say the same thing about same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 would reverse the state Supreme Court's May ruling in favor of same-sex marriage and write "one man, one woman" into the California constitution. Its backers say it's needed to "protect marriage." From what? In the three months after gay and lesbian couples won the right to marry, about 11,000 such weddings took place. Has any traditional couple's marriage been hurt by the wave of ceremonies? Have their vows to love, honor and cherish been revoked?
-Why I support marriage equality
Link: The Twin Cities Daily Liberal
As a Jew married to a Lutheran, I can't help but think: what if someone had decided to define marriage as only between two people of the same religion? Certainly, there are plenty of Jews out there who want their children to marry within the religion. For that matter, what's to stop the state of Minnesota from passing a constitutional amendment that would dissolve my marriage? We are on a slippery slope when we vote to rescind other people's rights. I cherish the rights and freedoms I have, and I can't imagine what it would be like to have someone take them away from me.
-Black Homophobia Could End Gay Marriage in Calif.
Link: Black Voices
I'll say it right up front. I support gay marriage. So I guess it's a good thing that I live in California since it is now legal for gay couples to marry here. Well legal for the month at least. You see, Proposition 8 on the California ballot seeks to end gay marriage rights; and the proponents of Prop 8 are counting on black Californians, expected to come out in droves to vote for Barack Obama, to push their closed-minded initiative over the top. That projection disturbs me on so many levels, but Professor of Law at American University, Darren Hutchinson of the blog "Dissenting Justice", believes that if blacks vote down gay marriage, they are engaging in constitutional bigotry. ...
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Post debate bump puts Obama 11% ahead
The latest Gallup poll of the support for the candidates for President of the United States indicates that Barack Obama has widened his lead over John McCain. Senator Obama, the Democratic party nominee, performed well in the second of three live TV debates held earlier this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9268.html
-Matthew Shepard's mother hits out at prejudice and ignorance, ten years on Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, released the following statement as she marks the tenth year since his death on October 12th 1998. It's hard to believe that it has been ten years since Matthew's death. So much has changed yet so much remains the same.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9267.html
-Victory for Christians as McDonald's gives in over gay rights
Christian and conservative Americans are claiming they have forced one of the world's best-known companies to withdraw from National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). The American Family Association said their five month boycott of McDonalds is over.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9262.html
-Children of lesbians 'at risk' due to prolific sperm donors
A health official in South Australia has warned that the state's rules on sperm donation could put the children of some lesbians at risk. At present only heterosexual couples and those at risk of transmitting a serious defect can access fertility treatments. This has led some women to use unofficial means.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9263.html
-86% of LGBT teens face harassment in US schools
The most comprehensive study ever undertaken into the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in the United States has found they face widespread abuse. GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, released the 2007 National School Climate Survey yesterday.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9256.html
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Daily Queer News
www.dailyqueernews.com
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-2008 Equality Ride: Virginia to South Carolina to Georgia and Beyond!
Soulforce
The Soulforce Q Equality Ride has only completed two stops, but has already found itself deep in the joys and trials of doing justice. This is the third year for the Equality Ride and most of you have been behind us the entire way; we welcome those of you who are new to the journey. Last week we reported about the books that were donated to Liberty's Library and, as of now, we do not know the fate of those books. We do however, know exactly where our message went and that was to the students who had been waiting to hear from the Ride since they enrolled at LU. What we saw happen in Lynchburg was a community of students who came together that never knew one another existed before. How incredible! The Ride was able to be the impetus for the kind of community building that saves lives. They will no longer be the "only" LGBT students on campus. They will no longer be the only allies on campus. Where there was isolation, there is now community.
-Resident Warns People about Religious Fraud
by Dennis Dalman | Newsleaders
When Jack Richter went to sleep when he was 11 years old, he would dream frequently about boys - affectionate dreams about boys. He didn't know why. He knew it wasn't a choice - erotic dreams about males. But one day he realized he must be gay; he was attracted to members of his own sex. As years went by, Richter said he felt he had to hide his sexual persuasion. As a student at St. Cloud Technical High School, he knew if he told people of his orientation he would be ridiculed or hated. So he kept it to himself. Richter, now 40, who lives in Sartell, has come full circle. After years of struggling with his sexuality, he is eager to share his journey with other people - gays, lesbians, bisexuals and straights. Read more
-Love of God Frees People from Homosexuality: Fact or Fallacy
China Daily
Can gay people be turned straight? Perhaps. One of the ministries of the "ex-gay" movement, a controversial Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality, Exodus International believes it can free Christian gay people from condemned gay behaviors through their love of Jesus Christ, though they may still be attracted to people of the same sex. "I didn't choose my same-sex feelings but I do choose how I'm going to steward them," said Alan Chambers, the leader of Exodus International, an ex-gay and now a married father of two, "Freedom is possible." Rounding up gay people in a secluded retreat, a typical Exodus camp delivers its redemption by encouraging gay people to attend a series of psychological therapy alike workshops, tracing back the underlying reasons turning people homosexual, overcoming the guilt feeling of being homosexual and delving into the connotations of true femininity/masculinity. Read more
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Movie Review: Breakfast With Scot (2007)
Gay Jock Meets Girlie-Boy and Bonding Is Awkward
In "Breakfast With Scot," an effeminate 11-year-old boy who loves boas, beads and Broadway musicals is taken in by a semi-closeted gay male couple, Eric (Tom Cavanagh) and Sam (Ben Shenkman), after his mother dies of a drug overdose. That mother was the common-law wife of Sam's wastrel brother, Billy, who has left for Brazil promising to return and leaving the boy, Scot (Noah Bernett), in the custody of child services.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/movies/10scot.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=cse
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-MovieMakers: One Film Not Enough? Head to the Festival
'Reel Affirmations' Aims To Entertain and Educate
Washington's 18 year-old GLBT film festival has a new slogan. It's now "Reel Affirmations: The Nation's GLBT Film Festival."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900872.html
-Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/education/10math.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-'Save Me' makes a strong impression
Since so many religions have condemned homosexuality for millenniums, it's no small accomplishment that the absorbing and wrenching Save Me, written by Robert Desiderio from a story by Craig Chester and Alan Hines, views a dedicated homophobe with compassion and understanding. This is a modest, thoughtful, independent production of exceptional insight and quietly devastating power.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-shsavesboct10,0,6460918.story
-Arkansas says it will begin allowing same-sex or unmarried foster parents case by case
Arkansas plans to reverse course and allow unmarried or same-sex couples to take on foster children on a case-by-case basis, even as voters prepare to decide the issue in November, the state Department of Human Services said Thursday. The agency said it would end its plan to formalize the prohibition, which has been in place since an executive directive was signed in 2005. The department said it will instead propose allowing state workers to place foster children case by case.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-gay-foster-ban,0,6140194.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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--McDonalds ends gay chamber support, group ends boycott
The American Family Association has ended its boycott of McDonalds, over the hamburger company's membership in the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. From the AFA website:
McDonald's has told AFA they will remain neutral in the culture war regarding homosexual marriage. AFA is ending the boycott of McDonald's. As you know, AFA called for the boycott in May after McDonald's joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). McDonald's said McDonald's Vice President Richard Ellis has resigned his position on the board of NGLCC and that his seat on the board will not be replaced. McDonald's also said that the company has no plans to renew their membership in NGLCC when it expires in December.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with Equality, Grants Equal Marriage!
From Family Equality Council
At 11:30am this morning, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its ruling in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, the equal marriage case. In short, we won. I would personally like to thank Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and Love Makes a Family for their leadership in this case and on marriage equality in Connecticut. On this historic day, we should take time to celebrate as a national community of LGBT families. Call your friends and family. Tell them what marriage equality means to you. If you live in Connecticut, join with other families at the state house this evening at 5:30pm for a victory rally! Understand that marriage equality in Connecticut puts us that much closer to marriage equality everywhere. This is truly a great day for our families. This is also a day to remember the important battles we're fighting in other states. On Election Day voters in California, Arizona and Florida will decide whether to change their constitutions to prohibit you and your loved ones from getting married. In Arkansas, voters will decide whether to ban all unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian couples, from fostering or adopting children.
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Palm Beach Atlantic won't ban gay group
BY KIMBERLY MILLER, Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach Atlantic University officials reconsidered their initial ban of a gay students' rights group from campus, offering members a space for a few hours on Monday to meet with select students and staff from the private Christian school. But the group, called Soulforce, called the invitation too restrictive and said members planned to walk onto PBAU's downtown West Palm Beach campus at noon, hoping to conduct a more open forum. ''Unfortunately, the format is not conducive to reaching out to the Palm Beach Atlantic community in the spirit of open dialogue,'' a statement released by Soulforce on Wednesday said in reference to PBAU's offer. ``Additionally, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who need to hear our message of love and affirmation would not be reached in this format.'' Soulforce members are touring the South, visiting 15 mostly Christian colleges to discuss their belief that being gay is not a sin or incompatible with Christianity.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Amendment 2 is a "Bad Idea"
Florida Red and Blue releases Say No 2 video commercial
Florida Red and Blue has released its first "Say No to Amendment 2" commercial, to broadcast across the state. The commercial will be played most heavily in the northern reaches of Florida, where voters are more conservative; but hopefully we'll catch it once in a while in South Florida.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21622
-Gays targeted in two new bias attacks
Muslim suspects told victims 'faggots' are 'stoned to death' in Middle East Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay people are stoned to death in his home country in the Middle East, according to a police report. A 23-year-old Georgetown University medical student was struck in the face Oct. 3 with a bottle wielded by one of the two men charged in the case, a police source said. The alleged attack occurred at about 3 a.m. along the C&O Canal.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21588
-Record number of out gays seeking office
2 incumbents in tight races; Baldwin, Frank, Polis favored to win
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21505
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Canadian Candidate Faces Second Probe For Anti-Gay Remarks
An Independent federal election candidate in Sudbury, Ont., is the focus of a second hate crime investigation, this one following a complaint that he told a radio station a prominent gay rights activist should be executed.
http://www.365gay.com/news/canadian-candidate-faces-second-probe-for-anti-gay-remarks/
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-The Foley Follies
The scandal surrounding former Florida Republican representative Mark Foley was critical in the Democrats' 2006 takeover of Congress. Now that an investigation has determined he broke no law, was winning an election worth perpetuating gay stereotypes?
http://advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62878.asp
-Porn Star Mason Wyler Talks to GAYVN to Confirm Rape, Beating
Gay adult film star Mason Wyler confirmed to GAYVN.com rumors that had been circulating around adult industry since last months -- that he and his boyfriend has been raped and attacked in their Dallas apartment. Originally thought by some in the adult industry to be a publicity stunt, GAYVN.com confirmed the attack with an incident report filed with the Dallas Police Department. Wyler further confirmed the attack took place in a blog on his Website, Wyler Nation.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63402.asp
-Chicago Officials Back Opening Gay High School
Chicago public schools officials said Wednesday that they will support opening a high school dedicated to gay students, citing local and nationwide studies that show gay teens are more likely to drop out of school because of fear of violence. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, a 2003 district survey shows that gay and lesbian youths are three times more likely to miss school because they feel unsafe. The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network released a national survey of more than 6,000 middle and high school students on Wednesday that found that nearly 90% were harassed at school and about 61% felt unsafe.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63328.asp
-Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle Talks About Democrats Against Gay Marriage
Florida's ballot measure to make it more difficult for judges to overturn the state's standing marriage ban has plenty of Republican supporters, but some prominent Democrats have declared themselves supporters of the measure. Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle is leading the pack of Democrats who support amending the state constitution to prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. "Democrats, Republicans, or independents -- marriage is a religious institution, and government should define it to be between a man and a woman," Naugle told The Advocate, which he mistook for a legal publication when he returned the magazine's call for comment on his opposition to marriage equality.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63294.asp
-Ray's Note: Jim Naugle is a faux Democrat. He never votes with Democrats and declares himself a Democrat only for political purposes.
-Pallin ignores National Coming Out Day
Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor Sarah Palin said that she will not officially issue a proclamation recognizing National Coming Out Day. She declined a request by Alaskans Together for Equality to acknowledge the day, which will be on Saturday. The organization says it approached her after the vice presidential debate on October 2, when debate moderator Gwen Ifill asked Palin and Democratic counterpart Joe Biden whether they support gay marriage.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63372.asp
-Straight Spouses of LGBT People Back National Coming Out Day
A new set of voices is supporting National Coming Out Day on October 11 this year -- those of straight spouses, men and women who are married or have been married to LGBT people, reports The Wall Street Journal. "Many concerns of a straight spouse relate to antigay and antitrans attitudes and behaviors in communities across the country," Kathy Callori, executive director of the Straight Spouse Network, told the Journal.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63331.asp
-Russian Officials Shut Down Country's First LGBT Film Fest
Side by Side was supposed to be Russia's first LGBT film festival, but on October 2, just hours before the scheduled premiere, organizers were met by officials blocking the entrance to the venue, claiming fire code violations-an excuse they say Russian authorities have used since the early '90s as a pretext for shutting down events as they see fit.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63258.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-No on 8 needs $10 million; 'Our lead is gone'
Link: Bay Area Reporter
With the campaign to defeat anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 behind in money and in two recent polls, Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors declared Tuesday, "We are going to lose this election if we don't raise the money we need to stay on the airwaves." No on 8 senior strategist Steve Smith who, along with Kors, was speaking on a conference call with LGBT media, said the campaign needs to raise at least $10 million before the November 4 election. That money is crucial to reach voters through TV ads.
-EDITORIAL: Same-sex vows cause no harm to our families
Link: Reading Record Searchlight
In one of the most famous American defenses of religious freedom, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "[I]t does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." We must say the same thing about same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 would reverse the state Supreme Court's May ruling in favor of same-sex marriage and write "one man, one woman" into the California constitution. Its backers say it's needed to "protect marriage." From what? In the three months after gay and lesbian couples won the right to marry, about 11,000 such weddings took place. Has any traditional couple's marriage been hurt by the wave of ceremonies? Have their vows to love, honor and cherish been revoked?
-Why I support marriage equality
Link: The Twin Cities Daily Liberal
As a Jew married to a Lutheran, I can't help but think: what if someone had decided to define marriage as only between two people of the same religion? Certainly, there are plenty of Jews out there who want their children to marry within the religion. For that matter, what's to stop the state of Minnesota from passing a constitutional amendment that would dissolve my marriage? We are on a slippery slope when we vote to rescind other people's rights. I cherish the rights and freedoms I have, and I can't imagine what it would be like to have someone take them away from me.
-Black Homophobia Could End Gay Marriage in Calif.
Link: Black Voices
I'll say it right up front. I support gay marriage. So I guess it's a good thing that I live in California since it is now legal for gay couples to marry here. Well legal for the month at least. You see, Proposition 8 on the California ballot seeks to end gay marriage rights; and the proponents of Prop 8 are counting on black Californians, expected to come out in droves to vote for Barack Obama, to push their closed-minded initiative over the top. That projection disturbs me on so many levels, but Professor of Law at American University, Darren Hutchinson of the blog "Dissenting Justice", believes that if blacks vote down gay marriage, they are engaging in constitutional bigotry. ...
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Post debate bump puts Obama 11% ahead
The latest Gallup poll of the support for the candidates for President of the United States indicates that Barack Obama has widened his lead over John McCain. Senator Obama, the Democratic party nominee, performed well in the second of three live TV debates held earlier this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9268.html
-Matthew Shepard's mother hits out at prejudice and ignorance, ten years on Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, released the following statement as she marks the tenth year since his death on October 12th 1998. It's hard to believe that it has been ten years since Matthew's death. So much has changed yet so much remains the same.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9267.html
-Victory for Christians as McDonald's gives in over gay rights
Christian and conservative Americans are claiming they have forced one of the world's best-known companies to withdraw from National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). The American Family Association said their five month boycott of McDonalds is over.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9262.html
-Children of lesbians 'at risk' due to prolific sperm donors
A health official in South Australia has warned that the state's rules on sperm donation could put the children of some lesbians at risk. At present only heterosexual couples and those at risk of transmitting a serious defect can access fertility treatments. This has led some women to use unofficial means.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9263.html
-86% of LGBT teens face harassment in US schools
The most comprehensive study ever undertaken into the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in the United States has found they face widespread abuse. GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, released the 2007 National School Climate Survey yesterday.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9256.html
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Daily Queer News
www.dailyqueernews.com
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-2008 Equality Ride: Virginia to South Carolina to Georgia and Beyond!
Soulforce
The Soulforce Q Equality Ride has only completed two stops, but has already found itself deep in the joys and trials of doing justice. This is the third year for the Equality Ride and most of you have been behind us the entire way; we welcome those of you who are new to the journey. Last week we reported about the books that were donated to Liberty's Library and, as of now, we do not know the fate of those books. We do however, know exactly where our message went and that was to the students who had been waiting to hear from the Ride since they enrolled at LU. What we saw happen in Lynchburg was a community of students who came together that never knew one another existed before. How incredible! The Ride was able to be the impetus for the kind of community building that saves lives. They will no longer be the "only" LGBT students on campus. They will no longer be the only allies on campus. Where there was isolation, there is now community.
-Resident Warns People about Religious Fraud
by Dennis Dalman | Newsleaders
When Jack Richter went to sleep when he was 11 years old, he would dream frequently about boys - affectionate dreams about boys. He didn't know why. He knew it wasn't a choice - erotic dreams about males. But one day he realized he must be gay; he was attracted to members of his own sex. As years went by, Richter said he felt he had to hide his sexual persuasion. As a student at St. Cloud Technical High School, he knew if he told people of his orientation he would be ridiculed or hated. So he kept it to himself. Richter, now 40, who lives in Sartell, has come full circle. After years of struggling with his sexuality, he is eager to share his journey with other people - gays, lesbians, bisexuals and straights. Read more
-Love of God Frees People from Homosexuality: Fact or Fallacy
China Daily
Can gay people be turned straight? Perhaps. One of the ministries of the "ex-gay" movement, a controversial Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality, Exodus International believes it can free Christian gay people from condemned gay behaviors through their love of Jesus Christ, though they may still be attracted to people of the same sex. "I didn't choose my same-sex feelings but I do choose how I'm going to steward them," said Alan Chambers, the leader of Exodus International, an ex-gay and now a married father of two, "Freedom is possible." Rounding up gay people in a secluded retreat, a typical Exodus camp delivers its redemption by encouraging gay people to attend a series of psychological therapy alike workshops, tracing back the underlying reasons turning people homosexual, overcoming the guilt feeling of being homosexual and delving into the connotations of true femininity/masculinity. Read more
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New York Times
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-Global Markets Dive in Relentless Selloff
Japan Down 10% as Investors Look to G7 Meeting
European markets fell more than 10 percent at the opening but came off their lows later as investors looked to global financial authorities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/11markets.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1223647719-Q5rOsBTyS/k9TEr8cqV25g
-Building a Better Bailout
The Treasury Department's plan to take an ownership stake in many United States banks is more efficient and - not incidentally - more fair.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10fri1.html?ref=opinion
-Moment of Truth
PAUL KRUGMAN
If a new rescue plan is not announced this weekend, the world economy may experience its worst slump since the Great Depression.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10krugman.html?ref=opinion
-The Class War Before Palin
DAVID BROOKS
Over the past few decades, Republican political tacticians decided to mobilize their coalition with a form of social class warfare. [...] But over the past few decades, the Republican Party has driven away people who live in cities, in highly educated regions and on the coasts. This expulsion has had many causes. But the big one is this: Republican political tacticians decided to mobilize their coalition with a form of social class warfare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html?ref=opinion
-Politics and the Pulpit (Once Again)
The story goes that when he was running for re-election to the Senate in 1954, Lyndon Johnson was opposed by a couple of non-profits that urged voters to reject him and his radical communist ideas. (And you thought things were crazy today.) In response, Johnson had new language inserted into the section of the IRS code, which defines a tax exempt entity. His addendum declared that an exempt organization "does not participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." Now, in the middle of the 2008 election, several dozen pastors are challenging the amendment by speaking out in the pulpit in favor of a candidate (usually John McCain) and by sending the IRS copies of the sermons in which they openly cross the line the law has drawn since 1954. At the same time, a bill (H.R. 2275) repealing the Johnson amendment has been introduced by Walter Jones, Republican of North Carolina. The bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee where it awaits action. [...] What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals slipped into a disdain for the educated class as a whole.
http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/politics-and-the-pulpit-once-again/?ref=opinion
-Palins Repeatedly Pressed Case Against Trooper
Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband and seven administration officials made three dozen contacts to a commissioner about the status of a trooper.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10trooper.html?hp
-Former Finnish President Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2008 peace prize went to Martti Ahtisaari, associated over decades with quiet, cautious diplomacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11nobel.html?hp
-ARTICLES ABOUT THE NOBEL PRIZES
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/nobel_prizes/index.html
-Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/education/10math.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Spying Gone Awry
A covert surveillance operation in Maryland tramples on civil liberties.
THOMAS E. HUTCHINS, the former Maryland state police superintendent, spoke about a covert operation that spied on harmless activists for the first time at a legislative hearing this week. Mr. Hutchins, who authorized the operation, didn't provide new information about the spying program. But his spirited defense of the surveillance and his refusal to acknowledge serious missteps offers insight into the flawed mind-set that led to the operation's creation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100902438.html
-Sentences on Trial
Congress can reenact a proud moment in its history by dumping strict mandatory minimums.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100902439.html
-Carmakers' Pain Could Spread
Faltering manufacturing sector, led by the car industry, could pose a new economic threat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903426.html?hpid=topnews
-Pakistanis Repudiate Violence
Amid a series of suicide bombings across the nation, anti-terrorism debate grows more urgent.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900274.html?hpid=topnews
-PR Consultant Helped Palin Grab Spotlight
During her first months in office, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin kept a relatively light schedule on her workdays in Juneau, making ceremonial appearances at sports events and funerals, meeting with state lawmakers, and conducting interviews with Alaska magazines, radio stations and newspapers. But this spring, Palin's official calendar chronicles an extraordinary rise to national prominence. A fresh face in Republican politics, she was discovered by the national news media at least in part because of a determined effort by a state agency to position her as an oil and gas expert who could tout Alaska's determined effort to construct a natural gas pipeline.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903429.html?hpid=topnews
-Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report focusing on whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her authority as governor. The first-term Alaska governor has been accused of firing a state commissioner to settle a family dispute. But the report is also expected to touch on whether Palin's husband meddled in state affairs and whether her administration inappropriately accessed employee medical records.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101000254.html?hpid=topnews
-Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally
There were shouts of "Nobama" and "Socialist" at the mention of the Democratic presidential nominee. There were boos, middle fingers turned up and thumbs turned down as a media caravan moved through the crowd Thursday for a midday town hall gathering featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin. "It is absolutely vital that you take it to Obama, that you hit him where it hits, there's a soft spot," said James T. Harris, a local radio talk show host, who urged the Republican nominee to use Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., and others against him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903169.html?hpid=topnews
-McCain Opens Pandora's Box
The decision by John McCain's campaign to launch television ads linking Barack Obama to former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers signals a belief within the Arizona senator's inner circle that drastic measures must be taken to turn the presidential race around over the next 25 days. The ad, which went up this morning seeks to raise questions about Obama's judgment -- linking his association with Ayers to the current financial crisis in the country. Let's watch:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/?hpid=topnews
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The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/
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-The Terrorists Next Door
Justice Kennedy's consequences. Even as the anti-antiterror lobby cheers as the courts attack the Bush Administration's wartime legal architecture, the practical results are starting to emerge. It is increasingly possible that many enemy combatants will be set free -- in the U.S.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122360571398721971.html
-McCain Campaign Is at Odds Over Negative Attacks' Scope
Senator Says Faith Issue Puts Obama's Former Pastor off Limits
Top McCain campaign officials are grappling with how far to go with negative attacks on Sen. Barack Obama in the final weeks of what is turning into a come-from-behind effort.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122359909175421497.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Sarah Silverman: Young Jews travel to tell family to vote for Obama
The campaign, called "The Great Schlep," opens today, with out-of-state Barack Obama volunteers having "challenging conversations" with their grandparents about voting.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpschlep1010pnoct10,0,2114761.story
-Watch This Now: Sarah Silverman's video for The Great Schlep (WARNING: Mature content)
http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/technology/watchthis/2008/09/sarah_silverman_says_tell_flor.html
-Poll: Florida's senior citizens swinging toward Obama
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/sfl-1009obamamccainpoll-florida,0,4561461.story
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Campbell Brown Blasts McCain Campaign For "Race Baiting"
In her "No Bias, No Bull" segment Wednesday night, Campbell Brown pleaded with the McCain campaign to stop what she referred to as "race baiting." "It is getting very, very ugly," Brown said. "Tonight, we are cutting through the bull on the issue of race and this campaign."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/campbell-brown-blasts-mcc_n_133172.html
-Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals
Extremists Mark Chryson and Steve Stoll helped launch Palin's political career in Alaska, and in return had influence over policy. "Her door was open," says Chryson - and still is. Editor's note: Research support provided by the Nation Institute Investigative Fund. For Salon's complete coverage of Sarah Palin, click here.
http://www.salon.com/src/pass/sitepass/spon/sitepass_website_refresh.html
-Obama opens 5-point lead on McCain
Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Friday. Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 43 percent among likely U.S. voters in the national poll, up slightly from a 4-point advantage for Obama Thursday. The poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/10/10/obama_opens_5_point_lead_on_mccain/
-'Kill Him' Yell At Clearwater Palin Rally Being Probed
The U.S. Secret Service is looking into reports that a crowd member yelled,"Kill him!" while Gov. Sarah Palin was talking about Sen. Barack Obama during her Clearwater rally Monday. The incident reportedly occurred after Palin questioned Obama's patriotism because of his acquaintance with William Ayers, a Chicago university professor who was an anti-Vietnam War radical in the 1970s.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/10/na-kill-him-reports-being-probed/news-politics/
-Group wants probe of McCain's gambling winnings
The Senate Ethics Committee should look into whether John McCain violated federal laws by failing to list gambling winnings on his Senate financial disclosure forms, according to a watchdog group.
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/group-wants-probe-of-mccains-gambling-winnings-2008-10-09.html
-Fox News' faux documentary sets new low
Sean Hannity's Sunday report, 'Obama and Friends: The History of Radicalism,' relied on innuendo and guilt by association to label the Illinois senator a dupe of the shadowy forces of the left.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia10-2008oct10,0,6872257.story?track=rss
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Global Markets Dive in Relentless Selloff
Japan Down 10% as Investors Look to G7 Meeting
European markets fell more than 10 percent at the opening but came off their lows later as investors looked to global financial authorities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/11markets.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1223647719-Q5rOsBTyS/k9TEr8cqV25g
-Building a Better Bailout
The Treasury Department's plan to take an ownership stake in many United States banks is more efficient and - not incidentally - more fair.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10fri1.html?ref=opinion
-Moment of Truth
PAUL KRUGMAN
If a new rescue plan is not announced this weekend, the world economy may experience its worst slump since the Great Depression.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10krugman.html?ref=opinion
-The Class War Before Palin
DAVID BROOKS
Over the past few decades, Republican political tacticians decided to mobilize their coalition with a form of social class warfare. [...] But over the past few decades, the Republican Party has driven away people who live in cities, in highly educated regions and on the coasts. This expulsion has had many causes. But the big one is this: Republican political tacticians decided to mobilize their coalition with a form of social class warfare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html?ref=opinion
-Politics and the Pulpit (Once Again)
The story goes that when he was running for re-election to the Senate in 1954, Lyndon Johnson was opposed by a couple of non-profits that urged voters to reject him and his radical communist ideas. (And you thought things were crazy today.) In response, Johnson had new language inserted into the section of the IRS code, which defines a tax exempt entity. His addendum declared that an exempt organization "does not participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." Now, in the middle of the 2008 election, several dozen pastors are challenging the amendment by speaking out in the pulpit in favor of a candidate (usually John McCain) and by sending the IRS copies of the sermons in which they openly cross the line the law has drawn since 1954. At the same time, a bill (H.R. 2275) repealing the Johnson amendment has been introduced by Walter Jones, Republican of North Carolina. The bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee where it awaits action. [...] What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals slipped into a disdain for the educated class as a whole.
http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/politics-and-the-pulpit-once-again/?ref=opinion
-Palins Repeatedly Pressed Case Against Trooper
Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband and seven administration officials made three dozen contacts to a commissioner about the status of a trooper.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10trooper.html?hp
-Former Finnish President Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2008 peace prize went to Martti Ahtisaari, associated over decades with quiet, cautious diplomacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11nobel.html?hp
-ARTICLES ABOUT THE NOBEL PRIZES
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/nobel_prizes/index.html
-Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/education/10math.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Spying Gone Awry
A covert surveillance operation in Maryland tramples on civil liberties.
THOMAS E. HUTCHINS, the former Maryland state police superintendent, spoke about a covert operation that spied on harmless activists for the first time at a legislative hearing this week. Mr. Hutchins, who authorized the operation, didn't provide new information about the spying program. But his spirited defense of the surveillance and his refusal to acknowledge serious missteps offers insight into the flawed mind-set that led to the operation's creation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100902438.html
-Sentences on Trial
Congress can reenact a proud moment in its history by dumping strict mandatory minimums.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100902439.html
-Carmakers' Pain Could Spread
Faltering manufacturing sector, led by the car industry, could pose a new economic threat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903426.html?hpid=topnews
-Pakistanis Repudiate Violence
Amid a series of suicide bombings across the nation, anti-terrorism debate grows more urgent.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900274.html?hpid=topnews
-PR Consultant Helped Palin Grab Spotlight
During her first months in office, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin kept a relatively light schedule on her workdays in Juneau, making ceremonial appearances at sports events and funerals, meeting with state lawmakers, and conducting interviews with Alaska magazines, radio stations and newspapers. But this spring, Palin's official calendar chronicles an extraordinary rise to national prominence. A fresh face in Republican politics, she was discovered by the national news media at least in part because of a determined effort by a state agency to position her as an oil and gas expert who could tout Alaska's determined effort to construct a natural gas pipeline.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903429.html?hpid=topnews
-Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report focusing on whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her authority as governor. The first-term Alaska governor has been accused of firing a state commissioner to settle a family dispute. But the report is also expected to touch on whether Palin's husband meddled in state affairs and whether her administration inappropriately accessed employee medical records.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101000254.html?hpid=topnews
-Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally
There were shouts of "Nobama" and "Socialist" at the mention of the Democratic presidential nominee. There were boos, middle fingers turned up and thumbs turned down as a media caravan moved through the crowd Thursday for a midday town hall gathering featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin. "It is absolutely vital that you take it to Obama, that you hit him where it hits, there's a soft spot," said James T. Harris, a local radio talk show host, who urged the Republican nominee to use Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., and others against him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903169.html?hpid=topnews
-McCain Opens Pandora's Box
The decision by John McCain's campaign to launch television ads linking Barack Obama to former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers signals a belief within the Arizona senator's inner circle that drastic measures must be taken to turn the presidential race around over the next 25 days. The ad, which went up this morning seeks to raise questions about Obama's judgment -- linking his association with Ayers to the current financial crisis in the country. Let's watch:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/?hpid=topnews
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The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-The Terrorists Next Door
Justice Kennedy's consequences. Even as the anti-antiterror lobby cheers as the courts attack the Bush Administration's wartime legal architecture, the practical results are starting to emerge. It is increasingly possible that many enemy combatants will be set free -- in the U.S.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122360571398721971.html
-McCain Campaign Is at Odds Over Negative Attacks' Scope
Senator Says Faith Issue Puts Obama's Former Pastor off Limits
Top McCain campaign officials are grappling with how far to go with negative attacks on Sen. Barack Obama in the final weeks of what is turning into a come-from-behind effort.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122359909175421497.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Sarah Silverman: Young Jews travel to tell family to vote for Obama
The campaign, called "The Great Schlep," opens today, with out-of-state Barack Obama volunteers having "challenging conversations" with their grandparents about voting.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpschlep1010pnoct10,0,2114761.story
-Watch This Now: Sarah Silverman's video for The Great Schlep (WARNING: Mature content)
http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/technology/watchthis/2008/09/sarah_silverman_says_tell_flor.html
-Poll: Florida's senior citizens swinging toward Obama
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/sfl-1009obamamccainpoll-florida,0,4561461.story
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Campbell Brown Blasts McCain Campaign For "Race Baiting"
In her "No Bias, No Bull" segment Wednesday night, Campbell Brown pleaded with the McCain campaign to stop what she referred to as "race baiting." "It is getting very, very ugly," Brown said. "Tonight, we are cutting through the bull on the issue of race and this campaign."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/campbell-brown-blasts-mcc_n_133172.html
-Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals
Extremists Mark Chryson and Steve Stoll helped launch Palin's political career in Alaska, and in return had influence over policy. "Her door was open," says Chryson - and still is. Editor's note: Research support provided by the Nation Institute Investigative Fund. For Salon's complete coverage of Sarah Palin, click here.
http://www.salon.com/src/pass/sitepass/spon/sitepass_website_refresh.html
-Obama opens 5-point lead on McCain
Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Friday. Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 43 percent among likely U.S. voters in the national poll, up slightly from a 4-point advantage for Obama Thursday. The poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/10/10/obama_opens_5_point_lead_on_mccain/
-'Kill Him' Yell At Clearwater Palin Rally Being Probed
The U.S. Secret Service is looking into reports that a crowd member yelled,"Kill him!" while Gov. Sarah Palin was talking about Sen. Barack Obama during her Clearwater rally Monday. The incident reportedly occurred after Palin questioned Obama's patriotism because of his acquaintance with William Ayers, a Chicago university professor who was an anti-Vietnam War radical in the 1970s.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/10/na-kill-him-reports-being-probed/news-politics/
-Group wants probe of McCain's gambling winnings
The Senate Ethics Committee should look into whether John McCain violated federal laws by failing to list gambling winnings on his Senate financial disclosure forms, according to a watchdog group.
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/group-wants-probe-of-mccains-gambling-winnings-2008-10-09.html
-Fox News' faux documentary sets new low
Sean Hannity's Sunday report, 'Obama and Friends: The History of Radicalism,' relied on innuendo and guilt by association to label the Illinois senator a dupe of the shadowy forces of the left.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia10-2008oct10,0,6872257.story?track=rss
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FLORIDA DIGEST - October 10, 2008
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
Go to this link for the following articles:
-Congregation Etz Chaim to hold fall picnic Nov. 9
News release from Congregation Etz Chaim:
Congregation Etz Chaim, South Florida's Reform Synagogue for "Jews of the Rainbow," will hold its annual Fall Picnic on Sunday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek. As in previous years, the CEC Picnic will feature food, cold drinks, games, activities, fun and a chance to socialize with old and new Synagogue friends. The Picnic is open to the public, not just CEC members.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
-Four Miami gay film fest board members resign
Shortly after a staffing upheaval at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, four prominent community board members have quit. The festival says their resignations have nothing to do with the recent staff changes.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Gays targeted in two new bias attacks
Muslim suspects told victims 'faggots' are 'stoned to death' in Middle East Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay people are stoned to death in his home country in the Middle East, according to a police report.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5137.cfm
-Suze Orman says No to Amendment 2
Financial expert lends name to defeat of 'marriage protection'
An event intended both to highlight the political accomplishments of an anti-Amendment 2 group and honor a gay women who works in the public eye has united them to work together to achieve their goals. More than 3,000 members of the GLBT community and their supporters met in Washington, DC this weekend to attend an array of Human Rights Campaign (HRC) events culminating with the star-studded HRC 12th Annual National Dinner.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5136.cfm
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Justin Flippen Candidate for Wilton Manors City Commission
You are invited to a fundraiser!
Sunday, October 12th
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
George's Alibi
Manchester Room
2266 Wilton Drive
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Please consider a contribution between $25 and $500.
www.JustinFlippen.com
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ArtsUnited Invites You To
Martinis and Erotic Art
ArtsUnited's Annual Erotic Art Exhibit & Reception
Sunday, October 12, 2008 6-8pm at Matty's on the Drive
2426 Wilton Manors Drive
Wilton Manors, FL, 33305
$10 Donation at the door
Dozens of male and female erotic art pieces will be on display, and for sale, for the one night only exhibit with drink specials by Matty's, and food from Galanga Restaurant, to benefit ArtsUnited and its many programs.
Bring a friend, or come make new ones!
For more information go to www.artsunitedonline.org
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Stonewall Library & Archives
Join US for our October SNAP
Social Network Active Professionals
October 16, 2008 - 6:00- 8:00 pm
Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel
1875 SE 17th St
Fort Lauderdale
More information - contact Jack Rutland, Executive Director
jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org.
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Say No to 2 - Florida's Anti-Gay Amendment
Download and print as many copies as you like of these flyers. Take them to places that you go - bars, cigar lounges, nail salons, poker groups, and especially places of worship. They are easy to understand for the average voter.
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Say No to 2 - Video Ad - Home Page - Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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AVER's - Veterans Day BBQ
Wilton Manors - New Moon Bar
2440 Wilton Drive
Saturday, November 8 - Noon to 5pm
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-South Florida district board votes to make watering limits permanent
The governing board of the South Florida Water Management District voted 7-1 on Thursday to impose permanent twice-weekly limits on landscape irrigation in Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and 13 other counties, saying the region needs to find alternatives to spraying billions of gallons of drinkable water onto lawns. The rules, similar to ones being imposed around the state, will go through a comment period and, if they remain unchanged, will go to the board for final approval in December.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbwater1010sboct10,0,7522040.story
-Gov. Charlie Crist is tilting Florida Supreme Court too far to right
Stephen Goldstein | Columnist
Gov. Charlie Crist has proved he is enamored of the radical right. His recent appointment of two right-wing ideologues to the Florida Supreme Court are dead wrong for blind justice, the court of last resort in the state and every man, woman and child here - and for generations to come. He has now willingly turned himself into Florida's version of President Bush, having given us the equivalent of U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito - and for the same crass, self-serving purposes.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/sfl-sgcol10sboct10,0,6521800.column
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD
School Board to vote on Carvalho's contract
One month after naming Alberto Carvalho superintendent, the Miami-Dade School Board on Friday will vote on his proposed
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/720571.html
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Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
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-Training intensifies for 8,000 poll workers
At the conclusion of a five-hour poll worker training class, a woman who will oversee a Palm Beach County precinct during the upcoming presidential election had just one question. "What does SOE stand for?" she asked. "Supervisor of elections," she was told.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/yourtown/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/a1a_poll_workers_1010.html
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
Go to this link for the following articles:
-Congregation Etz Chaim to hold fall picnic Nov. 9
News release from Congregation Etz Chaim:
Congregation Etz Chaim, South Florida's Reform Synagogue for "Jews of the Rainbow," will hold its annual Fall Picnic on Sunday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek. As in previous years, the CEC Picnic will feature food, cold drinks, games, activities, fun and a chance to socialize with old and new Synagogue friends. The Picnic is open to the public, not just CEC members.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
-Four Miami gay film fest board members resign
Shortly after a staffing upheaval at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, four prominent community board members have quit. The festival says their resignations have nothing to do with the recent staff changes.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Gays targeted in two new bias attacks
Muslim suspects told victims 'faggots' are 'stoned to death' in Middle East Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay people are stoned to death in his home country in the Middle East, according to a police report.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5137.cfm
-Suze Orman says No to Amendment 2
Financial expert lends name to defeat of 'marriage protection'
An event intended both to highlight the political accomplishments of an anti-Amendment 2 group and honor a gay women who works in the public eye has united them to work together to achieve their goals. More than 3,000 members of the GLBT community and their supporters met in Washington, DC this weekend to attend an array of Human Rights Campaign (HRC) events culminating with the star-studded HRC 12th Annual National Dinner.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-9/news/localnews/5136.cfm
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Justin Flippen Candidate for Wilton Manors City Commission
You are invited to a fundraiser!
Sunday, October 12th
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
George's Alibi
Manchester Room
2266 Wilton Drive
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Please consider a contribution between $25 and $500.
www.JustinFlippen.com
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ArtsUnited Invites You To
Martinis and Erotic Art
ArtsUnited's Annual Erotic Art Exhibit & Reception
Sunday, October 12, 2008 6-8pm at Matty's on the Drive
2426 Wilton Manors Drive
Wilton Manors, FL, 33305
$10 Donation at the door
Dozens of male and female erotic art pieces will be on display, and for sale, for the one night only exhibit with drink specials by Matty's, and food from Galanga Restaurant, to benefit ArtsUnited and its many programs.
Bring a friend, or come make new ones!
For more information go to www.artsunitedonline.org
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Stonewall Library & Archives
Join US for our October SNAP
Social Network Active Professionals
October 16, 2008 - 6:00- 8:00 pm
Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel
1875 SE 17th St
Fort Lauderdale
More information - contact Jack Rutland, Executive Director
jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org.
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Say No to 2 - Florida's Anti-Gay Amendment
Download and print as many copies as you like of these flyers. Take them to places that you go - bars, cigar lounges, nail salons, poker groups, and especially places of worship. They are easy to understand for the average voter.
Contact Ray's List for this attachment:
rays.list@comcast.net
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Say No to 2 - Video Ad - Home Page - Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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AVER's - Veterans Day BBQ
Wilton Manors - New Moon Bar
2440 Wilton Drive
Saturday, November 8 - Noon to 5pm
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-South Florida district board votes to make watering limits permanent
The governing board of the South Florida Water Management District voted 7-1 on Thursday to impose permanent twice-weekly limits on landscape irrigation in Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and 13 other counties, saying the region needs to find alternatives to spraying billions of gallons of drinkable water onto lawns. The rules, similar to ones being imposed around the state, will go through a comment period and, if they remain unchanged, will go to the board for final approval in December.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbwater1010sboct10,0,7522040.story
-Gov. Charlie Crist is tilting Florida Supreme Court too far to right
Stephen Goldstein | Columnist
Gov. Charlie Crist has proved he is enamored of the radical right. His recent appointment of two right-wing ideologues to the Florida Supreme Court are dead wrong for blind justice, the court of last resort in the state and every man, woman and child here - and for generations to come. He has now willingly turned himself into Florida's version of President Bush, having given us the equivalent of U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito - and for the same crass, self-serving purposes.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/sfl-sgcol10sboct10,0,6521800.column
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD
School Board to vote on Carvalho's contract
One month after naming Alberto Carvalho superintendent, the Miami-Dade School Board on Friday will vote on his proposed
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/720571.html
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Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Training intensifies for 8,000 poll workers
At the conclusion of a five-hour poll worker training class, a woman who will oversee a Palm Beach County precinct during the upcoming presidential election had just one question. "What does SOE stand for?" she asked. "Supervisor of elections," she was told.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/yourtown/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/a1a_poll_workers_1010.html
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
GLBT DIGEST - October 09, 2008
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Education Week
This Week's Live Chat
Cyberbullying and Schools
When: Friday, October 10, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern time.
Where: http://www.edweek-chat.org
-Please join us to discuss cyberbullying, a problem affecting growing numbers of students, administrators, teachers, and parents. At its best, the Internet helps students find information and stay in touch with friends through everything from text-messages and blogs to social-networking and other video- and photo-sharing Web sites. But the Internet can also enable students to aggressively target and harm their peers. This chat will inform educators and parents on how to recognize cyberbullying and protect young people from becoming victims.
About the guests:
Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin are Internet-safety experts who are co-authors of the new book Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying. Mr. Hinduja is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University, and Mr. Patchin is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Together they maintain www.cyberbullying.us, an information clearinghouse on cyberbullying. Submit questions in advance. No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in this text-based chat. A transcript will be posted shortly after the completion of the chat.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Op-Ed Columnist: Can This Be Pro-Life?
The Bush administration this month is quietly cutting off birth control supplies to some of the world's poorest women in Africa. Thus the paradox of a "pro-life" administration adopting a policy whose result will be tens of thousands of additional abortions each year - along with more women dying in childbirth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09kristof.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Mormons renew calls for Calif. gay marriage ban
Mormons are being asked by their church leaders to step up their already considerable efforts to pass a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California. Senior elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a televised appeal to members Wednesday night and laid out a week-by-week strategy for boosting Mormon involvement before the Nov. 4 election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900450.html
-A Question for Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin faced a variety of questions at last week's debate, but not the one I would have asked: "Should public school students be taught that contraception and condoms can prevent unintended pregnancy and disease?" Palin has referred to her teenage daughter's pregnancy as a normal "up and down" of family life. Sympathetic politicians and commentators, including Bill Clinton, have concurred, attributing teenage pregnancies to "raging hormones" and saying that since the couple plans to marry, Bristol Palin's pregnancy is really an early awakening to adult responsibilities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100802928.html
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Another reason to love Dan Savage
Sometimes Dan Savage's wit and candor are enough to make me tear up. But now the Slog blogger, author and sex advice columnist has done something totally pat-on-the-back-worthy. Ever wanted your sex question answered by Dan, who gets tons of letters per week? Now you can guarantee the receipt of his frank and sound advice. Just go to NoOnProp8.com, donate $25 or more to the defeat of Proposition 8, which would ban gay marriage in California, and Dan will help you out with your love and sex woes -- guaranteed!
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21472
-Medicine meets community at CAMP
HIV/AIDS patients offered low-cost acupuncture and massage
Dianne Meurer, acupuncture physician, talks to a returning client about which side effects from his HIV meds are bothering him the most this week. Matt Bonior, office manager, walks from prone client to prone client, holding a smoldering stick of mudroot above key points on their bodies, a warming technique called "moxa." Dr. Leonard Guidone's presence in the cozy room is officially as an acupuncture client, but he is also a chiropractor and is counseling another HIV patient about his joint pain while slowly raising the patient's arms up and down. It feels more like a living room than a medical center, and that palpable and soothing sense of community may be what makes the Community Acupuncture & Massage Project (CAMP) flourish.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-2/news/localnews/5120.cfm
-Newsom calls out Biden
Gavin Newsom called out Joe Biden at a Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club event last night in California.
"How about the debate two days ago? And I don't mean this as a critique because I'm a Democrat like you, and I'm very passionate about this ticket this year. But I'm frustrated. I'd be lying to you and misleading you and patronizing you as a Democratic Club that I was particularly proud of the only thing that Sarah Palin and Joe Biden agreed on is the notion that gay people should only run the 90 year dash on equality. That's what they said. Both of them said that. Sarah Palin agreed with Joe Biden," Newsom said, according to journalist Karen Ocamb, who attended the event. "It's one thing for Sarah Palin - a proud cultural conservative. But it was very frustrating for someone who has done fundraisers for Senator Biden - who believes in him, who is excited about him, his future, and the future of this country with him as vice-president - that he agreed. That somehow a party that has always stood for the principles of human rights, on women's rights, on civil rights, on environmental justice and labor rights - that somehow today, our party leadership is arguing that separate is now somehow equal - but only for the gay community. That's wrong. And we've got to call them out on it. We have to stand up on it. Absolutely," Newsom continued.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21483
-The twisted logic of the fundies
Yesterday CBS News had a story on how anti-gay marriage voters in California are "thanking" Obama for a possible victory. Why? Because he'll bring black voters to the polls, and black voters are primarily homophobic, or at least against gay marriage. How warped is that thinking? Black voters should be insulted by Christian fundamentalists undermining Barack Obama's historic candidacy in order to pass a hateful law. "We thank Barack Obama, even though he's not supporting it, for helping us," says Sonja Eddings Brown, of an anti-gay-marriage group called Protect Marriage. "We think it's going to push us over the top."
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21544
-Palin must meet the press
By Kevin Naff, knaff@washblade.com
Andrew Sullivan is doing what the mainstream media don't have the nerve to and demanding that Sarah Palin convene a press conference and generally make herself available to reporters. "Until governor Sarah Palin gives a full press conference, it seems to me that the cable news outlets should stop running her stump speeches in full on television," Sullivan writes. It's time for journalists everywhere to demand answers from the woman who says she's ready to be vice president. And if she won't talk, then the media must stop being used by the campaign for propaganda.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21497
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-The book Palin wanted banned
Rev. Howard Bess is not gay. He was not raised by gay parents and does not have gay children. Bess did not grow up with a gay family next door and his best friend was not gay. Rev. Bess might not have had a horse in the GLBT rights race but that did not stop him from becoming a trailblazer for the issue in the American Baptist church and Christian faith at large.
http://www.365gay.com/features/the-book-palin-wanted-banned/
-Besen: An Obama administration and gay rights
Who can blame John McCain and Sarah Palin for saying that Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists?" The GOP ticket is bombing so badly that they must blow up the race to have a shot at winning. Palin, about as subtle as a moose in an igloo, telegraphed the pugnacious plan of smearing Obama by sneering that they will "take the gloves off."
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/besen-an-obama-administration-and-gay-rights/
-Homophobia in schools remains major problem
Nine in ten LGBT teens have been verbally harassed in the past school year, and almost half have been physically harassed because of their sexual orientation a new study shows. In addition, about a third skipped a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe. The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's National School Climate Survey involved 6,209 LGBT students between the ages of 13 and 21 from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
http://www.365gay.com/news/homophobia-in-schools-remains-major-problem/
-Lithuanian cabinet member: May take a generation to end homophobia
(Vilnius) Responding to questions in Parliament about Lithuania's reputation within the European Union that it is the EU's most homophobic country, Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas admitted the criticism is justified. "This is true: Lithuania is one of the most homophobic countries in the EU. This has to be viewed as a fact," Vaitiekunas said. "The situation cannot be changed by any one party or minister."
http://www.365gay.com/news/lithuanian-cabinet-member-may-take-a-generation-to-end-homophobia/
-Rosie O'Donnell Returns to NBC with "Rosie's Variety Show"
Openly gay former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell will host a live, hour-long special on NBC on Nov. 26 called Rosie's Variety Show, it was announced in The Hollywood Reporter today. The show - a 2009 version of classic variety shows like The Carol Burnett Show or The Ed Sullivan Show - will feature celebrity guests, musical acts, comedy skits and prizes for the audience and TV viewers.
http://www.365gay.com/features/rosie-returns-to-nbc-with-rosies-variety-show/
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-T.R. Knight Answers No on 8's Plea for Money With $50,000
Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight has donated $50,000 to No on 8 to fight the proposed California constitutional amendment, Proposition 8, that would outlaw same-sex marriage in the state, Out.com's Popnography blog reported Wednesday. The donation comes one day after Equality California called for an emergency LGBT media briefing and reported that contrary to published reports, Yes on 8 is ahead in the polls. The donation was uncovered on the California secretary of state's website, reporting that Knight, a self-employed actor with a New York address, had donated.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63286.asp
-Pepperdine Prof Back in New Yes on 8 Ad
The campaign to ban gay marriage in California is running a television ad starting Wednesday featuring a girl telling her mother she learned in school that she could marry a princess. Richard Peterson, a law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, appears on-screen asking, "Think it can't happen? It's already happening. When Massachusetts legalized marriage, schools started teaching second-graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled that parents have no right to object."
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63299.asp
-Ft. Lauderdale's Naugle, Democrats Support Florida's Marriage Ban
Florida's ballot measure to make it more difficult for judges to overturn the state's standing marriage ban has plenty of Republican supporters, but some prominent Democrats have declared themselves supporters of the measure. Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle is leading the pack of Democrats who support a strengthened law to ban gay and lesbian couples from marrying, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. Naugle held a press conference Tuesday with a group of Democrats, including pastors and local activists, who agree with social conservatives leading the charge for Amendment 2.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63294.asp
-Pepperdine Prof Back in New Yes on 8 Ad
The campaign to ban gay marriage in California is running a television ad starting Wednesday featuring a girl telling her mother she learned in school that she could marry a princess. Richard Peterson, a law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, appears on-screen asking, "Think it can't happen? It's already happening. When Massachusetts legalized marriage, schools started teaching second-graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled that parents have no right to object."
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63299.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-Michelle Welsh: Proposition 8 is about a basic right
Link: Monterey County Herald
The government should not tell adults whom they can and cannot marry. Because the Constitution protects our religious freedom, no minister or church will ever be required to perform a marriage for a same-sex couple against the will of its doctrine. Under the law now, priests, ministers and rabbis can perform marriages for same-sex couples within the doctrines of their faith, and many of them do so willingly. A large number of denominations support equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, but if Proposition 8 passes, clergy could no longer marry same-sex couples even when it is authorized by their churches. Government should not interfere with anyone's exercise of religion. Religious freedom is too valuable to be put to a vote. Do not be misled by the ads. Proposition 8 is not about schools or children. No child can be taught anything about health or family issues in public schools against the will of their parents. This is nothing more than a scare tactic.
-CA: Improvements At Bolthouse Farms
Link: Joe. My. God.
Bolthouse Farms has been working on improving their reputation with the LGBT community ever since word broke that the company's founder donated $100K to support Proposition 8. Company officials stressed that William Bolthouse no longer owns the company, but a nationwide boycott and protests outside of Bolthouse resellers ensued. From a Bolthouse Farms press release: In March, William Bolthouse Jr., through his personal foundation, made a contribution of $100,000 to ProtectMarriage.com, a group behind Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage that is set to appear on the California November ballot.
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Bishops decide against church weddings for Norwegian gays
The bishops of Norway's state church have ruled that there will be no weddings in church for gay and lesbian couples. The church counts nearly 85 percent of Norway's 4.7 million people as members. From January same-sex marriage will be legal in Norway.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9252.html
-Immigration minister criticised for letting homophobic artist into Canada Campaigners against anti-gay "murder music" artists have accused a government minister in Canada of giving Jamaican star Buju Banton "a platform to incite murder" after he was allowed into the country. The Stop Murder Music (Canada) campaign is a coalition of more than 20 organisations that promote human rights.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9251.html
-Sexual orientation guidance for Northern Ireland service providers issued Advice and guidance on what the Sexual Orientation Regulations mean for service providers, public authorities, religious organisations, providers of education has been released. The Northern Ireland Equality Commission's guide also covers those managing, selling and letting premises and offers advice on what action gay, lesbian and bisexual people can take if they feel that they are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9250.html
-MEPs want EU countries to recognise same-sex partnerships
European Parliamentarians are urging EU-wide recognition of same-sex partnerships or marriages created in member states. At present some EU nations, such as Spain and Belgium allow gay marriages. The UK has same-sex partnerships, a system that will be introduced in the Republic of Ireland.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9249.html
-Ferdinand demands FIFA take action over homophobia
An English footballer has demanded that the game's authorities take homophobic chanting and abuse seriously. Rio Ferdinand spoke out after England's Emile Heskey was targeted with racist abuse by Croatian fans at an international match last month.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9247.html
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Forwarded from Gays Without Borders
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-Ban of Gay Picket in Front of Iranian Embassy Lawful, Says Moscow local court
Same picket was authorized by the City authorities for two consecutive years in July 2006 and July 2007
http://www.gayrussia.ru/en/news/detail.php?ID=12238
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-Focus on the Family doesn't hate gays, says "ex-gay" Melissa Fryrear
Posted by: "omar kuddus" gayasylum@yahoo.co.uk gayasylum
Eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" speech, Melissa Fryrear, the former lesbian who is the director of the gender issues department at Focus on the Family, insists that charges that the James Dobson-founded Colorado Springs, Colorado-based multi-million dollar media-ministry hates gays is unfair and unfounded. Fryrear, who sat down for an interview with citizenlink.com's Jennifer Mesko, said that those allegations are "grossly inaccurate and patently unfair portrayal of how Focus on the Family and LWO (Love Won Out) feel about those who identify as gay or lesbian."
-Iranian lawyer receives Tolerance Award
The Tutzing Evangelical Academy has granted the Tolerance Award to the Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. In her acceptance speech, Ms Ebadi warned the Western world that it should not consider the entire Muslim world undemocratic. The Tutzing Evangelical Academy grants the Tolerance Award every two years. Past recipients have been the conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Aga Khan.
-Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize
By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk
The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. The Sappho in Paradise Book Prize is conferred annually by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN), a worldwide voluntary association of lesbian and gay cultural workers. Kizza Musinguzi, editor of gayrightsuganda.org, and an ayslum seeker in the UK, is the winner this year. Gayrightsuganda.org "documents the organised campaign of violent religious and state-sponsored homophobia sweeping the strategic African nation," saidILGCN.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gayasylum/message/963
-United Nations calls on UK to stop discrimination against LGBT teens
A United Nations committee has called on the UK to take "urgent measures" to fight intolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans young people. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met last month. It is one of seven UN-linked human rights treaty bodies. Countries that have signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child are required to submit regular reports on how it is being implemented to the Committee, made up of independent experts who make recommendations.
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-In Moscow will pass an exhibition on family values of LGBT
Movement for the Rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals LGBT Rights opens a curtain of suspense with exhibition «LGBT - Family values». The purpose of this exhibition is to clear up an understanding of LGBT family, to open door into community and to put an end in conversations on abnormality of these feelings. All couples who consider themselves as a family there will be an opportunity to embody their union, especially for this purpose is invited a professional photographer. There will be exhibited works which show family values of LGBT representatives.
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-First-ever OUT & GREEK Leadership Conference
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Network with Other LGBT & Ally Fraternity & Sorority Leaders. Learn Strategies for Your Community to be Safer, More LGBT-Friendly. Share Your Story of Coming Out & Greek. Network with Other LGBT & Ally Fraternity & Sorority Leaders. Learn Strategies for Your Community to be Safer, More LGBT-Friendly. Never has there been a leadership conference to share, network and learn strategies to create safer, more LGBT inclusive fraternity and sorority communities. The Out & Greek National Leadership Conference is the first of its kind for undergraduate fraternity and sorority leaders and is sponsored by the landmark Lambda
Friday, November 14 through Sunday, November 16, 2008
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2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
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WikiLeaks
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-A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records. David C. Kernell was indicted Tuesday on a single charge of accessing a protected computer by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. The indictment, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, was unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kernell, from Knoxville, turned himself into law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. He is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alleged_Sarah_Palin_hacker_indicted
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Education Week
This Week's Live Chat
Cyberbullying and Schools
When: Friday, October 10, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern time.
Where: http://www.edweek-chat.org
-Please join us to discuss cyberbullying, a problem affecting growing numbers of students, administrators, teachers, and parents. At its best, the Internet helps students find information and stay in touch with friends through everything from text-messages and blogs to social-networking and other video- and photo-sharing Web sites. But the Internet can also enable students to aggressively target and harm their peers. This chat will inform educators and parents on how to recognize cyberbullying and protect young people from becoming victims.
About the guests:
Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin are Internet-safety experts who are co-authors of the new book Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying. Mr. Hinduja is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University, and Mr. Patchin is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Together they maintain www.cyberbullying.us, an information clearinghouse on cyberbullying. Submit questions in advance. No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in this text-based chat. A transcript will be posted shortly after the completion of the chat.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
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New York Times
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-Op-Ed Columnist: Can This Be Pro-Life?
The Bush administration this month is quietly cutting off birth control supplies to some of the world's poorest women in Africa. Thus the paradox of a "pro-life" administration adopting a policy whose result will be tens of thousands of additional abortions each year - along with more women dying in childbirth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09kristof.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
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-Mormons renew calls for Calif. gay marriage ban
Mormons are being asked by their church leaders to step up their already considerable efforts to pass a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California. Senior elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a televised appeal to members Wednesday night and laid out a week-by-week strategy for boosting Mormon involvement before the Nov. 4 election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900450.html
-A Question for Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin faced a variety of questions at last week's debate, but not the one I would have asked: "Should public school students be taught that contraception and condoms can prevent unintended pregnancy and disease?" Palin has referred to her teenage daughter's pregnancy as a normal "up and down" of family life. Sympathetic politicians and commentators, including Bill Clinton, have concurred, attributing teenage pregnancies to "raging hormones" and saying that since the couple plans to marry, Bristol Palin's pregnancy is really an early awakening to adult responsibilities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100802928.html
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South Florida Blade
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-Another reason to love Dan Savage
Sometimes Dan Savage's wit and candor are enough to make me tear up. But now the Slog blogger, author and sex advice columnist has done something totally pat-on-the-back-worthy. Ever wanted your sex question answered by Dan, who gets tons of letters per week? Now you can guarantee the receipt of his frank and sound advice. Just go to NoOnProp8.com, donate $25 or more to the defeat of Proposition 8, which would ban gay marriage in California, and Dan will help you out with your love and sex woes -- guaranteed!
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21472
-Medicine meets community at CAMP
HIV/AIDS patients offered low-cost acupuncture and massage
Dianne Meurer, acupuncture physician, talks to a returning client about which side effects from his HIV meds are bothering him the most this week. Matt Bonior, office manager, walks from prone client to prone client, holding a smoldering stick of mudroot above key points on their bodies, a warming technique called "moxa." Dr. Leonard Guidone's presence in the cozy room is officially as an acupuncture client, but he is also a chiropractor and is counseling another HIV patient about his joint pain while slowly raising the patient's arms up and down. It feels more like a living room than a medical center, and that palpable and soothing sense of community may be what makes the Community Acupuncture & Massage Project (CAMP) flourish.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/10-2/news/localnews/5120.cfm
-Newsom calls out Biden
Gavin Newsom called out Joe Biden at a Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club event last night in California.
"How about the debate two days ago? And I don't mean this as a critique because I'm a Democrat like you, and I'm very passionate about this ticket this year. But I'm frustrated. I'd be lying to you and misleading you and patronizing you as a Democratic Club that I was particularly proud of the only thing that Sarah Palin and Joe Biden agreed on is the notion that gay people should only run the 90 year dash on equality. That's what they said. Both of them said that. Sarah Palin agreed with Joe Biden," Newsom said, according to journalist Karen Ocamb, who attended the event. "It's one thing for Sarah Palin - a proud cultural conservative. But it was very frustrating for someone who has done fundraisers for Senator Biden - who believes in him, who is excited about him, his future, and the future of this country with him as vice-president - that he agreed. That somehow a party that has always stood for the principles of human rights, on women's rights, on civil rights, on environmental justice and labor rights - that somehow today, our party leadership is arguing that separate is now somehow equal - but only for the gay community. That's wrong. And we've got to call them out on it. We have to stand up on it. Absolutely," Newsom continued.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21483
-The twisted logic of the fundies
Yesterday CBS News had a story on how anti-gay marriage voters in California are "thanking" Obama for a possible victory. Why? Because he'll bring black voters to the polls, and black voters are primarily homophobic, or at least against gay marriage. How warped is that thinking? Black voters should be insulted by Christian fundamentalists undermining Barack Obama's historic candidacy in order to pass a hateful law. "We thank Barack Obama, even though he's not supporting it, for helping us," says Sonja Eddings Brown, of an anti-gay-marriage group called Protect Marriage. "We think it's going to push us over the top."
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21544
-Palin must meet the press
By Kevin Naff, knaff@washblade.com
Andrew Sullivan is doing what the mainstream media don't have the nerve to and demanding that Sarah Palin convene a press conference and generally make herself available to reporters. "Until governor Sarah Palin gives a full press conference, it seems to me that the cable news outlets should stop running her stump speeches in full on television," Sullivan writes. It's time for journalists everywhere to demand answers from the woman who says she's ready to be vice president. And if she won't talk, then the media must stop being used by the campaign for propaganda.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=21497
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365Gay.com
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-The book Palin wanted banned
Rev. Howard Bess is not gay. He was not raised by gay parents and does not have gay children. Bess did not grow up with a gay family next door and his best friend was not gay. Rev. Bess might not have had a horse in the GLBT rights race but that did not stop him from becoming a trailblazer for the issue in the American Baptist church and Christian faith at large.
http://www.365gay.com/features/the-book-palin-wanted-banned/
-Besen: An Obama administration and gay rights
Who can blame John McCain and Sarah Palin for saying that Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists?" The GOP ticket is bombing so badly that they must blow up the race to have a shot at winning. Palin, about as subtle as a moose in an igloo, telegraphed the pugnacious plan of smearing Obama by sneering that they will "take the gloves off."
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/besen-an-obama-administration-and-gay-rights/
-Homophobia in schools remains major problem
Nine in ten LGBT teens have been verbally harassed in the past school year, and almost half have been physically harassed because of their sexual orientation a new study shows. In addition, about a third skipped a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe. The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's National School Climate Survey involved 6,209 LGBT students between the ages of 13 and 21 from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
http://www.365gay.com/news/homophobia-in-schools-remains-major-problem/
-Lithuanian cabinet member: May take a generation to end homophobia
(Vilnius) Responding to questions in Parliament about Lithuania's reputation within the European Union that it is the EU's most homophobic country, Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas admitted the criticism is justified. "This is true: Lithuania is one of the most homophobic countries in the EU. This has to be viewed as a fact," Vaitiekunas said. "The situation cannot be changed by any one party or minister."
http://www.365gay.com/news/lithuanian-cabinet-member-may-take-a-generation-to-end-homophobia/
-Rosie O'Donnell Returns to NBC with "Rosie's Variety Show"
Openly gay former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell will host a live, hour-long special on NBC on Nov. 26 called Rosie's Variety Show, it was announced in The Hollywood Reporter today. The show - a 2009 version of classic variety shows like The Carol Burnett Show or The Ed Sullivan Show - will feature celebrity guests, musical acts, comedy skits and prizes for the audience and TV viewers.
http://www.365gay.com/features/rosie-returns-to-nbc-with-rosies-variety-show/
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The Advocate
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-T.R. Knight Answers No on 8's Plea for Money With $50,000
Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight has donated $50,000 to No on 8 to fight the proposed California constitutional amendment, Proposition 8, that would outlaw same-sex marriage in the state, Out.com's Popnography blog reported Wednesday. The donation comes one day after Equality California called for an emergency LGBT media briefing and reported that contrary to published reports, Yes on 8 is ahead in the polls. The donation was uncovered on the California secretary of state's website, reporting that Knight, a self-employed actor with a New York address, had donated.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63286.asp
-Pepperdine Prof Back in New Yes on 8 Ad
The campaign to ban gay marriage in California is running a television ad starting Wednesday featuring a girl telling her mother she learned in school that she could marry a princess. Richard Peterson, a law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, appears on-screen asking, "Think it can't happen? It's already happening. When Massachusetts legalized marriage, schools started teaching second-graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled that parents have no right to object."
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63299.asp
-Ft. Lauderdale's Naugle, Democrats Support Florida's Marriage Ban
Florida's ballot measure to make it more difficult for judges to overturn the state's standing marriage ban has plenty of Republican supporters, but some prominent Democrats have declared themselves supporters of the measure. Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle is leading the pack of Democrats who support a strengthened law to ban gay and lesbian couples from marrying, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. Naugle held a press conference Tuesday with a group of Democrats, including pastors and local activists, who agree with social conservatives leading the charge for Amendment 2.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63294.asp
-Pepperdine Prof Back in New Yes on 8 Ad
The campaign to ban gay marriage in California is running a television ad starting Wednesday featuring a girl telling her mother she learned in school that she could marry a princess. Richard Peterson, a law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, appears on-screen asking, "Think it can't happen? It's already happening. When Massachusetts legalized marriage, schools started teaching second-graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled that parents have no right to object."
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63299.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-Michelle Welsh: Proposition 8 is about a basic right
Link: Monterey County Herald
The government should not tell adults whom they can and cannot marry. Because the Constitution protects our religious freedom, no minister or church will ever be required to perform a marriage for a same-sex couple against the will of its doctrine. Under the law now, priests, ministers and rabbis can perform marriages for same-sex couples within the doctrines of their faith, and many of them do so willingly. A large number of denominations support equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, but if Proposition 8 passes, clergy could no longer marry same-sex couples even when it is authorized by their churches. Government should not interfere with anyone's exercise of religion. Religious freedom is too valuable to be put to a vote. Do not be misled by the ads. Proposition 8 is not about schools or children. No child can be taught anything about health or family issues in public schools against the will of their parents. This is nothing more than a scare tactic.
-CA: Improvements At Bolthouse Farms
Link: Joe. My. God.
Bolthouse Farms has been working on improving their reputation with the LGBT community ever since word broke that the company's founder donated $100K to support Proposition 8. Company officials stressed that William Bolthouse no longer owns the company, but a nationwide boycott and protests outside of Bolthouse resellers ensued. From a Bolthouse Farms press release: In March, William Bolthouse Jr., through his personal foundation, made a contribution of $100,000 to ProtectMarriage.com, a group behind Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage that is set to appear on the California November ballot.
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Bishops decide against church weddings for Norwegian gays
The bishops of Norway's state church have ruled that there will be no weddings in church for gay and lesbian couples. The church counts nearly 85 percent of Norway's 4.7 million people as members. From January same-sex marriage will be legal in Norway.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9252.html
-Immigration minister criticised for letting homophobic artist into Canada Campaigners against anti-gay "murder music" artists have accused a government minister in Canada of giving Jamaican star Buju Banton "a platform to incite murder" after he was allowed into the country. The Stop Murder Music (Canada) campaign is a coalition of more than 20 organisations that promote human rights.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9251.html
-Sexual orientation guidance for Northern Ireland service providers issued Advice and guidance on what the Sexual Orientation Regulations mean for service providers, public authorities, religious organisations, providers of education has been released. The Northern Ireland Equality Commission's guide also covers those managing, selling and letting premises and offers advice on what action gay, lesbian and bisexual people can take if they feel that they are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9250.html
-MEPs want EU countries to recognise same-sex partnerships
European Parliamentarians are urging EU-wide recognition of same-sex partnerships or marriages created in member states. At present some EU nations, such as Spain and Belgium allow gay marriages. The UK has same-sex partnerships, a system that will be introduced in the Republic of Ireland.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9249.html
-Ferdinand demands FIFA take action over homophobia
An English footballer has demanded that the game's authorities take homophobic chanting and abuse seriously. Rio Ferdinand spoke out after England's Emile Heskey was targeted with racist abuse by Croatian fans at an international match last month.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9247.html
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-Ban of Gay Picket in Front of Iranian Embassy Lawful, Says Moscow local court
Same picket was authorized by the City authorities for two consecutive years in July 2006 and July 2007
http://www.gayrussia.ru/en/news/detail.php?ID=12238
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-Focus on the Family doesn't hate gays, says "ex-gay" Melissa Fryrear
Posted by: "omar kuddus" gayasylum@yahoo.co.uk gayasylum
Eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" speech, Melissa Fryrear, the former lesbian who is the director of the gender issues department at Focus on the Family, insists that charges that the James Dobson-founded Colorado Springs, Colorado-based multi-million dollar media-ministry hates gays is unfair and unfounded. Fryrear, who sat down for an interview with citizenlink.com's Jennifer Mesko, said that those allegations are "grossly inaccurate and patently unfair portrayal of how Focus on the Family and LWO (Love Won Out) feel about those who identify as gay or lesbian."
-Iranian lawyer receives Tolerance Award
The Tutzing Evangelical Academy has granted the Tolerance Award to the Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. In her acceptance speech, Ms Ebadi warned the Western world that it should not consider the entire Muslim world undemocratic. The Tutzing Evangelical Academy grants the Tolerance Award every two years. Past recipients have been the conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Aga Khan.
-Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize
By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk
The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. The Sappho in Paradise Book Prize is conferred annually by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN), a worldwide voluntary association of lesbian and gay cultural workers. Kizza Musinguzi, editor of gayrightsuganda.org, and an ayslum seeker in the UK, is the winner this year. Gayrightsuganda.org "documents the organised campaign of violent religious and state-sponsored homophobia sweeping the strategic African nation," saidILGCN.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gayasylum/message/963
-United Nations calls on UK to stop discrimination against LGBT teens
A United Nations committee has called on the UK to take "urgent measures" to fight intolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans young people. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met last month. It is one of seven UN-linked human rights treaty bodies. Countries that have signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child are required to submit regular reports on how it is being implemented to the Committee, made up of independent experts who make recommendations.
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-In Moscow will pass an exhibition on family values of LGBT
Movement for the Rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals LGBT Rights opens a curtain of suspense with exhibition «LGBT - Family values». The purpose of this exhibition is to clear up an understanding of LGBT family, to open door into community and to put an end in conversations on abnormality of these feelings. All couples who consider themselves as a family there will be an opportunity to embody their union, especially for this purpose is invited a professional photographer. There will be exhibited works which show family values of LGBT representatives.
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-First-ever OUT & GREEK Leadership Conference
Share Your Story of Coming Out & Greek.
Network with Other LGBT & Ally Fraternity & Sorority Leaders. Learn Strategies for Your Community to be Safer, More LGBT-Friendly. Share Your Story of Coming Out & Greek. Network with Other LGBT & Ally Fraternity & Sorority Leaders. Learn Strategies for Your Community to be Safer, More LGBT-Friendly. Never has there been a leadership conference to share, network and learn strategies to create safer, more LGBT inclusive fraternity and sorority communities. The Out & Greek National Leadership Conference is the first of its kind for undergraduate fraternity and sorority leaders and is sponsored by the landmark Lambda
Friday, November 14 through Sunday, November 16, 2008
DePaul University, Lincoln Park Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
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-A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records. David C. Kernell was indicted Tuesday on a single charge of accessing a protected computer by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. The indictment, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, was unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kernell, from Knoxville, turned himself into law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. He is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alleged_Sarah_Palin_hacker_indicted
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-Young, Black and Republican in New York, Blogging Against the Tide
The barbs have become like a soundtrack to Richard Ivory's life: Uncle Tom, sellout, self-hater. Being black and Republican does indeed have its challenges - especially in New York. And even though the remarks sometimes wear on Mr. Ivory, they mostly seem to have emboldened him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/nyregion/09repubblog.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks
Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials. Treasury officials say the just-passed $700 billion bailout bill gives them the authority to inject cash directly into banks that request it. Such a move would quickly strengthen banks' balance sheets and, officials hope, persuade them to resume lending. In return, the law gives the Treasury the right to take ownership positions in banks, including healthy ones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/economy/09econ.html?hp
-In Flailing Iceland, Disbelief and Regret
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - People go bankrupt all the time. Companies do, too. But countries? The global financial crisis has laid waste to some major banks and other financial institutions in the United States and Europe, but Iceland may be the first country to face the prospect of going bust along with them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09icebank.html?hp
-One Man's Crony ...
The good, the bad and the ugly of lobbying are well known, but it's a stretch for John McCain, who has 25 years in Washington, to demonize it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09thu4.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Contributor: Saved by the Deficit?
Berkeley, Calif. BOTH presidential candidates have been criticized for failing - at Tuesday's debate and previously - to name any promises or plans they're going to have to scrap because of the bailout and the failing economy. That criticism is unwarranted. The assumption that we are about to have a rerun of 1993 - when Bill Clinton, newly installed as president, was forced to jettison much of his agenda because of a surging budget deficit - may well be mistaken.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09reich.html?ref=opinion
-The Right Goes Negative . . . on McCain
Alright, the morning-after recriminations have set in, and the right side of the blogosphere is furious - with John McCain. "We have a disaster here - which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative to make the conservative (nay, the American) case," writes Andy McCarthy at the Corner.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/the-right-goes-negative-on-mccain/?ref=opinion
-G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress
The economic turmoil is threatening to topple Republican candidates, putting more seats within Democratic reach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09cong.html?hp
-Pope Defends Pius XII Over Holocaust
Pope Benedict XVI gave a push to possible sainthood for Pope Pius XII as he defended the World War II pontiff Thursday from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust. Benedict contended his predecessor acted silently to save as many Jews as possible and expressed hope that efforts aimed at his beatification would proceed ''smoothly.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-EU-Vatican-Pius-XII.html
-Bailout Role Elevates U.S. Official
For months, as Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. traveled to Capitol Hill to testify about the unfolding financial crisis, he has been shadowed by a man with a shaved head and intense eyes who many assumed was a Secret Service agent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09kashkari.html
-McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama
Senator John McCain devoted most of two campaign appearances on Wednesday to lusty attacks on Senator Barack Obama and gave less attention, and offered very few specifics, to the growing economic woes of American voters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mccain.html
-Taxpayers, Not Lenders, Would Bear Costs of McCain's Mortgage Proposal
The homeowner assistance plan that Senator John McCain announced without detail in the presidential debate Tuesday night would allow millions of financially stretched Americans to refinance their mortgages with government help, but it would leave taxpayers to cover the losses, rather than the financial institutions that hold the original mortgages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mortgage.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-A Lead Like Warner's Might Make Obama More Interesting
Mark Warner isn't running against Barack Obama, but he's beating his fellow Democrat by a stunning 25 or so points. The former governor is trouncing his Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate, Jim Gilmore, by upward of 30 points in recent polls. Obama, in contrast, holds a slim lead over John McCain in most Virginia polls.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803550.html
-The Town Hall Debate: This Is American?
A couple of points on Tuesday's debate. When the candidates were asked whom they might appoint as Treasury secretary, Obama dodged the question -- as one might expect. But McCain straight-talked it, which turned out to be a big mistake. His first answer, Warren Buffett, conveyed the right general idea but no grasp of reality. Yes, Buffett has the power to inspire market confidence; but he does that better by investing his own money (as he has done recently) than by investing the government's. The second name McCain threw out was even more troubling. Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay? Doesn't McCain know there is a difference between succeeding in Silicon Valley and figuring out how to unfreeze credit markets? Before running eBay, Whitman worked at Hasbro, where, according to Fast Company, she managed the Playskool brand and Mr. Potato Head.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/the_town_hall_debate_this_is_a.html
-No Depression: This Time, Uncle Sam Has Got Our Back
Global markets have not been reassured by the coordinated interest rate cuts of several central banks or by recent congressional action, but they should be. Our bet is that financial markets will return to normal in short order and that the U.S. economy will squeak by with a moderate recession. Recapitalizing the banks and working out mortgages will take time, but the financial system will not collapse -- the government won't let it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100802931.html
-17 Detainees
A federal judge overreached in an effort to free Chinese Uighurs from an unjustified legal limbo. A FEDERAL APPEALS court intervened yesterday to block one judge's precipitous decision to order the release of 17 Chinese Uighurs held for years at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Issuing the emergency stay was the right thing to do, but not because the Uighurs don't deserve their freedom.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803286.html
-MOMENTS OF TRUTH | OBAMA IN SPRINGFIELD
From Outsider To Politician
The taunting began as soon as Barack Obama joined the Illinois Senate in January 1997. He had expected to face some skepticism as a political neophyte, but not such outright hostility. For the first few months of his career as a lawmaker, Obama navigated the unfamiliar corridors of the state Capitol like a misfit lost in a new school, sometimes complaining to colleagues that he was "getting it from all sides."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803890.html?hpid=topnews
-Stem Cells From Testicles an Option to Embryos
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized replacement tissues, according to a study in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. But because of their source, their highest promise would apply to only half the world's population: men.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100801774.html?hpid=sec-health
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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
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-McCain Reshuffles Rescue Deal
McCain's $300 billion plan to help struggling homeowners carries benefits for the real-estate sector, but could reduce the funds available for rescuing banks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351316270117559.html
-And the Best Executive M.B.A. Programs In 2008 Are...
In the Journal's first survey, two schools stand far above the rest
Topping the list: Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, which ranked No. 1, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, which came in No. 2. The two schools have among the largest E.M.B.A. programs, with 406 students currently enrolled in Wharton's two programs and 843 candidates in the seven Kellogg programs, including four international partnerships and a satellite campus in Miami.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122244975223379303.html
-News Flash: The Media Back Obama
Its activist role has been the single constant in this eternal election.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351645893317913.html
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin remained in the dark while her husband repeatedly asked top state officials to help get his former brother-in-law kicked off the state police force, Palin's husband and top aides said in affidavits provided to The Associated Press. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, is the focus of a legislative investigation into whether she abused her authority by firing the state's public safety commissioner to settle a long-standing family dispute. The commissioner says he was fired after resisting pressure to fire Mike Wooten, a trooper involved in a bitter divorce with Palin's sister.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/718703.html
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St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/
-Bailed-out AIG dropped $443,000 at lavish resort
We're pretty sure it wasn't planned this way, but now the words "AIG" and "pedicure" may prove inseparable. The insurance giant's decision to blow $443,343 - oh, and 71 cents - on a celebratory week of fancy rooms, food, manicures, pedicures, facials, massages and golf at California's only Mobil five-star resort right after AIG was saved from collapse with an $85-billion federal bailout loan earns the insurer first prize as the firm most out of touch with financial reality.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article844838.ece
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-Young, Black and Republican in New York, Blogging Against the Tide
The barbs have become like a soundtrack to Richard Ivory's life: Uncle Tom, sellout, self-hater. Being black and Republican does indeed have its challenges - especially in New York. And even though the remarks sometimes wear on Mr. Ivory, they mostly seem to have emboldened him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/nyregion/09repubblog.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks
Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials. Treasury officials say the just-passed $700 billion bailout bill gives them the authority to inject cash directly into banks that request it. Such a move would quickly strengthen banks' balance sheets and, officials hope, persuade them to resume lending. In return, the law gives the Treasury the right to take ownership positions in banks, including healthy ones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/economy/09econ.html?hp
-In Flailing Iceland, Disbelief and Regret
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - People go bankrupt all the time. Companies do, too. But countries? The global financial crisis has laid waste to some major banks and other financial institutions in the United States and Europe, but Iceland may be the first country to face the prospect of going bust along with them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09icebank.html?hp
-One Man's Crony ...
The good, the bad and the ugly of lobbying are well known, but it's a stretch for John McCain, who has 25 years in Washington, to demonize it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09thu4.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Contributor: Saved by the Deficit?
Berkeley, Calif. BOTH presidential candidates have been criticized for failing - at Tuesday's debate and previously - to name any promises or plans they're going to have to scrap because of the bailout and the failing economy. That criticism is unwarranted. The assumption that we are about to have a rerun of 1993 - when Bill Clinton, newly installed as president, was forced to jettison much of his agenda because of a surging budget deficit - may well be mistaken.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09reich.html?ref=opinion
-The Right Goes Negative . . . on McCain
Alright, the morning-after recriminations have set in, and the right side of the blogosphere is furious - with John McCain. "We have a disaster here - which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative to make the conservative (nay, the American) case," writes Andy McCarthy at the Corner.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/the-right-goes-negative-on-mccain/?ref=opinion
-G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress
The economic turmoil is threatening to topple Republican candidates, putting more seats within Democratic reach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09cong.html?hp
-Pope Defends Pius XII Over Holocaust
Pope Benedict XVI gave a push to possible sainthood for Pope Pius XII as he defended the World War II pontiff Thursday from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust. Benedict contended his predecessor acted silently to save as many Jews as possible and expressed hope that efforts aimed at his beatification would proceed ''smoothly.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-EU-Vatican-Pius-XII.html
-Bailout Role Elevates U.S. Official
For months, as Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. traveled to Capitol Hill to testify about the unfolding financial crisis, he has been shadowed by a man with a shaved head and intense eyes who many assumed was a Secret Service agent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09kashkari.html
-McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama
Senator John McCain devoted most of two campaign appearances on Wednesday to lusty attacks on Senator Barack Obama and gave less attention, and offered very few specifics, to the growing economic woes of American voters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mccain.html
-Taxpayers, Not Lenders, Would Bear Costs of McCain's Mortgage Proposal
The homeowner assistance plan that Senator John McCain announced without detail in the presidential debate Tuesday night would allow millions of financially stretched Americans to refinance their mortgages with government help, but it would leave taxpayers to cover the losses, rather than the financial institutions that hold the original mortgages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mortgage.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-A Lead Like Warner's Might Make Obama More Interesting
Mark Warner isn't running against Barack Obama, but he's beating his fellow Democrat by a stunning 25 or so points. The former governor is trouncing his Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate, Jim Gilmore, by upward of 30 points in recent polls. Obama, in contrast, holds a slim lead over John McCain in most Virginia polls.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803550.html
-The Town Hall Debate: This Is American?
A couple of points on Tuesday's debate. When the candidates were asked whom they might appoint as Treasury secretary, Obama dodged the question -- as one might expect. But McCain straight-talked it, which turned out to be a big mistake. His first answer, Warren Buffett, conveyed the right general idea but no grasp of reality. Yes, Buffett has the power to inspire market confidence; but he does that better by investing his own money (as he has done recently) than by investing the government's. The second name McCain threw out was even more troubling. Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay? Doesn't McCain know there is a difference between succeeding in Silicon Valley and figuring out how to unfreeze credit markets? Before running eBay, Whitman worked at Hasbro, where, according to Fast Company, she managed the Playskool brand and Mr. Potato Head.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/the_town_hall_debate_this_is_a.html
-No Depression: This Time, Uncle Sam Has Got Our Back
Global markets have not been reassured by the coordinated interest rate cuts of several central banks or by recent congressional action, but they should be. Our bet is that financial markets will return to normal in short order and that the U.S. economy will squeak by with a moderate recession. Recapitalizing the banks and working out mortgages will take time, but the financial system will not collapse -- the government won't let it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100802931.html
-17 Detainees
A federal judge overreached in an effort to free Chinese Uighurs from an unjustified legal limbo. A FEDERAL APPEALS court intervened yesterday to block one judge's precipitous decision to order the release of 17 Chinese Uighurs held for years at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Issuing the emergency stay was the right thing to do, but not because the Uighurs don't deserve their freedom.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803286.html
-MOMENTS OF TRUTH | OBAMA IN SPRINGFIELD
From Outsider To Politician
The taunting began as soon as Barack Obama joined the Illinois Senate in January 1997. He had expected to face some skepticism as a political neophyte, but not such outright hostility. For the first few months of his career as a lawmaker, Obama navigated the unfamiliar corridors of the state Capitol like a misfit lost in a new school, sometimes complaining to colleagues that he was "getting it from all sides."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803890.html?hpid=topnews
-Stem Cells From Testicles an Option to Embryos
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized replacement tissues, according to a study in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. But because of their source, their highest promise would apply to only half the world's population: men.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100801774.html?hpid=sec-health
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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
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-McCain Reshuffles Rescue Deal
McCain's $300 billion plan to help struggling homeowners carries benefits for the real-estate sector, but could reduce the funds available for rescuing banks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351316270117559.html
-And the Best Executive M.B.A. Programs In 2008 Are...
In the Journal's first survey, two schools stand far above the rest
Topping the list: Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, which ranked No. 1, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, which came in No. 2. The two schools have among the largest E.M.B.A. programs, with 406 students currently enrolled in Wharton's two programs and 843 candidates in the seven Kellogg programs, including four international partnerships and a satellite campus in Miami.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122244975223379303.html
-News Flash: The Media Back Obama
Its activist role has been the single constant in this eternal election.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351645893317913.html
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin remained in the dark while her husband repeatedly asked top state officials to help get his former brother-in-law kicked off the state police force, Palin's husband and top aides said in affidavits provided to The Associated Press. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, is the focus of a legislative investigation into whether she abused her authority by firing the state's public safety commissioner to settle a long-standing family dispute. The commissioner says he was fired after resisting pressure to fire Mike Wooten, a trooper involved in a bitter divorce with Palin's sister.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/718703.html
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St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/
-Bailed-out AIG dropped $443,000 at lavish resort
We're pretty sure it wasn't planned this way, but now the words "AIG" and "pedicure" may prove inseparable. The insurance giant's decision to blow $443,343 - oh, and 71 cents - on a celebratory week of fancy rooms, food, manicures, pedicures, facials, massages and golf at California's only Mobil five-star resort right after AIG was saved from collapse with an $85-billion federal bailout loan earns the insurer first prize as the firm most out of touch with financial reality.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article844838.ece
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FLORIDA DIGEST - October 09, 2008
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Fort Report
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-Florida voters leaning toward ban on gay marriage, poll shows
Floridians look poised to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage next month but seem less enthralled with other amendments that range from offering tax breaks for public marinas to raising taxes for community colleges. Of the six constitutional changes headed to voters Nov. 4, only Amendment 2 -- enshrining Florida's ban on same-sex marriage -- is close to the 60 percent threshold needed to pass, an Orlando Sentinel poll shows.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-poll0908oct09,0,4508301.story?track=rss
-Florida gay-marriage ban draws wide support in poll
A statewide poll shows voters favoring a gay-marriage ban but narrowly rejecting an amendment that would allow higher sales taxes for community colleges. Florida voters look close to passing a gay-marriage ban and rejecting a community college tax, and are largely undecided about a handful of property-tax issues, according to a new statewide poll on the state's proposed constitutional amendments.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/718887.html
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Grand Opening Campaign Headquarters
2597 N Federal Hwy. (Corner of 26th Street)
Tuesday, October 14 - 6-8pm
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Artist Keith Clark at Meyerhoefer Gallery this Saturday, October 11
"Reach" by Keith Clark, 2008
Patterns and Portals:New Works by Keith Clark and Stanley Brundage
Meyerhoefer Gallery - October 1-26
Artist Reception Saturday, October 11, 2008 6-9pm
Meyerhoefer Gallery
608 Lucerne Aves
Lake Worth, Florida, 33460
www.meyerhoefergallery.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Global economic mess heightens concerns about U.S. Sugar deal
The global economic lurch has heightened concerns among architects of the state's ambitious plan to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. for $1.75 billion and use its 187,000 acres to fix the Everglades. Three of the 11 investment banks listed as potential underwriters of the deal have collapsed, forcing South Florida water managers to redraw their roster of lenders. Falling real estate values mean the income stream intended to help pay off the mortgage on such a deal has thinned. And typical interest rates for such projects in the nearly frozen credit market have risen between 0.75 and 1 percentage point, an uptick that could add tens of millions of dollars to the cost. Leaders of the South Florida Water Management District insist that the deal is not in trouble. But they called it helpful that negotiations on the massive government land buy are still under way and will drag on past the original, Nov. 30 deadline into next year.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpsugar1009pnoct09,0,7180595.story
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Miami Herald
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-Many Floridians lack health insurance, study says
South Florida and the state have an uncommonly high percentages of people without health insurance, says a Census study being releasedAlmost one-third of people under 65 in Miami-Dade and one-fourth in Broward lacked health insurance in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures [...] Only Texas and New Mexico had higher rates of uninsured people under 65.
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/718866.html
-A constitutional win
Guantánamo decision rejects arbitrary expansion of executive power
Federal courts appear to have had enough of this administration's high-handed and unconstitutional approach to individual rights. In a breakthrough ruling, a district court in Washington this week ordered the release of 17 detainees at Guantánamo Bay after determining, based on the record, that they did not represent a threat to U.S. security. It's about time. Late Wednesday, an appellate court stayed the order, giving the administration what should be only a temporary reprieve. The Supreme Court should decide the case.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/718912.html
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-Critics question Florida voting laws
Civil-rights groups say Fla. voters could be disenfranchised
Eight years after Florida became synonymous with recount, county election supervisors are bracing for a Nov. 4 turnout that could hit 85 percent and voting-rights groups are warning that thousands of voters could be disenfranchised. Also reminiscent of the days of butterfly ballots and hanging chads, South Florida Democrats have vowed to blanket the state with as many as 5,000 volunteer attorneys on Election Day.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/CD/20081009/CAPITOLNEWS/810090328/-1/capitolnews
-Elections chief says he has cancer, will not resign
In less than 24 hours, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson received two pieces of devastating news - one of them life-threatening. On Aug. 25, the day before voters overwhelmingly rejected his bid for a second term, Anderson's doctor told him he has incurable blood cancer.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/08/1008anderson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
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-Florida voters leaning toward ban on gay marriage, poll shows
Floridians look poised to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage next month but seem less enthralled with other amendments that range from offering tax breaks for public marinas to raising taxes for community colleges. Of the six constitutional changes headed to voters Nov. 4, only Amendment 2 -- enshrining Florida's ban on same-sex marriage -- is close to the 60 percent threshold needed to pass, an Orlando Sentinel poll shows.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-poll0908oct09,0,4508301.story?track=rss
-Florida gay-marriage ban draws wide support in poll
A statewide poll shows voters favoring a gay-marriage ban but narrowly rejecting an amendment that would allow higher sales taxes for community colleges. Florida voters look close to passing a gay-marriage ban and rejecting a community college tax, and are largely undecided about a handful of property-tax issues, according to a new statewide poll on the state's proposed constitutional amendments.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/718887.html
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Dean Trantalis for Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
Grand Opening Campaign Headquarters
2597 N Federal Hwy. (Corner of 26th Street)
Tuesday, October 14 - 6-8pm
www.deanformayor.com
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Artist Keith Clark at Meyerhoefer Gallery this Saturday, October 11
"Reach" by Keith Clark, 2008
Patterns and Portals:New Works by Keith Clark and Stanley Brundage
Meyerhoefer Gallery - October 1-26
Artist Reception Saturday, October 11, 2008 6-9pm
Meyerhoefer Gallery
608 Lucerne Aves
Lake Worth, Florida, 33460
www.meyerhoefergallery.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Global economic mess heightens concerns about U.S. Sugar deal
The global economic lurch has heightened concerns among architects of the state's ambitious plan to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. for $1.75 billion and use its 187,000 acres to fix the Everglades. Three of the 11 investment banks listed as potential underwriters of the deal have collapsed, forcing South Florida water managers to redraw their roster of lenders. Falling real estate values mean the income stream intended to help pay off the mortgage on such a deal has thinned. And typical interest rates for such projects in the nearly frozen credit market have risen between 0.75 and 1 percentage point, an uptick that could add tens of millions of dollars to the cost. Leaders of the South Florida Water Management District insist that the deal is not in trouble. But they called it helpful that negotiations on the massive government land buy are still under way and will drag on past the original, Nov. 30 deadline into next year.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpsugar1009pnoct09,0,7180595.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Many Floridians lack health insurance, study says
South Florida and the state have an uncommonly high percentages of people without health insurance, says a Census study being releasedAlmost one-third of people under 65 in Miami-Dade and one-fourth in Broward lacked health insurance in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures [...] Only Texas and New Mexico had higher rates of uninsured people under 65.
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/718866.html
-A constitutional win
Guantánamo decision rejects arbitrary expansion of executive power
Federal courts appear to have had enough of this administration's high-handed and unconstitutional approach to individual rights. In a breakthrough ruling, a district court in Washington this week ordered the release of 17 detainees at Guantánamo Bay after determining, based on the record, that they did not represent a threat to U.S. security. It's about time. Late Wednesday, an appellate court stayed the order, giving the administration what should be only a temporary reprieve. The Supreme Court should decide the case.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/718912.html
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http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Critics question Florida voting laws
Civil-rights groups say Fla. voters could be disenfranchised
Eight years after Florida became synonymous with recount, county election supervisors are bracing for a Nov. 4 turnout that could hit 85 percent and voting-rights groups are warning that thousands of voters could be disenfranchised. Also reminiscent of the days of butterfly ballots and hanging chads, South Florida Democrats have vowed to blanket the state with as many as 5,000 volunteer attorneys on Election Day.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/CD/20081009/CAPITOLNEWS/810090328/-1/capitolnews
-Elections chief says he has cancer, will not resign
In less than 24 hours, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson received two pieces of devastating news - one of them life-threatening. On Aug. 25, the day before voters overwhelmingly rejected his bid for a second term, Anderson's doctor told him he has incurable blood cancer.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/08/1008anderson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
GLBT DIGEST - October 08, 2008
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New York Times
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-Gay Couples Rush to the Altar in California Ahead of November Vote
The study, released Monday by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimated that 11,440 couples had married since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/08gay.html
-Advertising: A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases
by Leonard Pitts
FOR the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization - which directs and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry - is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/media/08adco.html?scp=3&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Circumcision Benefit in AIDS Is Divided
There is not enough evidence to show that circumcision reduces the risk of AIDS in sex between men, researchers are reporting, even though previous studies in Africa have shown its pronounced benefit in reducing AIDS from heterosexual sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/health/research/08hiv.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Global Update: H.I.V. Spreads in China, Affecting New Populations
Infection with the AIDS virus in China is spreading beyond the country's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties. A new study finds that the virus has spread to all provinces, and cases are rising quickly among gay men and female prostitutes. Heterosexual transmission is increasing. In Yunnan, the country's hardest-hit province, two men were infected for each woman as of 2006; 10 years earlier, the ratio was 13 to 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07glob.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that a transgender politician did not mislead voters by running for office as a woman. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two opponents of the politician, Michelle Bruce, who was born Michael Bruce, that said she disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year in Riverdale, Ga.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/07gender.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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-Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4
In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide. Polis, a 33-year-old entrepreneur who made millions creating Internet-based businesses, is the Democratic nominee and overwhelming favorite in the 2nd District encompassing his hometown of Boulder.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100701916.html
-Today in History - Oct. 7
Ten years ago: Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie; he died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard's murder.) The Justice Department sued Visa and MasterCard, the nation's largest credit card networks, on grounds they were restraining competition and limiting consumers' choices. (A judge later ruled that the Visa and MasterCard associations had to allow their member banks to issue other credit cards.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700006.html
-LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700456.html
-Gay marriage ban attracts big money in Calif.
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700446.html
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-U.S. immigration won't allow family unification for same-sex couples
As soon as Terrence Smith saw his partner step off a plane from England three years ago he knew he had found a soul mate. It's a modern day love story, starting with an Internet hello. After weeks of online chatting, they met in Atlanta. A long-distance relationship ensued. Then Smith proposed http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbbinational1008sboct08,0,6180307.story
-Gay adoption ban a moral must
Your Editorial Board's argument in support of homosexual adoption is shallow and short-sighted.
What if the adoption applicants are a married couple who participate in a swingers club where they have sex with the spouses of other members of the club? Should this exclude them from adopting? What if the applicants are a co-habitating threesome? How about if the applicant is a prostitute from a state such as Nevada, where prostitution is legal? Should legal prostitutes be permitted to adopt children? This is the can of worms you open when you argue that sexuality is irrelevant. Under that reasoning, as long as the applicants are good parents, they would be permitted to adopt, regardless of their sexual orientations. These examples illustrate why the gay adoption ban must survive: It establishes a legal and moral precedent that sexuality matters.Mike Cooley, Sunrise
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-br504adoptionspnoct07,0,4831683.story
-Former NYC mayor speaks to Jewish seniors about Obama
Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch was greeted by a crowd of about 100 seniors, many of them transplanted New Yorkers who have fond memories of Koch, when he visited the Sunrise Senior Center recently to assure Jewish voters that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama supports Israel. The Sunrise stop was followed by one in Tamarac and two in Palm Beach County as the Obama campaign courted Florida's Jewish seniors, a large segment of the state's Democratic voters.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flsfkoch1007sfoct07,0,5068394.story
-Spending on Calif. gay marriage ban to exceed total for 24 similar measures in other states
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004. Campaign finance figures show supporters of the gay marriage ban have taken a significant lead in fundraising even as Proposition 8 has lagged in public opinion polls. A backer, ProtectMarriage.com, reported taking in $25.4 million through Sept. 30 of this year compared to the $15.8 million in donations raised by the main committee opposing the measure.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-gay-marriage-money,0,2621878.story
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-Orlando commission OKs domestic partner benefits
I just left the Orlando City Commission Chambers and wanted to share the great news with you as soon as I could. Orlando City Commissioners just unanimously voted to provide city employees with domestic partner health insurance for same-sex couples.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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-New 'gay adoption' case could change Florida law
Miami trial pits common sense vs. homophobia
After a four-day trial that ended Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman will decide whether a 54-year-old North Miami man can legally adopt the half brothers he's fostered since 2004.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21512
-Tonight: Gay Bingo takes over South Florida
Wet your daubers at Lips in FTL, Halo in South Beach
Wednesday nights have become Bingo Night in South Florida. How did this happen? We're not sure, but nevertheless, Lips in FTL hosts "Bitchy Bingo," hosted by the bitter and malcontented Misty Eyez; dinner starts at 7:30, and the show starts at 8:45, with the Bingo cards handed out at 9:30. Halo, in South Beach, hosts "Betty Ford Bingo," hosted by Shelley Novak. Game time is 8-10 p.m. Although we must say, Shelley Novak is definitely bitchier than Misty Eyez, so we're not sure how those hosting assignments were worked out, but no one asked us. Happy semi-legal gambling!
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21477
-John McCain responds to Family Equality Council
Executive Director Chrysler issued identical letters to candidates in July
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21498
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-McCain linked to guerrilla-aiding group in Iran-Contra case
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. McCain's ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/mccain-linked-to-guerrilla-aiding-group-in-iran-contra-case/
-Jury selection begins in HIV-related homicides
(Hamilton, Ontario) Jury selection has begun in the trial of an HIV-positive man charged with murder in the deaths of two sex partners. Johnson Aziga, 52, is charged in the deaths of two women who died of AIDS-related complications after allegedly having unprotected sex with him.
http://www.365gay.com/news/jury-selection-begins-iin-hiv-related-homicides/
-Rudolph: Heterosexual assumptions
Visibility is a funny thing. Take Rachel Maddow, host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. To me, she epitomizes a second wave of out lesbians in the media, one who didn't have to come out to the public like Ellen Degeneres, Melissa Etheridge, or Rosie O'Donnell, because she has always been there.
http://www.365gay.com/features/rudolph-heterosexual-assumptions/
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-New Poll Shows Support for Proposition 8 Growing
A new poll shows support for California's Proposition 8 has grown in an 11-day period, reports CBS 5, the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate that commissioned the survey. Proposition 8 would rescind marriage equality for same-sex couples if passed. The California supreme court legalized same-sex marriage on May 15.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63156.asp
-Mistrial on Firefighters' Harassment Claim
Four San Diego firefighters who sued their city after being ordered to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade will not receive damages after a San Diego County superior court jury was unable to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated almost four days before announcing a deadlock, according to the Los Angeles Times.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63198.asp
-Gay Guatemalan's Appeal for Asylum Denied
A Guatemalan man who sought asylum in the United States was denied his appeal by a panel of the San Francisco-based ninth circuit court of appeals Monday because, the judges said, he had lied under oath.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63181.asp
-Pat Steadman Fights to Turn Colorado Blue
Since Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination in 1992, LGBT activist Pat Steadman has been at the forefront of Colorado's equal rights battle. Now, for the first time since that year, Colorado looks like it could well swing Democrat in November's election, thanks in large part to the work of Steadman and Equal Rights Colorado. In 1992, Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination. It may have been the biggest gift that the Radical Christian Right could have given the LGBT community in that state.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63179.asp
-Memories of Coming Out
On October 11 millions of openly gay Americans will reflect on the day they took those brave first steps out of the closet, providing support and encouragement to others who have yet to find their voice. In day one of our series on coming out, Lair star David Moretti (pictured), the Ali Forney Center's Wil Fisher, and New York LGBT Community Center executive director Richard D. Burns share their stories.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63152.asp
-Gay Days at Disneyland: Part Celebration, Part Fiasco
For 11 years, gays and lesbians wearing red shirts have descended on Disneyland for Gay Days, an event that forces mainstream Americans to deal with us face to face. And while just-married same-sex couples urging park visitors to vote no on Prop. 8 put a positive political face on the weekend's festivities, the event too often showed the gay community at its worst: drunk, sometimes naked, and acting completely inappropriate for the families looking on.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63116.asp
-The Cost of Being Gay
We all agree that sexual orientation isn't just about whom you sleep with but how much of your identity is tied up in the things you have to buy (not to mention the price you're willing to pay for them). Let's begin with a stipulation: It's difficult to write about one's personal spending without seeming like a snob or a communist, a sybarite or a Spartan. Some of the things I give money for will surely seem silly or extravagant to you, and some of the things I go without may seem like necessities in your household. But the highly idiosyncratic nature of consumption raises a cultural question: Is there a particularly gay way of spending?
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62089.asp
-The Closet as Security Risk
The National Security Agency courts openly gay employees. Visitors to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., have to pass through three security gates to enter the premises. Should they need to use the restroom inside, an escort must accompany them to the latrine.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62153.asp
-The World as It Should Be
Michelle Obama states her case for why an Obama presidency would make for an LGBT-friendlier America. In about a month, Americans will head to the polls to cast their votes for the next president of the United States. It will be a momentous day. But this presidential election has already changed our country in profound ways. The candidacies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have smashed old barriers and broadened opportunities for all Americans. And I'm grateful to them -- both as a citizen and as a parent of two young girls.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62098.asp
-No Country for Black Men
John McCain may put his country first, but has America earned that honor? Maybe if I wasn't keenly aware how black people came to be in the United States to begin with. Perhaps if this country's wealth hadn't come on the backs, labor, and lives of people who look like me. Maybe, just maybe, if all men and women in this country were treated equally and given the same "opportunity to reach their God-given potential," I'd share Sen. John McCain's patriotism and the idea of "country first."
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62086.asp
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National Gay News
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-Choose a Realtor Wisely to Save Money
Any time somebody decides to sell their home the cost of hiring a professional real estate agent is one of the biggest bottom line factors, and that is doubly true during a real estate recession like the one faced by Americans at the moment. Real estate brokerage fees contribute a substantial portion of overall costs and may be the most expensive line item charge on a real estate sales closing statement, so homeowners should carefully evaluate any potential cost-cutting alternative.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4223/173/
-Mitcham Saddened by Status as Only Openly Gay Male Olympian
Diver Matthew Mitcham says he was very surprised he was the only openly gay man in the Olympic village. In fact, a little sad. The gold medallist who won hearts with his incredible final dive at Beijing is proud of his sexuality but understands it can be a harder wrestle for other gay athletes to "come out" in the public arena. Mitcham was the only man among 10,500 Olympic athletes to publicly say he was gay. "I was actually very surprised I was the only 'out' male at the Olympic Games," Mitcham said yesterday.
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
-Mr Gay UK 'stabbed man to death and cooked his thigh with herbs and olive oil'
The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before carving a piece of flesh from his thigh, seasoning it with fresh herbs and cooking it in olive oil, a court heard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3146670/Mr-Gay-UK-stabbed-man-to-death-and-cooked-his-thigh-with-herbs-and-olive-oil.html
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Marriage Equality News
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-Arkansas Judges Oppose Measure to Ban Gay Adoption, Foster Care
Link: FoxNews.com
Former Chief Justices W.H. "Dub" Arnold, Jack Holt Jr. and Bradley D. Jesson were among 13 retired judges who issued a statement Monday opposing a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The judges said the proposal would limit their ability to choose the best home environment for children and said that child placement should be decided on a case-by-case basis.
-Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts
Link: Los Angeles Times
More gay couples were married in California in the first three months that same-sex marriages were legal than were married in the first four years it was legal in Massachusetts, according to a new study. The data, released Monday by UCLA's Williams Institute, found that an estimated 11,000 same-sex couples were married in California from June 17, when the California Supreme Court began allowing the weddings, to Sept. 17. As of spring, 10,385 same-sex couples had wed in Massachusetts since the state legalized such unions in May 2004, according to a study by the institute released in July. Next month, Californians will decide whether gay couples can continue to marry when they vote on Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as between only a man and a woman.
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Pink News - UK
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-Russia may permit first gay march 500km from Moscow
Gay rights activists in Russia have managed to secure permission to hold a picket against a homophobic politician in the city of Tambov. City authorities approved the protest yesterday, the first time a gay public event has been authorised in Russia.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9240.html
-McCain ignores gay adoption in letter to campaigners
The Republican candidate for President of the United States has declined to say how he would protect families headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Americans.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9242.html
-Nigerian speaks out against son who founded gay church
A leading academic in Nigeria has said he loves his son who founded a ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, but does not agree with him. Professor Kunle Macaulay, Director of Studies at United Bible University, said he rejected the House of Rainbow ministry founded in 2006 by Rev Jide Macaulay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9245.html
-Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize
The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. The Sappho in Paradise Book Prize is conferred annually by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN), a worldwide voluntary association of lesbian and gay cultural workers. Kizza Musinguzi, editor of gayrightsuganda.org, and an ayslum seeker in the UK, is the winner this year.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9241.html
-Gay teen was goaded into suicide by jeering mob
A 17 year old boy who threw himself off the roof of a shopping centre in Derby last week as some of the crowd gathered to watch goaded him to jump was gay. In a three hour standoff in the city centre, Shaun Dykes spoke at length to police officers last Saturday before plunging 60ft to his death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9237.html
-Gay candidate looms over clergy gathering to choose bishop
The 46 people, including four diocesan bishops, who make up the electoral college will be aware that if they choose one of the men reportedly shortlisted for the job it could have ramifications far beyond Wales. Church officials have tried to play down suggestions that Jeffrey John, a Welsh speaker, a highly-regarded theologian and the Dean of St Albans, could be chosen.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9236.html
-United Nations calls on UK to stop discrimination against LGBT teens
A United Nations committee has called on the UK to take "urgent measures" to fight intolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans young people. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met last month. It is one of seven UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9235.html
-COMMENT: We will fight homophobia in the beautiful game
Football. The most popular team sport on the planet, the beautiful game. But that is not always the case if you're a football fan who happens to be gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9232.html
-Obama's gay rights stance gets Drew Barrymore's vote
A Hollywood actress has said she is backing the Democratic nominee for President of the United States after she heard him talk about equality for gay and lesbian people. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Drew Barrymore said that Barack Obama's "sensitivity" on the issue had won her over.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9231.html
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-Transgender GA Official Wins Legal Battle
By GREG BLUESTEIN | Associated Press Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
ATLANTA (AP) -Georgia's top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a woman. The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling on Monday found that the two political opponents who filed the lawsuit failed to produce evidence of fraud, misconduct or illegal action after claiming that Michelle Bruce bamboozled voters by identifying herself as female. "This is a great victory for me and anyone who believes in equality," Bruce said in a statement. "It gives me hope that the Georgia Supreme Court did what was right and did not buy into hate-based politics."
-CA: Prop 8 Sides Tread Lightly for Swing Voters
John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
A same-sex couple walk arm in arm after they were married... A banner celebrating same-sex marriage flies on Castro St... (10-05) 16:38 PDT - Supporters of the November ballot measure to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California targeted justices on the high court - not gay couples - in their first TV advertisement. On the other side, ban opponents opened their TV campaign with a 30-second spot featuring a straight couple in a long-standing traditional marriage.
-"What's Become Normal Now is Really Absurd."
By Steve Ralls | The Bilerico Project
According to Immigration Equality, more than 36,000 same-sex couples include a partner who is a non-citizen. And, at long last, at least a few members of Congress are stepping up to the plate to try and make life a little easier for them. In September, 4 more Senators and 18 Representatives signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a legislative proposal to finally level the playing field for lesbian and gay couples when it comes to U.S. immigration policy. For many bi-national couples, our country's immigration law means more than a long-distance relationship. In many cases, it means keeping families with children apart. In others, it means forcing American citizens to make an untenable choice between the country they call home and the person they love. UAFA, which is now supported by 18 Senators and 118 lawmakers in the House, would end those difficult decisions and bring families together. It's a simple, common-sense solution that would make a world of difference to bi-national couples. As Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) recently said, "U.S. immigration law should not force Americans to leave their country and community behind in order to keep their family intact."
-Louisiana Gains First Two Openly Gay Elected Officials
GayPolitics.com
The victories of two openly gay school board candidates in Louisiana mark the election of the state's first two openly gay elected officials. Victory endorsee Thomas Robichaux (right) and Seth Bloom both won their elections to the Orleans Parish School Board. The wins effectively remove Louisiana from the Victory Fund's "Horizon State" list - a list of states that lack any elected LGBT representation. That list now includes Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and South Carolina. The Victory Fund has endorsed candidates in two of those states in 2008 - Greg Kniffen, who seeks a seat in the South Dakota House of Representatives, and Linda Ketner, who hopes to represent South Carolina's first district in the United States Congress. "Electing an openly gay candidate where one has never been elected before is a sure sign of progress for the LGBT community," said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. "Louisiana now joins 46 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam in having achieved this important milestone."
-Priest Sorry for 'Tattoo Gays' Comment
By AFP | PageOneQ
An Anglican priest has apologised over comments made on his blog arguing that gay men should have warnings about sodomy tattooed on their backsides. Remarks made by Reverend Peter Mullen triggered a furious response from his diocese, which ordered him to remove the "highly offensive" blog post. "I did not intend to cause any upset but I realise that the remarks were injudicious and I have caused offence. I want to issue an apology," said Mullen, who ministers to parishes in the City of London financial district. "I did not intend to cause offence when I made some joking remarks about homosexuals. I was not actually meaning to criticise individual homosexual persons, but the promoters of gay culture.
-Ministry Offers Jesus as Escape from Homosexuality
Lucy Bannerman | The Australian
"HOW many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" Heads nod. The man on stage is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father-of-two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is a ministry of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. He describes his first experience of a gay bar. "It was almost as if I'd grown up handicapped and everyone else was handicapped, too. But it was a counterfeit. I was fooled. Am I in denial?" he asks. "Absolutely. I live a life of denial and I love it. I didn't choose my same-sex feelings but I do choose how I'm going to steward them. Freedom is possible."
-An Iranian Lesbian Needs Urgent Help in Sweden
Iranian Queer Organization
Shar is 18 years-old Iranian lesbian who escaped Iran to Sweden in January 2008 on base of her sexual orientation. She arrested several times in Iran and now she lives in Stockholm, but she still has many troubles. Being young, women, and homosexual in Iran is hard and now she became asylum seeker too. Due to her difficult situation she decided to suicide. But fortunately her counselor at school found out about this issue. She is at a mental hospital now. She needs emotional support as well as legal support for her asylum case.
-Bad Vote on Gay Marriage a Wake-up Call at American River College
By Marcos Bretón - mbreton@sacbee.com | Sacramento Bee
What do you do when a college student tells you he is against gay marriage because he fears the wrath of God? "I think something is going to happen to our nation and our state," said Victor Choban, a student at American River College. Choban said he believes that last summer's destructive fire season was a direct result of the California Supreme Court overturning a ban on same sex-marriage in May.
-Openly Gay Bishop Travels to Duke University
By U-Wire | The BG News
An Episcopalian leader who has come to symbolize the debate over the role of gays in the church will be at Duke University today and tomorrow for a variety of events with students, faculty, staff and the Durham community. The Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, has been the subject of a firestorm of controversy since being elected as the nation's first openly gay bishop in 2003. Janie Long, director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life-which organized Robinson's visit-said she hoped his appearance would help to open a campus conversation on faith and identity.
-The Gay Slant: Palin & McCain's Gay Wish
By Walter Weeks | On Top Magazine
Oh boy, it's on! When you have presidential and vice presidential candidates bootlicking over gay rights and marriage, you know you got their attention. Gay issues dotted the campaign trail all week, kids. It started on Wednesday, when The Washington Blade published a Senator John McCain interview that was more pander than straight talk. McCain answered questions in written form from the gay weekly where he once again attempted to fool us into forgetting his deplorable record on gay rights. And before I tell you what he said, for the record, here's that GLBT record:
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-In recent weeks, the Ugandan Government has once again launched a campaign to arrest those who 'Recruit Homosexuals'. The Ugandan police autorities currently hold lists of those it suspects of the 'crime' of homosexuality, and just two days ago, Pastor Isaac Kyoobe Kiweweesi has been investigated for alleged homosexuality. In the UK, those who flee such persecution and seek asylum are subject to further discrimination by the home office. Kizza Musinguzi and Prossy Kakooza are just two of those seeking asylum in UK.
-Tambov Mayor Authorizes First Ever Gay Picket In Russia on 10 October
The city, located 500 km south of Moscow, is also considering allowing the First ever Gay Pride in Russia on Oct 18th. On Monday, Moscow Gay Pride organizers Nikolai Alekseev and Anna Komarova travelled to Tambov for the hearing of a complain directed against Oleg Betin, the Governor of the region of Tambov.
-Belarusian LGBT-activists asked Putin to support LGBT in Russia
Belarusian LGBT activists began collecting signatures in the open letter which addressed to the Chair of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus Alexander Surikov. The reason for this treatment was to raise the level of homophobia and xenophobia in the Russian Federation, not only by opponents of the movement, but also by the authorities.
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-Two transsexual guys had been raped in Minsk at the mid of September. Two guy rented an apartment in one of the sleeping districts of the capital. Incidentally, the owner of the apartment was aware of the orientation and way of life guys. The owner decided to evict them by original method - the method of violence.
-I just wanted to share the news with you that a South Korean transgender (MtF) entertainer, Jang Chae-won who was 23 and a South Korean transgender (FtM) model/actor, Kim Ji-hoo who was also 23 have committed suicide in five days. Chae-won died on Friday 3 this month and Ji-hoo died today. We have huge coverages here in Japan and South Korea on their death in South Korean and Japanese, but I couldn't find English news on them.
The blog below has some English information if you need.
...On Chae-won's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/suicide-of-transgender-jang-chae-won-belatedly-revealed/
...On Ji-hoo's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/model-kim-ji-hoo-commits-suicide/
In just several days, the suicide rate of South Korea has been rapidly increasing after the suicide of Jeong Da-Bin, a popular celebrity.
...On Jeong Da-Bin's death
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2007-02/12/content_807226.htm
-The camp that 'cures' homosexuality
At a Christian 'boot camp' in the US, those struggling to reconcile faith and sexuality are taught to overcome gayness
"How many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. Heads nod. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" The man on stage, dressed in chinos and a crisp white shirt, is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father of two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is one of the ministries of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a controversial fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. This, its annual conference, promises "an amazing week of breakthroughs, transformations and healings". A Christian rock band begins to play and the 800 men and women who moments earlier seemed to have only awkwardness in common begin singing and clapping in unison. Eyes closed, they raise their hands above their heads, uplifted by the hope of being reborn.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece
-Baltic states' Gay Pride to take place in Riga in May 2009
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_news/?doc=1750
-After the La Matanza town council in Buenos Aires Province unanimously approved an ordinance requiring staff at county hospitals to call trans, travesti, or transsexual patients by their chosen names, Mr. Juan Pablo Incocciati, the La Matanza County Health Sub-Secretary, rejected it. This prevented the administrative changes needed to implement the ordinance from going ahead. Responding to pressure from activists, Mr. Fernando Espinoza, the La Matanza County Major, has overruled Mr. Incocciati and promised to implement the ordinance. Among the rights involved in this case are:
...The right to be free from discrimination
...The right to freedom of expression
...The right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health
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-Sexual Intelligence - an electronic newsletter written & published by Marty Klein, Ph.D. - October issue
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-Bingo! We should let you know that we got $760 for Elham.
Ahmad is 18 years-old gay who is in the UK now. He needs help. We got his story from one of his close friends. If you can help him in anyway please let us know. "Ahmad is a homosexual whom traveled to UK in 2007 as a tourist with his family. He was 17 at the time and his family claimed asylum due to the problems that they had in Iran. Even though Ahmad was facing some difficulties in Iran due to his sexuality, he wanted to go back to Iran and was not happy that the family was forced to claim asylum. www.irqo.net
-A bipartisan study group of senior retired military officers, representing different branches of the service, has conducted an in-depth assessment of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by examining the key academic and social science literature on the subject and interviewing a range of experts on leadership, unit cohesion and military law, including those who are training our nation's future military leaders at the service academies. The Study Group emphasized that any changes to existing personnel policy must not create an unacceptable risk to the armed forces' high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.
http://www.palmcenter.org/publications/generals-flag-officers-report
-Join Log Cabin Republicans as we work to create a New Republican Majority!
In 2008, we are proud to support fresh, forward-thinking and fair-minded GOP candidates. Like Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, these candidates and many more are ready to move the GOP in a new direction, focused on the core Republican principles of personal freedom, fiscal responsibility, and a strong national defense. Contribute today to LCR-PAC and create a New Republican Majority we can be proud of!
-AK gays ask Palin for Coming Out proclamation
Will Governor Sarah Palin grant gay Alaskans request that she issue a proclamation honoring National Coming Out Day? Read the text of the proposed proclamation:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/10/ak-gays-ask-palin-for-coming-out.html
-NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV REACHES RECORD LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES
Yet Another Wake-up Call for Congress & the President to Increase Funding for HIV Prevention
Washington, DC - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that in 2006 the number of people living with HIV in the United States was 1.1 million. Additionally, the CDC adjusted the estimate of people living with HIV in 2003 down to 994,000. Based on these new numbers this means there was an increase of 112,000 (11.3%) people living with HIV from 2003 to 2006. "This record number of people living with HIV in the United States will hopefully convince decision-makers inWashington DC that it is time to focus on the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic," commented Dr. Gene Copello, Executive Director of The AIDS Institute.
www.TheAIDSInstitute.org
-New Jersey: ACT NOW! School board member says, let my son call another student "faggot"
Dear Garden State Equality members:
This will make you sick. A school board member in Robbinsville, New Jersey, near Trenton, said at last month's school board meeting: "If my son wants to call somebody a faggot he should be allowed to. It's his First Amendment right." The remark by school board member Joe Armenti came in response to a suggestion by Robbinsville High School students to have a box at the school where they could report incidents of hate, LGBT-related and not. To read more about the story,
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1222920383179780.xml&coll=5
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Gay American Heros
http://www.gayamericanheroes.info/
We are always being asked how people can become involved with Gay American Heroes. Included in this newsletter are two upcoming events that you can particapate in. We always need volunteers so drop us a note and let us know where you are and what you would like to do. See you at the events!
-Orlando Pride Celebration: Helping Hands for Heroes
The Gay American Heroes Foundation is participating in the 2008 Orlando Pride Festival on October 12th. We plan to be marching in the parade directly behind Lynn and Pat Mulder (Ryan Skipper's Parents) and we are looking for volunteers to march in one of our t-shirts and lift up a poster with the picture of one of our fallen Heroes. We need as many volunteers as we can get. If you would like to lift up a Hero in the parade, please contact us at GayAmericanHeroes@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Thank you for all your help. See you at Pride Orlando!! http://www.comeoutwithpride.org/
-Remember the old fashioned country carnivals when you were a kid? If so, you don't want to miss Bubba's Country Fair weekend held at Florida's largest gay country/western nightclub. Come out and enjoy a full two day event, noon to dusk, featuring games, pie bake off, hot dog eating contest, entertainment, hot cowboys and bears, and much, much more. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the Gay American Heroes Foundation. So Join us at Scandal's saloon, 3037 NE 6th Avenue in Wilton manors on October 18th and 19th and dance the day away.
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Detroit News
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-Filling court vacancies makes presidential choice critical
by Deb Price
In a New York Times magazine article last year, telecommuting Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told of his amusement at finding telltale traces of having been working with legal briefs at the beach by his Florida condo. "One of my favorite memories is the time I was sitting (on the bench after a return from Florida). I shook the sand out of the brief!" The magazine portrait confirmed the 88-year-old justice's intellectual and physical fitness. Unlike justices who rely heavily on clerks, Stevens writes the first drafts of his opinions. And he's an avid tennis player, swimmer and golfer. Appointed in 1975 by Republican President Gerald Ford, Stevens has gradually moved into the unexpected position of being dean of the liberal wing of the nine-member court.
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-Gay Couples Rush to the Altar in California Ahead of November Vote
The study, released Monday by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimated that 11,440 couples had married since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/08gay.html
-Advertising: A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases
by Leonard Pitts
FOR the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization - which directs and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry - is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/media/08adco.html?scp=3&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Circumcision Benefit in AIDS Is Divided
There is not enough evidence to show that circumcision reduces the risk of AIDS in sex between men, researchers are reporting, even though previous studies in Africa have shown its pronounced benefit in reducing AIDS from heterosexual sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/health/research/08hiv.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Global Update: H.I.V. Spreads in China, Affecting New Populations
Infection with the AIDS virus in China is spreading beyond the country's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties. A new study finds that the virus has spread to all provinces, and cases are rising quickly among gay men and female prostitutes. Heterosexual transmission is increasing. In Yunnan, the country's hardest-hit province, two men were infected for each woman as of 2006; 10 years earlier, the ratio was 13 to 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07glob.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that a transgender politician did not mislead voters by running for office as a woman. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two opponents of the politician, Michelle Bruce, who was born Michael Bruce, that said she disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year in Riverdale, Ga.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/07gender.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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-Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4
In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide. Polis, a 33-year-old entrepreneur who made millions creating Internet-based businesses, is the Democratic nominee and overwhelming favorite in the 2nd District encompassing his hometown of Boulder.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100701916.html
-Today in History - Oct. 7
Ten years ago: Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie; he died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard's murder.) The Justice Department sued Visa and MasterCard, the nation's largest credit card networks, on grounds they were restraining competition and limiting consumers' choices. (A judge later ruled that the Visa and MasterCard associations had to allow their member banks to issue other credit cards.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700006.html
-LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700456.html
-Gay marriage ban attracts big money in Calif.
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700446.html
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Sun-Sentinel
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-U.S. immigration won't allow family unification for same-sex couples
As soon as Terrence Smith saw his partner step off a plane from England three years ago he knew he had found a soul mate. It's a modern day love story, starting with an Internet hello. After weeks of online chatting, they met in Atlanta. A long-distance relationship ensued. Then Smith proposed http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbbinational1008sboct08,0,6180307.story
-Gay adoption ban a moral must
Your Editorial Board's argument in support of homosexual adoption is shallow and short-sighted.
What if the adoption applicants are a married couple who participate in a swingers club where they have sex with the spouses of other members of the club? Should this exclude them from adopting? What if the applicants are a co-habitating threesome? How about if the applicant is a prostitute from a state such as Nevada, where prostitution is legal? Should legal prostitutes be permitted to adopt children? This is the can of worms you open when you argue that sexuality is irrelevant. Under that reasoning, as long as the applicants are good parents, they would be permitted to adopt, regardless of their sexual orientations. These examples illustrate why the gay adoption ban must survive: It establishes a legal and moral precedent that sexuality matters.Mike Cooley, Sunrise
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-br504adoptionspnoct07,0,4831683.story
-Former NYC mayor speaks to Jewish seniors about Obama
Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch was greeted by a crowd of about 100 seniors, many of them transplanted New Yorkers who have fond memories of Koch, when he visited the Sunrise Senior Center recently to assure Jewish voters that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama supports Israel. The Sunrise stop was followed by one in Tamarac and two in Palm Beach County as the Obama campaign courted Florida's Jewish seniors, a large segment of the state's Democratic voters.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flsfkoch1007sfoct07,0,5068394.story
-Spending on Calif. gay marriage ban to exceed total for 24 similar measures in other states
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004. Campaign finance figures show supporters of the gay marriage ban have taken a significant lead in fundraising even as Proposition 8 has lagged in public opinion polls. A backer, ProtectMarriage.com, reported taking in $25.4 million through Sept. 30 of this year compared to the $15.8 million in donations raised by the main committee opposing the measure.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-gay-marriage-money,0,2621878.story
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-Orlando commission OKs domestic partner benefits
I just left the Orlando City Commission Chambers and wanted to share the great news with you as soon as I could. Orlando City Commissioners just unanimously voted to provide city employees with domestic partner health insurance for same-sex couples.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Express Gay News
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-New 'gay adoption' case could change Florida law
Miami trial pits common sense vs. homophobia
After a four-day trial that ended Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman will decide whether a 54-year-old North Miami man can legally adopt the half brothers he's fostered since 2004.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21512
-Tonight: Gay Bingo takes over South Florida
Wet your daubers at Lips in FTL, Halo in South Beach
Wednesday nights have become Bingo Night in South Florida. How did this happen? We're not sure, but nevertheless, Lips in FTL hosts "Bitchy Bingo," hosted by the bitter and malcontented Misty Eyez; dinner starts at 7:30, and the show starts at 8:45, with the Bingo cards handed out at 9:30. Halo, in South Beach, hosts "Betty Ford Bingo," hosted by Shelley Novak. Game time is 8-10 p.m. Although we must say, Shelley Novak is definitely bitchier than Misty Eyez, so we're not sure how those hosting assignments were worked out, but no one asked us. Happy semi-legal gambling!
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21477
-John McCain responds to Family Equality Council
Executive Director Chrysler issued identical letters to candidates in July
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21498
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-McCain linked to guerrilla-aiding group in Iran-Contra case
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. McCain's ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/mccain-linked-to-guerrilla-aiding-group-in-iran-contra-case/
-Jury selection begins in HIV-related homicides
(Hamilton, Ontario) Jury selection has begun in the trial of an HIV-positive man charged with murder in the deaths of two sex partners. Johnson Aziga, 52, is charged in the deaths of two women who died of AIDS-related complications after allegedly having unprotected sex with him.
http://www.365gay.com/news/jury-selection-begins-iin-hiv-related-homicides/
-Rudolph: Heterosexual assumptions
Visibility is a funny thing. Take Rachel Maddow, host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. To me, she epitomizes a second wave of out lesbians in the media, one who didn't have to come out to the public like Ellen Degeneres, Melissa Etheridge, or Rosie O'Donnell, because she has always been there.
http://www.365gay.com/features/rudolph-heterosexual-assumptions/
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The Advocate
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-New Poll Shows Support for Proposition 8 Growing
A new poll shows support for California's Proposition 8 has grown in an 11-day period, reports CBS 5, the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate that commissioned the survey. Proposition 8 would rescind marriage equality for same-sex couples if passed. The California supreme court legalized same-sex marriage on May 15.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63156.asp
-Mistrial on Firefighters' Harassment Claim
Four San Diego firefighters who sued their city after being ordered to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade will not receive damages after a San Diego County superior court jury was unable to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated almost four days before announcing a deadlock, according to the Los Angeles Times.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63198.asp
-Gay Guatemalan's Appeal for Asylum Denied
A Guatemalan man who sought asylum in the United States was denied his appeal by a panel of the San Francisco-based ninth circuit court of appeals Monday because, the judges said, he had lied under oath.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63181.asp
-Pat Steadman Fights to Turn Colorado Blue
Since Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination in 1992, LGBT activist Pat Steadman has been at the forefront of Colorado's equal rights battle. Now, for the first time since that year, Colorado looks like it could well swing Democrat in November's election, thanks in large part to the work of Steadman and Equal Rights Colorado. In 1992, Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination. It may have been the biggest gift that the Radical Christian Right could have given the LGBT community in that state.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63179.asp
-Memories of Coming Out
On October 11 millions of openly gay Americans will reflect on the day they took those brave first steps out of the closet, providing support and encouragement to others who have yet to find their voice. In day one of our series on coming out, Lair star David Moretti (pictured), the Ali Forney Center's Wil Fisher, and New York LGBT Community Center executive director Richard D. Burns share their stories.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63152.asp
-Gay Days at Disneyland: Part Celebration, Part Fiasco
For 11 years, gays and lesbians wearing red shirts have descended on Disneyland for Gay Days, an event that forces mainstream Americans to deal with us face to face. And while just-married same-sex couples urging park visitors to vote no on Prop. 8 put a positive political face on the weekend's festivities, the event too often showed the gay community at its worst: drunk, sometimes naked, and acting completely inappropriate for the families looking on.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63116.asp
-The Cost of Being Gay
We all agree that sexual orientation isn't just about whom you sleep with but how much of your identity is tied up in the things you have to buy (not to mention the price you're willing to pay for them). Let's begin with a stipulation: It's difficult to write about one's personal spending without seeming like a snob or a communist, a sybarite or a Spartan. Some of the things I give money for will surely seem silly or extravagant to you, and some of the things I go without may seem like necessities in your household. But the highly idiosyncratic nature of consumption raises a cultural question: Is there a particularly gay way of spending?
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62089.asp
-The Closet as Security Risk
The National Security Agency courts openly gay employees. Visitors to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., have to pass through three security gates to enter the premises. Should they need to use the restroom inside, an escort must accompany them to the latrine.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62153.asp
-The World as It Should Be
Michelle Obama states her case for why an Obama presidency would make for an LGBT-friendlier America. In about a month, Americans will head to the polls to cast their votes for the next president of the United States. It will be a momentous day. But this presidential election has already changed our country in profound ways. The candidacies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have smashed old barriers and broadened opportunities for all Americans. And I'm grateful to them -- both as a citizen and as a parent of two young girls.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62098.asp
-No Country for Black Men
John McCain may put his country first, but has America earned that honor? Maybe if I wasn't keenly aware how black people came to be in the United States to begin with. Perhaps if this country's wealth hadn't come on the backs, labor, and lives of people who look like me. Maybe, just maybe, if all men and women in this country were treated equally and given the same "opportunity to reach their God-given potential," I'd share Sen. John McCain's patriotism and the idea of "country first."
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62086.asp
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National Gay News
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-Choose a Realtor Wisely to Save Money
Any time somebody decides to sell their home the cost of hiring a professional real estate agent is one of the biggest bottom line factors, and that is doubly true during a real estate recession like the one faced by Americans at the moment. Real estate brokerage fees contribute a substantial portion of overall costs and may be the most expensive line item charge on a real estate sales closing statement, so homeowners should carefully evaluate any potential cost-cutting alternative.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4223/173/
-Mitcham Saddened by Status as Only Openly Gay Male Olympian
Diver Matthew Mitcham says he was very surprised he was the only openly gay man in the Olympic village. In fact, a little sad. The gold medallist who won hearts with his incredible final dive at Beijing is proud of his sexuality but understands it can be a harder wrestle for other gay athletes to "come out" in the public arena. Mitcham was the only man among 10,500 Olympic athletes to publicly say he was gay. "I was actually very surprised I was the only 'out' male at the Olympic Games," Mitcham said yesterday.
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
-Mr Gay UK 'stabbed man to death and cooked his thigh with herbs and olive oil'
The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before carving a piece of flesh from his thigh, seasoning it with fresh herbs and cooking it in olive oil, a court heard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3146670/Mr-Gay-UK-stabbed-man-to-death-and-cooked-his-thigh-with-herbs-and-olive-oil.html
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Marriage Equality News
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-Arkansas Judges Oppose Measure to Ban Gay Adoption, Foster Care
Link: FoxNews.com
Former Chief Justices W.H. "Dub" Arnold, Jack Holt Jr. and Bradley D. Jesson were among 13 retired judges who issued a statement Monday opposing a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The judges said the proposal would limit their ability to choose the best home environment for children and said that child placement should be decided on a case-by-case basis.
-Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts
Link: Los Angeles Times
More gay couples were married in California in the first three months that same-sex marriages were legal than were married in the first four years it was legal in Massachusetts, according to a new study. The data, released Monday by UCLA's Williams Institute, found that an estimated 11,000 same-sex couples were married in California from June 17, when the California Supreme Court began allowing the weddings, to Sept. 17. As of spring, 10,385 same-sex couples had wed in Massachusetts since the state legalized such unions in May 2004, according to a study by the institute released in July. Next month, Californians will decide whether gay couples can continue to marry when they vote on Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as between only a man and a woman.
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Pink News - UK
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-Russia may permit first gay march 500km from Moscow
Gay rights activists in Russia have managed to secure permission to hold a picket against a homophobic politician in the city of Tambov. City authorities approved the protest yesterday, the first time a gay public event has been authorised in Russia.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9240.html
-McCain ignores gay adoption in letter to campaigners
The Republican candidate for President of the United States has declined to say how he would protect families headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Americans.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9242.html
-Nigerian speaks out against son who founded gay church
A leading academic in Nigeria has said he loves his son who founded a ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, but does not agree with him. Professor Kunle Macaulay, Director of Studies at United Bible University, said he rejected the House of Rainbow ministry founded in 2006 by Rev Jide Macaulay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9245.html
-Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize
The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. The Sappho in Paradise Book Prize is conferred annually by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN), a worldwide voluntary association of lesbian and gay cultural workers. Kizza Musinguzi, editor of gayrightsuganda.org, and an ayslum seeker in the UK, is the winner this year.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9241.html
-Gay teen was goaded into suicide by jeering mob
A 17 year old boy who threw himself off the roof of a shopping centre in Derby last week as some of the crowd gathered to watch goaded him to jump was gay. In a three hour standoff in the city centre, Shaun Dykes spoke at length to police officers last Saturday before plunging 60ft to his death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9237.html
-Gay candidate looms over clergy gathering to choose bishop
The 46 people, including four diocesan bishops, who make up the electoral college will be aware that if they choose one of the men reportedly shortlisted for the job it could have ramifications far beyond Wales. Church officials have tried to play down suggestions that Jeffrey John, a Welsh speaker, a highly-regarded theologian and the Dean of St Albans, could be chosen.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9236.html
-United Nations calls on UK to stop discrimination against LGBT teens
A United Nations committee has called on the UK to take "urgent measures" to fight intolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans young people. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met last month. It is one of seven UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9235.html
-COMMENT: We will fight homophobia in the beautiful game
Football. The most popular team sport on the planet, the beautiful game. But that is not always the case if you're a football fan who happens to be gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9232.html
-Obama's gay rights stance gets Drew Barrymore's vote
A Hollywood actress has said she is backing the Democratic nominee for President of the United States after she heard him talk about equality for gay and lesbian people. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Drew Barrymore said that Barack Obama's "sensitivity" on the issue had won her over.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9231.html
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-Transgender GA Official Wins Legal Battle
By GREG BLUESTEIN | Associated Press Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
ATLANTA (AP) -Georgia's top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a woman. The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling on Monday found that the two political opponents who filed the lawsuit failed to produce evidence of fraud, misconduct or illegal action after claiming that Michelle Bruce bamboozled voters by identifying herself as female. "This is a great victory for me and anyone who believes in equality," Bruce said in a statement. "It gives me hope that the Georgia Supreme Court did what was right and did not buy into hate-based politics."
-CA: Prop 8 Sides Tread Lightly for Swing Voters
John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
A same-sex couple walk arm in arm after they were married... A banner celebrating same-sex marriage flies on Castro St... (10-05) 16:38 PDT - Supporters of the November ballot measure to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California targeted justices on the high court - not gay couples - in their first TV advertisement. On the other side, ban opponents opened their TV campaign with a 30-second spot featuring a straight couple in a long-standing traditional marriage.
-"What's Become Normal Now is Really Absurd."
By Steve Ralls | The Bilerico Project
According to Immigration Equality, more than 36,000 same-sex couples include a partner who is a non-citizen. And, at long last, at least a few members of Congress are stepping up to the plate to try and make life a little easier for them. In September, 4 more Senators and 18 Representatives signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a legislative proposal to finally level the playing field for lesbian and gay couples when it comes to U.S. immigration policy. For many bi-national couples, our country's immigration law means more than a long-distance relationship. In many cases, it means keeping families with children apart. In others, it means forcing American citizens to make an untenable choice between the country they call home and the person they love. UAFA, which is now supported by 18 Senators and 118 lawmakers in the House, would end those difficult decisions and bring families together. It's a simple, common-sense solution that would make a world of difference to bi-national couples. As Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) recently said, "U.S. immigration law should not force Americans to leave their country and community behind in order to keep their family intact."
-Louisiana Gains First Two Openly Gay Elected Officials
GayPolitics.com
The victories of two openly gay school board candidates in Louisiana mark the election of the state's first two openly gay elected officials. Victory endorsee Thomas Robichaux (right) and Seth Bloom both won their elections to the Orleans Parish School Board. The wins effectively remove Louisiana from the Victory Fund's "Horizon State" list - a list of states that lack any elected LGBT representation. That list now includes Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and South Carolina. The Victory Fund has endorsed candidates in two of those states in 2008 - Greg Kniffen, who seeks a seat in the South Dakota House of Representatives, and Linda Ketner, who hopes to represent South Carolina's first district in the United States Congress. "Electing an openly gay candidate where one has never been elected before is a sure sign of progress for the LGBT community," said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. "Louisiana now joins 46 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam in having achieved this important milestone."
-Priest Sorry for 'Tattoo Gays' Comment
By AFP | PageOneQ
An Anglican priest has apologised over comments made on his blog arguing that gay men should have warnings about sodomy tattooed on their backsides. Remarks made by Reverend Peter Mullen triggered a furious response from his diocese, which ordered him to remove the "highly offensive" blog post. "I did not intend to cause any upset but I realise that the remarks were injudicious and I have caused offence. I want to issue an apology," said Mullen, who ministers to parishes in the City of London financial district. "I did not intend to cause offence when I made some joking remarks about homosexuals. I was not actually meaning to criticise individual homosexual persons, but the promoters of gay culture.
-Ministry Offers Jesus as Escape from Homosexuality
Lucy Bannerman | The Australian
"HOW many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" Heads nod. The man on stage is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father-of-two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is a ministry of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. He describes his first experience of a gay bar. "It was almost as if I'd grown up handicapped and everyone else was handicapped, too. But it was a counterfeit. I was fooled. Am I in denial?" he asks. "Absolutely. I live a life of denial and I love it. I didn't choose my same-sex feelings but I do choose how I'm going to steward them. Freedom is possible."
-An Iranian Lesbian Needs Urgent Help in Sweden
Iranian Queer Organization
Shar is 18 years-old Iranian lesbian who escaped Iran to Sweden in January 2008 on base of her sexual orientation. She arrested several times in Iran and now she lives in Stockholm, but she still has many troubles. Being young, women, and homosexual in Iran is hard and now she became asylum seeker too. Due to her difficult situation she decided to suicide. But fortunately her counselor at school found out about this issue. She is at a mental hospital now. She needs emotional support as well as legal support for her asylum case.
-Bad Vote on Gay Marriage a Wake-up Call at American River College
By Marcos Bretón - mbreton@sacbee.com | Sacramento Bee
What do you do when a college student tells you he is against gay marriage because he fears the wrath of God? "I think something is going to happen to our nation and our state," said Victor Choban, a student at American River College. Choban said he believes that last summer's destructive fire season was a direct result of the California Supreme Court overturning a ban on same sex-marriage in May.
-Openly Gay Bishop Travels to Duke University
By U-Wire | The BG News
An Episcopalian leader who has come to symbolize the debate over the role of gays in the church will be at Duke University today and tomorrow for a variety of events with students, faculty, staff and the Durham community. The Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, has been the subject of a firestorm of controversy since being elected as the nation's first openly gay bishop in 2003. Janie Long, director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life-which organized Robinson's visit-said she hoped his appearance would help to open a campus conversation on faith and identity.
-The Gay Slant: Palin & McCain's Gay Wish
By Walter Weeks | On Top Magazine
Oh boy, it's on! When you have presidential and vice presidential candidates bootlicking over gay rights and marriage, you know you got their attention. Gay issues dotted the campaign trail all week, kids. It started on Wednesday, when The Washington Blade published a Senator John McCain interview that was more pander than straight talk. McCain answered questions in written form from the gay weekly where he once again attempted to fool us into forgetting his deplorable record on gay rights. And before I tell you what he said, for the record, here's that GLBT record:
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-In recent weeks, the Ugandan Government has once again launched a campaign to arrest those who 'Recruit Homosexuals'. The Ugandan police autorities currently hold lists of those it suspects of the 'crime' of homosexuality, and just two days ago, Pastor Isaac Kyoobe Kiweweesi has been investigated for alleged homosexuality. In the UK, those who flee such persecution and seek asylum are subject to further discrimination by the home office. Kizza Musinguzi and Prossy Kakooza are just two of those seeking asylum in UK.
-Tambov Mayor Authorizes First Ever Gay Picket In Russia on 10 October
The city, located 500 km south of Moscow, is also considering allowing the First ever Gay Pride in Russia on Oct 18th. On Monday, Moscow Gay Pride organizers Nikolai Alekseev and Anna Komarova travelled to Tambov for the hearing of a complain directed against Oleg Betin, the Governor of the region of Tambov.
-Belarusian LGBT-activists asked Putin to support LGBT in Russia
Belarusian LGBT activists began collecting signatures in the open letter which addressed to the Chair of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus Alexander Surikov. The reason for this treatment was to raise the level of homophobia and xenophobia in the Russian Federation, not only by opponents of the movement, but also by the authorities.
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-Two transsexual guys had been raped in Minsk at the mid of September. Two guy rented an apartment in one of the sleeping districts of the capital. Incidentally, the owner of the apartment was aware of the orientation and way of life guys. The owner decided to evict them by original method - the method of violence.
-I just wanted to share the news with you that a South Korean transgender (MtF) entertainer, Jang Chae-won who was 23 and a South Korean transgender (FtM) model/actor, Kim Ji-hoo who was also 23 have committed suicide in five days. Chae-won died on Friday 3 this month and Ji-hoo died today. We have huge coverages here in Japan and South Korea on their death in South Korean and Japanese, but I couldn't find English news on them.
The blog below has some English information if you need.
...On Chae-won's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/suicide-of-transgender-jang-chae-won-belatedly-revealed/
...On Ji-hoo's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/model-kim-ji-hoo-commits-suicide/
In just several days, the suicide rate of South Korea has been rapidly increasing after the suicide of Jeong Da-Bin, a popular celebrity.
...On Jeong Da-Bin's death
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2007-02/12/content_807226.htm
-The camp that 'cures' homosexuality
At a Christian 'boot camp' in the US, those struggling to reconcile faith and sexuality are taught to overcome gayness
"How many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. Heads nod. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" The man on stage, dressed in chinos and a crisp white shirt, is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father of two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is one of the ministries of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a controversial fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. This, its annual conference, promises "an amazing week of breakthroughs, transformations and healings". A Christian rock band begins to play and the 800 men and women who moments earlier seemed to have only awkwardness in common begin singing and clapping in unison. Eyes closed, they raise their hands above their heads, uplifted by the hope of being reborn.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece
-Baltic states' Gay Pride to take place in Riga in May 2009
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_news/?doc=1750
-After the La Matanza town council in Buenos Aires Province unanimously approved an ordinance requiring staff at county hospitals to call trans, travesti, or transsexual patients by their chosen names, Mr. Juan Pablo Incocciati, the La Matanza County Health Sub-Secretary, rejected it. This prevented the administrative changes needed to implement the ordinance from going ahead. Responding to pressure from activists, Mr. Fernando Espinoza, the La Matanza County Major, has overruled Mr. Incocciati and promised to implement the ordinance. Among the rights involved in this case are:
...The right to be free from discrimination
...The right to freedom of expression
...The right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health
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-Sexual Intelligence - an electronic newsletter written & published by Marty Klein, Ph.D. - October issue
http://www.sexualintelligence.org/
-For back issues of Sexual Intelligence
http://www.sexualintelligence.org/sexintel.html
-Bingo! We should let you know that we got $760 for Elham.
Ahmad is 18 years-old gay who is in the UK now. He needs help. We got his story from one of his close friends. If you can help him in anyway please let us know. "Ahmad is a homosexual whom traveled to UK in 2007 as a tourist with his family. He was 17 at the time and his family claimed asylum due to the problems that they had in Iran. Even though Ahmad was facing some difficulties in Iran due to his sexuality, he wanted to go back to Iran and was not happy that the family was forced to claim asylum. www.irqo.net
-A bipartisan study group of senior retired military officers, representing different branches of the service, has conducted an in-depth assessment of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by examining the key academic and social science literature on the subject and interviewing a range of experts on leadership, unit cohesion and military law, including those who are training our nation's future military leaders at the service academies. The Study Group emphasized that any changes to existing personnel policy must not create an unacceptable risk to the armed forces' high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.
http://www.palmcenter.org/publications/generals-flag-officers-report
-Join Log Cabin Republicans as we work to create a New Republican Majority!
In 2008, we are proud to support fresh, forward-thinking and fair-minded GOP candidates. Like Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, these candidates and many more are ready to move the GOP in a new direction, focused on the core Republican principles of personal freedom, fiscal responsibility, and a strong national defense. Contribute
-AK gays ask Palin for Coming Out proclamation
Will Governor Sarah Palin grant gay Alaskans request that she issue a proclamation honoring National Coming Out Day? Read the text of the proposed proclamation:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/10/ak-gays-ask-palin-for-coming-out.html
-NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV REACHES RECORD LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES
Yet Another Wake-up Call for Congress & the President to Increase Funding for HIV Prevention
Washington, DC - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that in 2006 the number of people living with HIV in the United States was 1.1 million. Additionally, the CDC adjusted the estimate of people living with HIV in 2003 down to 994,000. Based on these new numbers this means there was an increase of 112,000 (11.3%) people living with HIV from 2003 to 2006. "This record number of people living with HIV in the United States will hopefully convince decision-makers inWashington DC that it is time to focus on the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic," commented Dr. Gene Copello, Executive Director of The AIDS Institute.
www.TheAIDSInstitute.org
-New Jersey: ACT NOW! School board member says, let my son call another student "faggot"
Dear Garden State Equality members:
This will make you sick. A school board member in Robbinsville, New Jersey, near Trenton, said at last month's school board meeting: "If my son wants to call somebody a faggot he should be allowed to. It's his First Amendment right." The remark by school board member Joe Armenti came in response to a suggestion by Robbinsville High School students to have a box at the school where they could report incidents of hate, LGBT-related and not. To read more about the story,
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1222920383179780.xml&coll=5
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Gay American Heros
http://www.gayamericanheroes.info/
We are always being asked how people can become involved with Gay American Heroes. Included in this newsletter are two upcoming events that you can particapate in. We always need volunteers so drop us a note and let us know where you are and what you would like to do. See you at the events!
-Orlando Pride Celebration: Helping Hands for Heroes
The Gay American Heroes Foundation is participating in the 2008 Orlando Pride Festival on October 12th. We plan to be marching in the parade directly behind Lynn and Pat Mulder (Ryan Skipper's Parents) and we are looking for volunteers to march in one of our t-shirts and lift up a poster with the picture of one of our fallen Heroes. We need as many volunteers as we can get. If you would like to lift up a Hero in the parade, please contact us at GayAmericanHeroes@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Thank you for all your help. See you at Pride Orlando!! http://www.comeoutwithpride.org/
-Remember the old fashioned country carnivals when you were a kid? If so, you don't want to miss Bubba's Country Fair weekend held at Florida's largest gay country/western nightclub. Come out and enjoy a full two day event, noon to dusk, featuring games, pie bake off, hot dog eating contest, entertainment, hot cowboys and bears, and much, much more. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the Gay American Heroes Foundation. So Join us at Scandal's saloon, 3037 NE 6th Avenue in Wilton manors on October 18th and 19th and dance the day away.
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Detroit News
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-Filling court vacancies makes presidential choice critical
by Deb Price
In a New York Times magazine article last year, telecommuting Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told of his amusement at finding telltale traces of having been working with legal briefs at the beach by his Florida condo. "One of my favorite memories is the time I was sitting (on the bench after a return from Florida). I shook the sand out of the brief!" The magazine portrait confirmed the 88-year-old justice's intellectual and physical fitness. Unlike justices who rely heavily on clerks, Stevens writes the first drafts of his opinions. And he's an avid tennis player, swimmer and golfer. Appointed in 1975 by Republican President Gerald Ford, Stevens has gradually moved into the unexpected position of being dean of the liberal wing of the nine-member court.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/OPINION03/810060326/1031
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-Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy
In a muted debate, Senator Barack Obama faulted a zeal for deregulation, while Senator John McCain offered a mortgage rescue plan. [...] There was no indication that the debate did anything to change the course of a campaign that appeared to be moving in Mr. Obama's direction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08debate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-The Debate
Watch the debate, analyze the transcript, check the facts and share your thoughts.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/second-presidential-debate.html
-Central Banks Coordinate Cut in Rates
U.S. Reduces Key Rate by .5%
The world's major central banks - including the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank - moved together to staunch the financial crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09fed.html?hp
-Politics of Attack
Ninety minutes of forced cordiality during the debate did not erase the dismal ugliness of Senator John McCain's campaign in recent weeks. [...] Ms. Palin, in particular, revels in the attack. Her campaign rallies have become spectacles of anger and insult. "This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America," Ms. Palin has taken to saying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html?ref=opinion
-Mud Pies for 'That One'
MAUREEN DOWD
John McCain has long been torn between wanting to succeed and serving a higher cause. Right now, the drive to succeed is trumping any loftier aspirations. He cynically picked a running mate with less care than theater directors give to picking a leading actor's understudy. And he has been running a seamy campaign originally designed by the bad seed of conservative politics, Lee Atwater. [...] The woman is sounding more Cheney than Cheney. [...] Her demagoguery has elicited some frightening, intolerable responses. A recent Washington Post report said at a rally in Florida this week a man yelled "kill him!" as Ms. Palin delivered that line and others shouted epithets at an African-American member of a TV crew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion
-A Little Less to Worry About
Congress needs to build on the success of the compact that bans the diversion of water from the Great Lakes and take on the long-awaited assault on invasive species.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed3.html?ref=opinion
-30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds
A military investigation concluded that recent American airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed more civilians than previously acknowledged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?hp
-Judge Orders 17 Detainees at Guantánamo Freed
Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, must be freed and allowed into the United States, a federal judge ruled. [...] The judge, Ricardo M. Urbina of Federal District Court, ordered that the 17 men be brought to his courtroom on Friday from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they have been held since 2002. He indicated that he would release the men, members of the restive Uighur Muslim minority in western China, into the care of supporters in the United States, initially in the Washington area. [...] The government recently conceded that it would no longer try to prove that the Uighurs were enemy combatants, the classification it uses to detain people at Guantánamo, where 255 men are now held. But it has fought efforts by lawyers for the men to have them released into the United States, saying the Uighurs admitted to receiving weapons training in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08detain.html?hp
-Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies
Standing before a sea of red T-shirts and homemade signs reading "No Communists!" and "Palin's Pitbulls," Ms. Palin on Tuesday nestled in to her Republican base.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html
-Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/africa/08kenya.html
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-Who Is John McCain?
Last night's debate, a town-hall discussion dominated by economic questions, made it clear that John McCain's effort to change the campaign's focus to the culture wars of the 1960s is not going to work. Voters want candidates to talk about problems and how to solve them, especially the enormous ones confronting us now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702438.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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The Wall Street Journal
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-Congress Grills Former AIG Chiefs
Lawmakers Ask Whether Executives Glossed Over Warnings About Risks Insurer Faced
Lawmakers portrayed former executives of American International Group Inc. as running a high-rolling organization that glossed over warnings about the risks that helped necessitate a government rescue -- and continued to reward executives even as the big insurer headed toward a cliff.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342739746113715.html
-Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water'
Falling home prices have left nearly one in six owners owing more on a mortgage than the home is worth, raising the potential for more defaults.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122341352084512611.html
-We're Not Headed for a Depression
No, this isn't the crisis that kills global capitalism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122333679431409639.html
-Russia to Complete Georgia Pullback
A Russian general said the pullout from Georgia would be completed by day's end, as Russian troops withdrew from positions outside the separatist South Ossetia region. [...] The pullback may ease tensions but won't resolve major disputes pitting Russia against Georgia and Western countries, which have condemned Moscow's invasion of the ex-Soviet republic and its recognition of the separatist regions as independent nations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122345021244814657.html
-The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil
Suddenly Republicans are against market values?
OK, let me get this straight: The central axiom of conservative Republicanism is that government is inherently corrupt and can't do anything right. Over many years of ascendancy, conservative Republicans have filled government agencies with conservative Republicans and proceeded to enact the conservative Republican policy wish list -- tax cuts, deregulation, privatization, outsourcing federal work, and so on.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342526024513543.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Fed cuts key interest rate
The Federal Reserve and six other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sns-ap-financial-meltdown,0,7048573.story
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Miami Herald
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-N-word has no place in society
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
lpitts@miamiherald.com
Dear Chris Rock:
I apologize in advance for the language that will shortly follow. And yes, there is a certain irony there, given that you are one of the most profane men on the planet. Also one of the funniest. That's why I eagerly anticipated your new HBO special, Kill The Messenger, which premiered a few days ago, even though I knew there would inevitably come a moment that made me embarrassed for you. And sure enough, it came. During your routine, you noted how, last year, the NAACP held a symbolic ''burial'' of the N-word. ''Well,'' you said, through that evil Cheshire cat grin of yours, ''tonight is Easter.'' There followed a long and sometimes labored deconstruction of when, according to you, the word is permissible, all in illustration of your thesis that it is ''context'' that determines whether or not a word is offensive.
http://www.miamiherald.com/285/story/717384.html
-Granting protected status to Haitians is a moral duty
With one million homeless and more than 1,000 dead or missing in Haiti after four back-to-back storms, Haitians everywhere are struggling to recover. Why won't the White House grant them temporary protected status?
http://www.miamiherald.com/1299/story/717314.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-The GOP goes back to its ugly roots
McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater. The End of Days is approaching for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and at least one member of the ticket is not likely to greet this development with religious rapture. Their numbers are tanking. Their campaign has had to pull out of Michigan, and they are trailing in most of the battleground states they must hold onto. Even Karl Rove has predicted an Obama win if the election were held today. McCain's hotheaded behavior during the Wall Street crisis and his numerous other erratic tactical swerves have backfired. And his biggest gamble, choosing Sarah Palin as vice president, is increasingly looking like a disaster.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/07/republican_smear_tactics/index.html
-A 'Terrible' Debate Performance By Brokaw and Organizers
We've come to lower our expectations for real debates in the "debate" process, but this one was terrible. Who picked the questions from the, we were told, six million sent in online plus the dozens from the people in the hall? The first half was fine but then why go into the same foreign policy questions raised two weeks ago -- knowing they were certain to draw the very same, almost word for word responses? After kicking off the debate by saying we were in the worst economic crisis in 80 years?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/a-disgraceful-debate-perf_b_132829.html
-America and the New Financial World
Politicians can make the adjustment more or less painful. Soon enough, America's financial crisis will wind down -- maybe in a month, maybe in a year. Yet regardless of when, this crisis marks the beginning of a new era for the U.S. For more than six decades, from the end of World War II in 1945 until now, the U.S. was the hub of global capital and capitalism. In the years to come, it will remain a vital center, but not the center.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122325757745406687.html
-Why McCain's Time With Council Of World Freedom Matters
Since Sunday, Democrats have been buzzing about the re-revelation that during the 1980s, Sen. John McCain served on the board of a far-right conservative organization that had supplied arms and funds to paramilitary organizations in Latin America.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/why-mccains-time-with-cou_n_132470.html
-Alaska to decide if Palin should pay taxes on per diem payments
Governor Sarah Palin's practice of charging the state when she stays in her home must be reviewed to determine whether she should pay taxes on the payments, state Finance Director Kim Garnero said yesterday. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, released two years' worth of tax returns last week that did not list the per diem payments she received since becoming Alaska governor in December 2006. She collected nearly $17,000 during that period for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home about an hour's drive from Anchorage, according to state travel records.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/08/alaska_to_decide_if_palin_should_pay_taxes_on_per_diem_payments/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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Check out Saturday Night Live - VP Debate: Palin / Biden - Video
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/
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A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records. David C. Kernell was indicted Tuesday on a single charge of accessing a protected computer by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. The indictment, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, was unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kernell, from Knoxville, turned himself into law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. He is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis. The three-page indictment alleges that Kernell gained access to a Yahoo e-mail account used by Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, on about Sept. 16. Palin was named Senator John McCain's vice-presidential running mate in August.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alleged_Sarah_Palin_hacker_indicted
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-Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy
In a muted debate, Senator Barack Obama faulted a zeal for deregulation, while Senator John McCain offered a mortgage rescue plan. [...] There was no indication that the debate did anything to change the course of a campaign that appeared to be moving in Mr. Obama's direction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08debate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-The Debate
Watch the debate, analyze the transcript, check the facts and share your thoughts.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/second-presidential-debate.html
-Central Banks Coordinate Cut in Rates
U.S. Reduces Key Rate by .5%
The world's major central banks - including the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank - moved together to staunch the financial crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09fed.html?hp
-Politics of Attack
Ninety minutes of forced cordiality during the debate did not erase the dismal ugliness of Senator John McCain's campaign in recent weeks. [...] Ms. Palin, in particular, revels in the attack. Her campaign rallies have become spectacles of anger and insult. "This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America," Ms. Palin has taken to saying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html?ref=opinion
-Mud Pies for 'That One'
MAUREEN DOWD
John McCain has long been torn between wanting to succeed and serving a higher cause. Right now, the drive to succeed is trumping any loftier aspirations. He cynically picked a running mate with less care than theater directors give to picking a leading actor's understudy. And he has been running a seamy campaign originally designed by the bad seed of conservative politics, Lee Atwater. [...] The woman is sounding more Cheney than Cheney. [...] Her demagoguery has elicited some frightening, intolerable responses. A recent Washington Post report said at a rally in Florida this week a man yelled "kill him!" as Ms. Palin delivered that line and others shouted epithets at an African-American member of a TV crew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion
-A Little Less to Worry About
Congress needs to build on the success of the compact that bans the diversion of water from the Great Lakes and take on the long-awaited assault on invasive species.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed3.html?ref=opinion
-30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds
A military investigation concluded that recent American airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed more civilians than previously acknowledged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?hp
-Judge Orders 17 Detainees at Guantánamo Freed
Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, must be freed and allowed into the United States, a federal judge ruled. [...] The judge, Ricardo M. Urbina of Federal District Court, ordered that the 17 men be brought to his courtroom on Friday from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they have been held since 2002. He indicated that he would release the men, members of the restive Uighur Muslim minority in western China, into the care of supporters in the United States, initially in the Washington area. [...] The government recently conceded that it would no longer try to prove that the Uighurs were enemy combatants, the classification it uses to detain people at Guantánamo, where 255 men are now held. But it has fought efforts by lawyers for the men to have them released into the United States, saying the Uighurs admitted to receiving weapons training in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08detain.html?hp
-Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies
Standing before a sea of red T-shirts and homemade signs reading "No Communists!" and "Palin's Pitbulls," Ms. Palin on Tuesday nestled in to her Republican base.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html
-Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/africa/08kenya.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Who Is John McCain?
Last night's debate, a town-hall discussion dominated by economic questions, made it clear that John McCain's effort to change the campaign's focus to the culture wars of the 1960s is not going to work. Voters want candidates to talk about problems and how to solve them, especially the enormous ones confronting us now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702438.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/
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-Congress Grills Former AIG Chiefs
Lawmakers Ask Whether Executives Glossed Over Warnings About Risks Insurer Faced
Lawmakers portrayed former executives of American International Group Inc. as running a high-rolling organization that glossed over warnings about the risks that helped necessitate a government rescue -- and continued to reward executives even as the big insurer headed toward a cliff.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342739746113715.html
-Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water'
Falling home prices have left nearly one in six owners owing more on a mortgage than the home is worth, raising the potential for more defaults.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122341352084512611.html
-We're Not Headed for a Depression
No, this isn't the crisis that kills global capitalism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122333679431409639.html
-Russia to Complete Georgia Pullback
A Russian general said the pullout from Georgia would be completed by day's end, as Russian troops withdrew from positions outside the separatist South Ossetia region. [...] The pullback may ease tensions but won't resolve major disputes pitting Russia against Georgia and Western countries, which have condemned Moscow's invasion of the ex-Soviet republic and its recognition of the separatist regions as independent nations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122345021244814657.html
-The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil
Suddenly Republicans are against market values?
OK, let me get this straight: The central axiom of conservative Republicanism is that government is inherently corrupt and can't do anything right. Over many years of ascendancy, conservative Republicans have filled government agencies with conservative Republicans and proceeded to enact the conservative Republican policy wish list -- tax cuts, deregulation, privatization, outsourcing federal work, and so on.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342526024513543.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Fed cuts key interest rate
The Federal Reserve and six other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sns-ap-financial-meltdown,0,7048573.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-N-word has no place in society
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
lpitts@miamiherald.com
Dear Chris Rock:
I apologize in advance for the language that will shortly follow. And yes, there is a certain irony there, given that you are one of the most profane men on the planet. Also one of the funniest. That's why I eagerly anticipated your new HBO special, Kill The Messenger, which premiered a few days ago, even though I knew there would inevitably come a moment that made me embarrassed for you. And sure enough, it came. During your routine, you noted how, last year, the NAACP held a symbolic ''burial'' of the N-word. ''Well,'' you said, through that evil Cheshire cat grin of yours, ''tonight is Easter.'' There followed a long and sometimes labored deconstruction of when, according to you, the word is permissible, all in illustration of your thesis that it is ''context'' that determines whether or not a word is offensive.
http://www.miamiherald.com/285/story/717384.html
-Granting protected status to Haitians is a moral duty
With one million homeless and more than 1,000 dead or missing in Haiti after four back-to-back storms, Haitians everywhere are struggling to recover. Why won't the White House grant them temporary protected status?
http://www.miamiherald.com/1299/story/717314.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-The GOP goes back to its ugly roots
McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater. The End of Days is approaching for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and at least one member of the ticket is not likely to greet this development with religious rapture. Their numbers are tanking. Their campaign has had to pull out of Michigan, and they are trailing in most of the battleground states they must hold onto. Even Karl Rove has predicted an Obama win if the election were held today. McCain's hotheaded behavior during the Wall Street crisis and his numerous other erratic tactical swerves have backfired. And his biggest gamble, choosing Sarah Palin as vice president, is increasingly looking like a disaster.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/07/republican_smear_tactics/index.html
-A 'Terrible' Debate Performance By Brokaw and Organizers
We've come to lower our expectations for real debates in the "debate" process, but this one was terrible. Who picked the questions from the, we were told, six million sent in online plus the dozens from the people in the hall? The first half was fine but then why go into the same foreign policy questions raised two weeks ago -- knowing they were certain to draw the very same, almost word for word responses? After kicking off the debate by saying we were in the worst economic crisis in 80 years?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/a-disgraceful-debate-perf_b_132829.html
-America and the New Financial World
Politicians can make the adjustment more or less painful. Soon enough, America's financial crisis will wind down -- maybe in a month, maybe in a year. Yet regardless of when, this crisis marks the beginning of a new era for the U.S. For more than six decades, from the end of World War II in 1945 until now, the U.S. was the hub of global capital and capitalism. In the years to come, it will remain a vital center, but not the center.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122325757745406687.html
-Why McCain's Time With Council Of World Freedom Matters
Since Sunday, Democrats have been buzzing about the re-revelation that during the 1980s, Sen. John McCain served on the board of a far-right conservative organization that had supplied arms and funds to paramilitary organizations in Latin America.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/why-mccains-time-with-cou_n_132470.html
-Alaska to decide if Palin should pay taxes on per diem payments
Governor Sarah Palin's practice of charging the state when she stays in her home must be reviewed to determine whether she should pay taxes on the payments, state Finance Director Kim Garnero said yesterday. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, released two years' worth of tax returns last week that did not list the per diem payments she received since becoming Alaska governor in December 2006. She collected nearly $17,000 during that period for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home about an hour's drive from Anchorage, according to state travel records.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/08/alaska_to_decide_if_palin_should_pay_taxes_on_per_diem_payments/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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Check out Saturday Night Live - VP Debate: Palin / Biden - Video
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/
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A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records. David C. Kernell was indicted Tuesday on a single charge of accessing a protected computer by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. The indictment, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, was unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kernell, from Knoxville, turned himself into law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. He is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis. The three-page indictment alleges that Kernell gained access to a Yahoo e-mail account used by Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, on about Sept. 16. Palin was named Senator John McCain's vice-presidential running mate in August.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alleged_Sarah_Palin_hacker_indicted
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NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRATION
CELL PHONES #'s GO PUBLIC TODAY....
REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls.
YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time - an automatic process. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number or home phone you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number. Or go to www.donotcall.gov
Florida's Do Not Call List costs $10/phone for 1st year, Renewals @ $5/year
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/onestop/forms/10400.pdf
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FLORIDA DIGEST - October 08, 2008
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Democratic group backs gay-marriage ban in Florida Constitution
A group of Fort Lauderdale Democrats rallied behind an amendment to the state Constitution that would make it harder for a judge to overturn Florida's same-sex marriage ban. A ballot measure to ban gay marriage has already won the support of many religious leaders and Republican politicians. On Tuesday, it received another endorsement -- this time from a group of Democrats. In a press conference headlined by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, the community leaders -- including pastors and civic activists -- said marriage should be defined as the union between a man and a woman. Amendment 2, if passed by voters on Election Day, would do just that by changing the Florida Constitution to say, ``No other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.'' Gay marriage is already illegal in Florida, but the proposal -- if approved by 60 percent of voters -- would make it difficult for a judge to overturn.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717316.html
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News from Sunshine Cathedral - Ft. Lauderdale
www.sunshinecathedral.org
-On October 18th, The Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida will be showing the film "The Moses Code" at Sunshine Cathedral in the Robert Graham & Paul Fasana Chapel at 7 PM. Tix are $10 each and can be purchased at www.MetaphysicalChapel.com or at the door.
-On October 19th at 6 PM we will be enjoying our annual Diamond Ball in the Safari Room at Hugh's Catering in Oakland Park. Reservations are $125 and can be secured at church or on the website (www.sunshinecathedral.org). At this year's Diamond Ball we will be honoring Grace Tedder, Joel Slotnick, Gregory Kurdian, Sterling Bank, and Jack Jones. We will also give a portion of the proceeds from the 50/50 drawing to Jamaican AIDS Services (JAS). This event will honor some of our key volunteers, bring in revenue for our church, support our friends in Jamaica, and bring our church family together for an evening of fun. Be sure to reserve your place at the Diamond Ball this week.
-On November 8th, we will be featuring our new Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece Organ and Ruffatti pipes with a special concert by world renown organist Frederick Swann. The concert will be at the Sunshine Cathedral in the Walt Lawrence & Stephen Lewis Center for Worship and the Arts at 7 PM. VIP tickets are available for $100. VIP ticket holders will get reserved seating for the concert, valet parking, and a champagne reception following the concert. General admission tickets are also available for only $25. Proceeds support both the Sunshine Community Foundation and the Sunshine Cathedral.
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Join ArtsUnited, Stonewall Library & Archives, the GLCC, and the FortLauderdale International Film Festival, this Wednesday, October 8, for the Florida Premiere Documentary of SqueezeBox! and a Kick-Off Party for FLIFF's GLBT Film Series. The fun starts at 6pm with food, friends, and cash bar, and the film starts at 7pm, both at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE 6th Street, downtown Fort Lauderdale. The party is free and the Film is $5; part of ArtsUnited's Films 4 Us program. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at www.fliff.com.
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Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
-The Lake Worth City Commission unanimously passed a resolution this evening strongly opposing Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." The proposed amendment to the Florida constitution will appear on the November 4 ballot. Concerned that Amendment 2 might remove safeguards and eliminate benefits for families based on domestic partnerships, Lake Worth City Commissioner Dave Vespo introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council. "The leaders of Lake Worth clearly understand what may be at stake if Amendment 2 is not defeated," said Council President Rand Hoch. "The city commissioners know that to safeguard Florida's families, voters must vote against Amendment 2."
-The mayor and city commission of West Palm Beach unanimously voted this afternoon to oppose Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." If Amendment 2 is adopted by the voters on November 4, the Florida Constitution would be amended to provide that, "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." "What is meant by the 'substantial equivalent' of marriage?" asked Commissioner Jeri Muoio, who introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, "Florida already has four state laws defining marriage. This amendment is designed to go beyond marriage."
-The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council has endorsed the following candidates.
www.pbchrc.org
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Influx of Section 8 residents upsets some unit owners at Century Village in Pembroke Pines
Perhaps there is a bright spot in the real estate collapse: "It's made more units available for low-income people to rent," said Kevin Cregan, of the Broward County Housing Authority. But the idea that Century Village is home to folks who get federal Section 8 rent subsidies has upset some unit owners. "Section 8 residents shouldn't live here," said retiree Anne Corman, adding she fears they would bring more crime. Candace Tapscott, a director with the federal Housing and Urban Development agency in Miami, met with hundreds of Century Village owners this week to allay their fears. The Section 8 folks are screened, and "they look just like everybody else," she said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcentury1008sboct08,0,2880467.story
-Let's hope governor's slight backpedaling on Alley lease plan is promising sign
Gov. Charlie Crist gave arm's length support to leasing Alligator Alley two weeks ago. The governor should go another step forward and oppose the controversial proposal. The governor was the featured guest at a Sun Sentinel event hosted by the Dueling Columnists. In response to a question about the plan to lease part of Interstate 75, the governor clarified that he supported "looking into" the proposal, as opposed to outright backing a lease. A small distinction, perhaps, but the state's motorists and businesses should hope it is a sign that the governor is hearing the growing chorus of opposition to the idea. If so, Florida could be on the right track, finally, on this issue. The lease sounds good on paper, but it's fraught with too many long-term pitfalls.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafhighwaypnoct07,0,4394846.story
-Charts: How Floridians would vote in the election
(Orlando Sentinel Mason-Dixon poll)
The key to Florida remains the Tampa Bay region, where Obama currently holds a 48%-44% advantage. The other regions of the state fall into their generally predictable patterns, with Obama holding a wide 61%-33% lead in Southeast Florida and McCain running ahead in North Florida (58%-37%), Central Florida (51%-43%) and Southwest Florida (55%-40%). Obama runs stronger among Democrats, women, those under 50, blacks and those who have never served in the military, while McCain is stronger with men, Republicans, those over 50, whites and military veterans. Obama has a 50%-41% lead among independent voters, while McCain has a 49%-44% among Hispanic/Cuban voters. Interestingly, despite the fact that he trails, McCain has a higher favorable rating with Florida voters than Obama (47%-46%), and Obama?s negatives have increased slightly over the past two weeks.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/family/orl-mason-dixon-poll-charts,0,2939280.photogallery
-Notorious German attorney goes on trial for Holocaust denial
A founder member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi went on trial in Germany Wednesday accused of publishing documents on the Internet denying the Holocaust. Horst Mahler, a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970, is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004. Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is a crime in Germany. Mahler has been charged with incitement and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-germany-holocaust-denial,0,4927254.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Many Broward school district workers sign off on pay raises
Broward teachers continue to negotiate their contract while other school employees have agreed on theirs.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717317.html
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Democratic group backs gay-marriage ban in Florida Constitution
A group of Fort Lauderdale Democrats rallied behind an amendment to the state Constitution that would make it harder for a judge to overturn Florida's same-sex marriage ban. A ballot measure to ban gay marriage has already won the support of many religious leaders and Republican politicians. On Tuesday, it received another endorsement -- this time from a group of Democrats. In a press conference headlined by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, the community leaders -- including pastors and civic activists -- said marriage should be defined as the union between a man and a woman. Amendment 2, if passed by voters on Election Day, would do just that by changing the Florida Constitution to say, ``No other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.'' Gay marriage is already illegal in Florida, but the proposal -- if approved by 60 percent of voters -- would make it difficult for a judge to overturn.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717316.html
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News from Sunshine Cathedral - Ft. Lauderdale
www.sunshinecathedral.org
-On October 18th, The Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida will be showing the film "The Moses Code" at Sunshine Cathedral in the Robert Graham & Paul Fasana Chapel at 7 PM. Tix are $10 each and can be purchased at www.MetaphysicalChapel.com or at the door.
-On October 19th at 6 PM we will be enjoying our annual Diamond Ball in the Safari Room at Hugh's Catering in Oakland Park. Reservations are $125 and can be secured at church or on the website (www.sunshinecathedral.org). At this year's Diamond Ball we will be honoring Grace Tedder, Joel Slotnick, Gregory Kurdian, Sterling Bank, and Jack Jones. We will also give a portion of the proceeds from the 50/50 drawing to Jamaican AIDS Services (JAS). This event will honor some of our key volunteers, bring in revenue for our church, support our friends in Jamaica, and bring our church family together for an evening of fun. Be sure to reserve your place at the Diamond Ball this week.
-On November 8th, we will be featuring our new Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece Organ and Ruffatti pipes with a special concert by world renown organist Frederick Swann. The concert will be at the Sunshine Cathedral in the Walt Lawrence & Stephen Lewis Center for Worship and the Arts at 7 PM. VIP tickets are available for $100. VIP ticket holders will get reserved seating for the concert, valet parking, and a champagne reception following the concert. General admission tickets are also available for only $25. Proceeds support both the Sunshine Community Foundation and the Sunshine Cathedral.
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Join ArtsUnited, Stonewall Library & Archives, the GLCC, and the FortLauderdale International Film Festival, this Wednesday, October 8, for the Florida Premiere Documentary of SqueezeBox! and a Kick-Off Party for FLIFF's GLBT Film Series. The fun starts at 6pm with food, friends, and cash bar, and the film starts at 7pm, both at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE 6th Street, downtown Fort Lauderdale. The party is free and the Film is $5; part of ArtsUnited's Films 4 Us program. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at www.fliff.com.
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Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
-The Lake Worth City Commission unanimously passed a resolution this evening strongly opposing Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." The proposed amendment to the Florida constitution will appear on the November 4 ballot. Concerned that Amendment 2 might remove safeguards and eliminate benefits for families based on domestic partnerships, Lake Worth City Commissioner Dave Vespo introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council. "The leaders of Lake Worth clearly understand what may be at stake if Amendment 2 is not defeated," said Council President Rand Hoch. "The city commissioners know that to safeguard Florida's families, voters must vote against Amendment 2."
-The mayor and city commission of West Palm Beach unanimously voted this afternoon to oppose Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." If Amendment 2 is adopted by the voters on November 4, the Florida Constitution would be amended to provide that, "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." "What is meant by the 'substantial equivalent' of marriage?" asked Commissioner Jeri Muoio, who introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, "Florida already has four state laws defining marriage. This amendment is designed to go beyond marriage."
-The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council has endorsed the following candidates.
www.pbchrc.org
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Influx of Section 8 residents upsets some unit owners at Century Village in Pembroke Pines
Perhaps there is a bright spot in the real estate collapse: "It's made more units available for low-income people to rent," said Kevin Cregan, of the Broward County Housing Authority. But the idea that Century Village is home to folks who get federal Section 8 rent subsidies has upset some unit owners. "Section 8 residents shouldn't live here," said retiree Anne Corman, adding she fears they would bring more crime. Candace Tapscott, a director with the federal Housing and Urban Development agency in Miami, met with hundreds of Century Village owners this week to allay their fears. The Section 8 folks are screened, and "they look just like everybody else," she said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcentury1008sboct08,0,2880467.story
-Let's hope governor's slight backpedaling on Alley lease plan is promising sign
Gov. Charlie Crist gave arm's length support to leasing Alligator Alley two weeks ago. The governor should go another step forward and oppose the controversial proposal. The governor was the featured guest at a Sun Sentinel event hosted by the Dueling Columnists. In response to a question about the plan to lease part of Interstate 75, the governor clarified that he supported "looking into" the proposal, as opposed to outright backing a lease. A small distinction, perhaps, but the state's motorists and businesses should hope it is a sign that the governor is hearing the growing chorus of opposition to the idea. If so, Florida could be on the right track, finally, on this issue. The lease sounds good on paper, but it's fraught with too many long-term pitfalls.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafhighwaypnoct07,0,4394846.story
-Charts: How Floridians would vote in the election
(Orlando Sentinel Mason-Dixon poll)
The key to Florida remains the Tampa Bay region, where Obama currently holds a 48%-44% advantage. The other regions of the state fall into their generally predictable patterns, with Obama holding a wide 61%-33% lead in Southeast Florida and McCain running ahead in North Florida (58%-37%), Central Florida (51%-43%) and Southwest Florida (55%-40%). Obama runs stronger among Democrats, women, those under 50, blacks and those who have never served in the military, while McCain is stronger with men, Republicans, those over 50, whites and military veterans. Obama has a 50%-41% lead among independent voters, while McCain has a 49%-44% among Hispanic/Cuban voters. Interestingly, despite the fact that he trails, McCain has a higher favorable rating with Florida voters than Obama (47%-46%), and Obama?s negatives have increased slightly over the past two weeks.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/family/orl-mason-dixon-poll-charts,0,2939280.photogallery
-Notorious German attorney goes on trial for Holocaust denial
A founder member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi went on trial in Germany Wednesday accused of publishing documents on the Internet denying the Holocaust. Horst Mahler, a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970, is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004. Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is a crime in Germany. Mahler has been charged with incitement and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-germany-holocaust-denial,0,4927254.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Many Broward school district workers sign off on pay raises
Broward teachers continue to negotiate their contract while other school employees have agreed on theirs.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717317.html
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Monday, October 06, 2008
GLBT DIGEST - October 06, 2008
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Persecuted in Africa, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
-After Theological Split, a Clash Over Church Assets
After an overwhelming vote here over the weekend by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that created the second schism with the national church since the 2003 election and consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop, both sides were hoping for a simple resolution. "If the national church would stay out of it, we could work it out," said the Rev. Jonathan Millard, who favored secession and led the convention on Saturday. "And I think 90 percent of the churches here would agree with me."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06church.html
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Washington Post
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-US-POLITICS Summary
Obama accuses McCain of smear campaign
Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy. The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" senators who met federal regulators on behalf of a California savings and loan institution that collapsed in 1989. The ad faults McCain as unwilling to regulate the financial industry.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500490.html
-Illuminating Our Choices
Candidates Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin, take a bow. And you in the huge television audiences, bask in the reflected glory. You all have established in two national political debates that a lot is going right in America, despite our enormous problems. The value of these debates comes not from any particular information they convey. Voters know they get spit-polished views confected by campaign consultants from polling data. So they greet Barack Obama's endorsement of an immediate NATO membership plan for Ukraine, or Sarah Palin's pledge to work on peace in the Middle East, with appropriate skepticism.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303307.html
-Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500594.html
-US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500596.html
-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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-Generic options can cut pill bill
In addition to cooling temperatures, for many of us, fall means we're handed a packet of materials and asked to ponder our medical benefits as part of open enrollment season. So as you review your health care budget, remember that you may be able to save big on prescription drugs. At two pharmacies just a mile apart, for example, the price of the same medication can differ dramatically.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzbudgetdrugs1006sboct06,0,873022.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Odd couple: Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan
At 19, Rachel Maddow shared a house with friends in Philadelphia and wasn't paying much attention to the 1992 Republican National Convention on television until Pat Buchanan took to the podium. She was transfixed. Buchanan's combative conservative speech, which denounced gay rights, was a milestone for people on two sides of a political divide. Either a call to arms or intolerant, depending on your point of view, it couldn't be ignored.
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/714617.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Palin: An apparent flip-flop on gay rights
Newsweek compares Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's position on rights for gay couples during last week's vice presidential debate and an interview in August 2007: Watching the vice presidential debate, you might have gotten the impression that Sarah Palin supports civil rights for same-sex couples. During an exchange on the topic, both she and Joe Biden said they oppose gay marriage. But Biden added that he and Barack Obama favor granting gay couples many of the same benefits-hospital visitation rights, health benefits-that married couples enjoy. Palin was tougher to pin down. She clearly didn't want to appear intolerant, but neither did she want to seem to embrace gay rights. "[N]o one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin administration, to do anything to prohibit, say, visitations in a hospital or contracts being signed ." she said.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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The Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-GLBT organizations boycott Bolthouse Farms
Benefactors of juice and veggie company fund anti-gay initiative
Unbeknownst to South Florida residents, trips to a local Whole Foods, Publix or Winn-Dixie may be funding the anti-gay, ultra-conservative Christian right. Grass-roots activist organization Californians Against Hate is calling for a nationwide boycott of Bolthouse Farms products for its affiliation with the anti-gay movement, after shareholders donated to the anti-gay Proposition 8 in the state, which will repeal gay marriage if enacted. California legalized gay marriage earlier this year.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21433
-Beware the 'monster' of crystal meth
'The Rise and Fall' of Michael Brandon, adult superstar and addicted felon We don't usually promote stories about drug addicts, and how "tragic" their lives are, but in the case of adult entertainment superstar Michael Brandon, there is something to be learned: Brandon recently found himself in court (again) charged with selling crystal, for which he will most likely spend several years in jail. Brandon has been battling the addiction for many years, and even achieved sobriety at several points in the saga, but he always fell back into using again. Life, even for a porn star, doesn't always have easy answers. It should also be noted that crystal meth use is one of the main risk factors in HIV transmission-and it can also cause permanent brain damage.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21432
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Clinton Redefines McCain As A 'Mimic' of George W. Bush
Senator Hillary Clinton addressed guests via satellite at the Human Rights Campaign annual fund-raiser in Washington D.C. in place of vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Biden, who cancelled all his weekend campaign events due to his mother-in-law becoming critically ill. Clinton told the room of nearly 3,000 people it was a "privilege" to fill in for Sen. Biden because of the work she had proudly done with HRC is previous battles. "Together with the Human Rights Campaign on the front lines, we took back the Congress in 2006 and together we're going to take back the White House," she said.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63081.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-My New Father-in-Law
Link: Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
by David Schmader
I've written about him before, and now he's written something about Jake and me. From today's Salt Lake Tribune:
Last Friday was one of the best days of my life. My second son, Jake, was married, and I was there. Five of my six children are now married. Each wedding day has been wonderful for me-one in the Salt Lake Temple in 1993, one in the Bountiful Temple in 2001, one in the First Presbyterian Church in 2006, and another in the Salt Lake Temple in 2007. But Jake's wedding last week, at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills, stands out. For a long time, I wasn't sure Jake would ever marry. You see, Jake is gay, and though he and Dave have been together for seven years, here in the land of the free, gay people have only recently been afforded the right to formalize their love and commitment in marriage.
On Friday night, Jake said, "I didn't think I'd ever be happy, and now I am." Can a father ask for more? Maybe so, but not this week.
Michael G. Nelson
Murray, Utah
-Evangelical Leader: Fundies Grumbling About Palin's Gay Remarks; Possible
"Split" Developing on LGBT Rights
Link: The Gist
by Michelangelo Signorile
Evangelical leader and gay rights foe Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. came on the show on Friday (two video clips below) to respond to the now widely known fact that Mark Buse, John McCain's chief of staff, is gay, something Jackson believes compels McCain to speak more forcefully on the marriage amendments on the ballot in three states. Jackson, pastor of the Hope Christian Church in Maryland and founder of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, is on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard's old stomping ground. Jackson isn't among the most high-profile Christian right leaders on the national level, but he does travel in their circles, was a participant in infamous Justice Sunday, and talks to them all, including Focus on the Family's James Dobson, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins and the rest. So, while the big honchos are being curiously quiet, when Jackson says evangelicals weren't happy with Palin's performance at the vice presidential debate when it came to gay issues -- and that there is a "split" among them about how Sarah Palin should have addressed the topic, as well as about John McCain's chief of staff -- it certainly is interesting:"A lot of folks were upset that she didn't say there is a marriage amendment on the ballot in Florida, California and Arizona...She missed an opportunity to say I'm for marriage...She could have defined that thing clearly and she would have a lot more people enthusiastic about her campaign. There have been people [grumbling]...I do think she seemed a little wishy-washy and unclear on the marriage issue. She left making it sound like she and Mccain and Biden and Obama were exactly the same and they're not."
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Pink News - UK
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-Report claims trans men and lesbian women face rape and abuse in Kyrgyzstan
A leading human rights group has claimed that lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men face violent abuse, including rape, in Kyrgyzstan, both in family settings and from strangers on the street. Based on interviews, the Human Rights Watch report found evidence of beatings, forced marriages, and physical and psychological abuse.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9215.html
-UK's first Muslim minister promoted to Justice
Shahid Malik has been promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. The MP for Dewsbury said he was relishing the new role.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9209.html
-Gay MP Chris Bryant tipped for Deputy Leader of the House
Chris Bryant, the openly gay MP for Rhonda, is reportedly to be appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in the final stages of Prime minister Gordon Brown's reshuffle. Mr Bryant was one of the MPs behind a plot to oust Tony Blair in 2006 but was not rewarded with a ministerial post by Mr Brown. He was named by PinkNews.co.uk as 26th most powerful LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) person in Britain.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9207.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Ban may go beyond gays
The fate of the most emotionally charged issue on Florida's November ballot could hinge on a question of economics. Would constitutionally banning gay marriage threaten benefits for thousands of Floridians - gay, straight or even siblings living together - who depend on their domestic partnership to pay for health care?
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article839447.ece
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Forwarded from Gays Without Borders
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-Cardinal Newman - nature thwarts Vatican plot
Catholic minister approved Pope's request
Government collusion with attempt to violate Newman's wishes
"Nature has thwarted the Vatican's heartless plot to violate Cardinal Newman's request to be buried with the man he loved, Father Ambrose St. John," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. He was commenting on the revelation that Newman's body has decomposed to nothing, leaving an empty grave and frustrating plans by the Catholic Church to dismember his body and display his bones as holy relics. "The Vatican wanted to rebury the Cardinal's remains in a marble tomb, separate from St John, to dampen speculation that he might have been gay.
For additional background about Cardinal Newman see:
..Was Cardinal Newman gay?
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/wascardinalnewmangay.htm
..Violating Cardinal Newman's wishes
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanslove.htm
..Cardinal's body to be dismembered
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanscorpse.htm
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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-Elham is 24 years-old Iranian refugee in Turkey. She left Iran to Turkey about 19 months ago. She recognized as refugee on base of her sexual orientation by office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee in Ankara. They referred her case to the Canadian Embassy for resettlement. Now her immigration process is finished and International Organization for Migration (IOM) booked her flight for October 15, 2008. But she needs to pay 720$ for her exit permit. She dose not have any money because of her special situation. If she can not pay this money, Turkish authority dose not allow her to leave the country. It is out of hand of UNHRC and Canadian Embassy.
She has to pay this amount of money to Turkish government. Also she needs to pay an internal flight charge to Istanbul.
We are asking from all IRQO's alliances to support her by their donations.
She has to pay 720$ by Thursday October 9, 2008.
You can use our secure Paypal through www.irqo.net
We should thank you in advance for all your support and help in last few years.
-He wears it well
'Seventy per cent straight' David Walliams talks intimacy, cross-dressing and children's books with Rachel Cooke [...] He began by playing Frankie Howerd, mostly to good reviews, in a film for BBC4, and then went off to the United States to make the American version of Little Britain for HBO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/05/celebrity.fashion
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-Persecuted in Senegal, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry. And he likes it. "I'm fabulous," he said. "I feel good." Mr. Mbaye, 24, is an entertainer from Dakar, Senegal, known there for his dancing, singing and storytelling. But while his flamboyance may be celebrated in New York, he attracted the wrong kind of attention in West Africa this year, nearly costing him his life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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-"Change Capital of the World" - About The Show
Based in Trinidad, Colorado, this six-part series follows patients as they arrive in this Old West mining town-dubbed the 'Sex Change Capital of the World'-to see Dr. Marci Bowers, formerly Mark Bowers, who'll provide them with the ultimate life-changing operation. From retired grandfathers to construction workers, businessman to office managers, each shares their unique story of how they came to terms with their sexuality.
http://www.wetv.com/sex-change-hospital/
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New York Times
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-Persecuted in Africa, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
-After Theological Split, a Clash Over Church Assets
After an overwhelming vote here over the weekend by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that created the second schism with the national church since the 2003 election and consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop, both sides were hoping for a simple resolution. "If the national church would stay out of it, we could work it out," said the Rev. Jonathan Millard, who favored secession and led the convention on Saturday. "And I think 90 percent of the churches here would agree with me."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06church.html
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Washington Post
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-US-POLITICS Summary
Obama accuses McCain of smear campaign
Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy. The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" senators who met federal regulators on behalf of a California savings and loan institution that collapsed in 1989. The ad faults McCain as unwilling to regulate the financial industry.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500490.html
-Illuminating Our Choices
Candidates Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin, take a bow. And you in the huge television audiences, bask in the reflected glory. You all have established in two national political debates that a lot is going right in America, despite our enormous problems. The value of these debates comes not from any particular information they convey. Voters know they get spit-polished views confected by campaign consultants from polling data. So they greet Barack Obama's endorsement of an immediate NATO membership plan for Ukraine, or Sarah Palin's pledge to work on peace in the Middle East, with appropriate skepticism.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303307.html
-Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500594.html
-US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500596.html
-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
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Generic options can cut pill bill
In addition to cooling temperatures, for many of us, fall means we're handed a packet of materials and asked to ponder our medical benefits as part of open enrollment season. So as you review your health care budget, remember that you may be able to save big on prescription drugs. At two pharmacies just a mile apart, for example, the price of the same medication can differ dramatically.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzbudgetdrugs1006sboct06,0,873022.story
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Miami Herald
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-Odd couple: Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan
At 19, Rachel Maddow shared a house with friends in Philadelphia and wasn't paying much attention to the 1992 Republican National Convention on television until Pat Buchanan took to the podium. She was transfixed. Buchanan's combative conservative speech, which denounced gay rights, was a milestone for people on two sides of a political divide. Either a call to arms or intolerant, depending on your point of view, it couldn't be ignored.
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/714617.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
Go to this link for the following articles:
-Palin: An apparent flip-flop on gay rights
Newsweek compares Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's position on rights for gay couples during last week's vice presidential debate and an interview in August 2007: Watching the vice presidential debate, you might have gotten the impression that Sarah Palin supports civil rights for same-sex couples. During an exchange on the topic, both she and Joe Biden said they oppose gay marriage. But Biden added that he and Barack Obama favor granting gay couples many of the same benefits-hospital visitation rights, health benefits-that married couples enjoy. Palin was tougher to pin down. She clearly didn't want to appear intolerant, but neither did she want to seem to embrace gay rights. "[N]o one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin administration, to do anything to prohibit, say, visitations in a hospital or contracts being signed ." she said.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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The Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-GLBT organizations boycott Bolthouse Farms
Benefactors of juice and veggie company fund anti-gay initiative
Unbeknownst to South Florida residents, trips to a local Whole Foods, Publix or Winn-Dixie may be funding the anti-gay, ultra-conservative Christian right. Grass-roots activist organization Californians Against Hate is calling for a nationwide boycott of Bolthouse Farms products for its affiliation with the anti-gay movement, after shareholders donated to the anti-gay Proposition 8 in the state, which will repeal gay marriage if enacted. California legalized gay marriage earlier this year.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21433
-Beware the 'monster' of crystal meth
'The Rise and Fall' of Michael Brandon, adult superstar and addicted felon We don't usually promote stories about drug addicts, and how "tragic" their lives are, but in the case of adult entertainment superstar Michael Brandon, there is something to be learned: Brandon recently found himself in court (again) charged with selling crystal, for which he will most likely spend several years in jail. Brandon has been battling the addiction for many years, and even achieved sobriety at several points in the saga, but he always fell back into using again. Life, even for a porn star, doesn't always have easy answers. It should also be noted that crystal meth use is one of the main risk factors in HIV transmission-and it can also cause permanent brain damage.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21432
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Clinton Redefines McCain As A 'Mimic' of George W. Bush
Senator Hillary Clinton addressed guests via satellite at the Human Rights Campaign annual fund-raiser in Washington D.C. in place of vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Biden, who cancelled all his weekend campaign events due to his mother-in-law becoming critically ill. Clinton told the room of nearly 3,000 people it was a "privilege" to fill in for Sen. Biden because of the work she had proudly done with HRC is previous battles. "Together with the Human Rights Campaign on the front lines, we took back the Congress in 2006 and together we're going to take back the White House," she said.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63081.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-My New Father-in-Law
Link: Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
by David Schmader
I've written about him before, and now he's written something about Jake and me. From today's Salt Lake Tribune:
Last Friday was one of the best days of my life. My second son, Jake, was married, and I was there. Five of my six children are now married. Each wedding day has been wonderful for me-one in the Salt Lake Temple in 1993, one in the Bountiful Temple in 2001, one in the First Presbyterian Church in 2006, and another in the Salt Lake Temple in 2007. But Jake's wedding last week, at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills, stands out. For a long time, I wasn't sure Jake would ever marry. You see, Jake is gay, and though he and Dave have been together for seven years, here in the land of the free, gay people have only recently been afforded the right to formalize their love and commitment in marriage.
On Friday night, Jake said, "I didn't think I'd ever be happy, and now I am." Can a father ask for more? Maybe so, but not this week.
Michael G. Nelson
Murray, Utah
-Evangelical Leader: Fundies Grumbling About Palin's Gay Remarks; Possible
"Split" Developing on LGBT Rights
Link: The Gist
by Michelangelo Signorile
Evangelical leader and gay rights foe Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. came on the show on Friday (two video clips below) to respond to the now widely known fact that Mark Buse, John McCain's chief of staff, is gay, something Jackson believes compels McCain to speak more forcefully on the marriage amendments on the ballot in three states. Jackson, pastor of the Hope Christian Church in Maryland and founder of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, is on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard's old stomping ground. Jackson isn't among the most high-profile Christian right leaders on the national level, but he does travel in their circles, was a participant in infamous Justice Sunday, and talks to them all, including Focus on the Family's James Dobson, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins and the rest. So, while the big honchos are being curiously quiet, when Jackson says evangelicals weren't happy with Palin's performance at the vice presidential debate when it came to gay issues -- and that there is a "split" among them about how Sarah Palin should have addressed the topic, as well as about John McCain's chief of staff -- it certainly is interesting:"A lot of folks were upset that she didn't say there is a marriage amendment on the ballot in Florida, California and Arizona...She missed an opportunity to say I'm for marriage...She could have defined that thing clearly and she would have a lot more people enthusiastic about her campaign. There have been people [grumbling]...I do think she seemed a little wishy-washy and unclear on the marriage issue. She left making it sound like she and Mccain and Biden and Obama were exactly the same and they're not."
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Report claims trans men and lesbian women face rape and abuse in Kyrgyzstan
A leading human rights group has claimed that lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men face violent abuse, including rape, in Kyrgyzstan, both in family settings and from strangers on the street. Based on interviews, the Human Rights Watch report found evidence of beatings, forced marriages, and physical and psychological abuse.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9215.html
-UK's first Muslim minister promoted to Justice
Shahid Malik has been promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. The MP for Dewsbury said he was relishing the new role.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9209.html
-Gay MP Chris Bryant tipped for Deputy Leader of the House
Chris Bryant, the openly gay MP for Rhonda, is reportedly to be appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in the final stages of Prime minister Gordon Brown's reshuffle. Mr Bryant was one of the MPs behind a plot to oust Tony Blair in 2006 but was not rewarded with a ministerial post by Mr Brown. He was named by PinkNews.co.uk as 26th most powerful LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) person in Britain.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9207.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Ban may go beyond gays
The fate of the most emotionally charged issue on Florida's November ballot could hinge on a question of economics. Would constitutionally banning gay marriage threaten benefits for thousands of Floridians - gay, straight or even siblings living together - who depend on their domestic partnership to pay for health care?
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article839447.ece
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Forwarded from Gays Without Borders
Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article
-Cardinal Newman - nature thwarts Vatican plot
Catholic minister approved Pope's request
Government collusion with attempt to violate Newman's wishes
"Nature has thwarted the Vatican's heartless plot to violate Cardinal Newman's request to be buried with the man he loved, Father Ambrose St. John," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. He was commenting on the revelation that Newman's body has decomposed to nothing, leaving an empty grave and frustrating plans by the Catholic Church to dismember his body and display his bones as holy relics. "The Vatican wanted to rebury the Cardinal's remains in a marble tomb, separate from St John, to dampen speculation that he might have been gay.
For additional background about Cardinal Newman see:
..Was Cardinal Newman gay?
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/wascardinalnewmangay.htm
..Violating Cardinal Newman's wishes
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanslove.htm
..Cardinal's body to be dismembered
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanscorpse.htm
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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article:
-Elham is 24 years-old Iranian refugee in Turkey. She left Iran to Turkey about 19 months ago. She recognized as refugee on base of her sexual orientation by office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee in Ankara. They referred her case to the Canadian Embassy for resettlement. Now her immigration process is finished and International Organization for Migration (IOM) booked her flight for October 15, 2008. But she needs to pay 720$ for her exit permit. She dose not have any money because of her special situation. If she can not pay this money, Turkish authority dose not allow her to leave the country. It is out of hand of UNHRC and Canadian Embassy.
She has to pay this amount of money to Turkish government. Also she needs to pay an internal flight charge to Istanbul.
We are asking from all IRQO's alliances to support her by their donations.
She has to pay 720$ by Thursday October 9, 2008.
You can use our secure Paypal through www.irqo.net
We should thank you in advance for all your support and help in last few years.
-He wears it well
'Seventy per cent straight' David Walliams talks intimacy, cross-dressing and children's books with Rachel Cooke [...] He began by playing Frankie Howerd, mostly to good reviews, in a film for BBC4, and then went off to the United States to make the American version of Little Britain for HBO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/05/celebrity.fashion
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-Persecuted in Senegal, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry. And he likes it. "I'm fabulous," he said. "I feel good." Mr. Mbaye, 24, is an entertainer from Dakar, Senegal, known there for his dancing, singing and storytelling. But while his flamboyance may be celebrated in New York, he attracted the wrong kind of attention in West Africa this year, nearly costing him his life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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-"Change Capital of the World" - About The Show
Based in Trinidad, Colorado, this six-part series follows patients as they arrive in this Old West mining town-dubbed the 'Sex Change Capital of the World'-to see Dr. Marci Bowers, formerly Mark Bowers, who'll provide them with the ultimate life-changing operation. From retired grandfathers to construction workers, businessman to office managers, each shares their unique story of how they came to terms with their sexuality.
http://www.wetv.com/sex-change-hospital/
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-Stocks Fall Sharply in Europe and Asia
PARIS - Stocks tumbled Monday in Europe and Asia, and oil fell below $90 for the first time since February as fears grew that the financial crisis is spreading to the world economy.
-European markets slid at the opening, a day after governments were left scrambling to prevent the collapse of two lenders, Hypo Real Estate in Germany, and the Belgian operations of Fortis. The German government also said Sunday that it would guarantee all private bank deposits as it sought to avert the spread of the financial contagion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/business/07markets.html?hp
-Financial Crises Spread in Europe
European nations scrambled further Monday to prevent a growing credit crisis from bringing down major banks and alarming savers as Sweden followed Germany, Austria and Denmark in offering new protections for bank deposits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/business/07euro.html?hp
-Editorial: The Supreme Court's New Term
The Supreme Court begins its term on Monday, and the indications so far are that it could be a quiet year. There will be at least a few high-profile cases, on issues ranging from obscenity to church-state separation, but the swing vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy is likely to keep the court on a generally centrist path. The real excitement this fall is occurring on the outside - in a presidential race that could shape the court for years to come.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06mon1.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist: Health Care Destruction
Sarah Palin ended her debate performance last Thursday with a slightly garbled quote from Ronald Reagan about how, if we aren't vigilant, we'll end up "telling our children and our children's children" about the days when America was free. It was a revealing choice. You see, when Reagan said this he wasn't warning about Soviet aggression. He was warning against legislation that would guarantee health care for older Americans - the program now known as Medicare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06krugman.html?ref=opinion
-Editorial: Detroit Got Its Bailout
While the White House and Congress have been embroiled in negotiations over the $700 billion bailout of the nation's bedraggled banks, another bailout of sorts passed Congress just under the radar: $25 billion in subsidized loans for Detroit's bedraggled automakers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06mon2.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist: Kiplin' vs. Palin
Repeat after me: pigs can't fly. Repeat after me: if you don't work you die.
Repeat after me: fire will certainly burn. As it happens - life's ironies - I was reading Kipling after watching the vice-presidential debate, or more precisely Sarah Palin, the winking "Main-Streeter" from Wasilla. And the words of hers that rang in my ears were: "One thing that Americans do at this time, also, though, is let's commit ourselves just everyday American people, Joe Six Pack, hockey moms across the nation, I think we need to band together and say 'Never Again.' Never will we be exploited and taken advantage of again by those managing our money and loaning us these dollars."
Huh?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06cohen.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
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-Trust Is 'A Two-Way Street'
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki spoke with Newsweek-The Post's Lally Weymouth in New York last week about U.S.-Iranian relations. Excerpts:
Q. Do you believe there will be an Israeli or an American attack on your nuclear facilities?
A. No.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501252.html
-Earth Aboil
A new study raises the imperative to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. SO MUCH carbon was released around the world from burning fossil fuels in 2007 that it could lead to a sweltering 11-degree Fahrenheit increase in the Earth's temperature by the end of the century, according to data recently unveiled by the Global Carbon Project. To put it more starkly, the relentless buildup of carbon emissions in the atmosphere is outpacing the worst-case scenario outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501847.html
-Registration Gains Favor Democrats
Voter Rolls Swelling in Key States
As the deadline for voter registration arrives today in many states, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is poised to benefit from a wave of newcomers to the rolls in key states in numbers that far outweigh any gains made by Republicans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502524.html?hpid=topnews
-A Pal Around McCain
"There's no question that we have to change the subject here," a senior Republican operative told The Post's Michael D. Shear in a story published Saturday. The "subject" in question is the economy and how to fix it. As Americans have taken their eye off the ball -- that is, off John McCain's sterling qualities of character and command -- by focusing on the economy, Barack Obama has surged into the lead nationally and in many key battleground states.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501816.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
-Analysis: Palin's words may backfire on McCain
By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500711.html?hpid=sec-politics
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-Why This 'Credit Crisis' Hits Everyone
The past few weeks have rattled financial markets around the globe and shaken investors deeply. Amidst all the turmoil, Congress passed a $700 billion bailout bill last week aimed at restoring confidence in the financial system. The stock market has grabbed the headlines, but it is the reeling credit markets that will get the most government attention in its bailout efforts. Understanding the problems in the credit markets can help you get a better handle on what is driving the current financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122316380777805279.html
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Sun-Sentinel
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-Issues such as immigration, economy have Hispanic evangelical voters facing dilemma
Group tends to vote Republican, but many may be up for grabs They lean right on abortion and marriage, left on immigration and the economy. This election season, Hispanic evangelical voters are caught in a moral tug of war that has their Republican loyalties slipping, religious leaders say.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbevangelicals1006pnoct06,0,7377116.story
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Miami Herald
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-Supreme Court is next to go
I really hate to bring it up. We already have two branches of our national government in full-scale meltdown. The president looks like a guy pleading before the parole board for early release. The Congress makes ''dysfunctional'' sound like a compliment. But there is the third branch also in dire need of a rescue operation. Oyez, oyez, or should I say oy vey. I give you the Supreme Court.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/714558.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Obama allies warn McCain camp to back off attacks
Barack Obama's allies warn that John McCain's attacks on the Democrat's character will lead to the political equivalent of mutual assured destruction: Fire your big weapon at your own peril. Several Obama surrogates said his supporters may start reminding voters of McCain's ties to Charles Keating, a convicted savings and loan owner whose actions two decades ago triggered a Senate ethics investigation that involved McCain as one of the "Keating Five."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-flacampaignwatch1006sboct06,0,6314833.story
-Obama's grass-roots battalion vs. McCain's ragtag platoon
In Wisconsin's blue-collar Paper Valley, the Democrats are banking on an outpouring of volunteers while the Republicans are left with fear itself. Mid-morning Saturday, the Republican headquarters here in the fiercelycontested northeast corner of Wisconsin reflected the somnolent air of the half-empty indoor mall in which it was located. A few Republican stalwarts wandered by to pick up McCain-Palin lawn signs and other GOP campaign paraphernalia. A signboard on the wall announced the target of "878 Doors" on which to knock, but it was evident that most of the canvassing -- the lifeblood of grass-roots organizing and get-out-the-vote drives -- would be done by pairs of high-school students too young to vote.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/06/wisconsin/
-No rescue in sight for what ails economy
Even if the financial bailout works, the economy faces troubles too pervasive and entrenched to be solved any time soon, analysts say. While Americans have spent the last month transfixed by the spectacle of one financial giant after another crashing to the ground, the rest of the U.S. economy has been sinking in the muck. By now, the process is so far advanced that, even after passage of the Bush administration's $700-billion financial rescue plan Friday, the nation's economic options span the unappealing gamut from bad to worse.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-econ5-2008oct05,0,1584494.story?track=rss
-Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate
Format Is Seen As McCain Forte
In one of the most beautiful spots on the globe, Sen. John McCain spent much of Saturday holed up in a dark hotel conference room, engaged in intense debate preparation. At the end of it, the GOP nominee told his aides that was crazy, and so Sunday's first round of debate prep was held outside, near the creek by his house in the scenic Arizona desert.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502356.html
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precinct114r@yahoo.com
A non-profit organization has offered a $100,000 reward to anyone who can supply information tying Republican strategist Karl Rove and computer expert Michael Connell to illegally manipulated elections, according to a Friday press release. The group is called Velvet Revolution and is looking for evidence of criminal activity and Connell's relationship with Rove. Citing testimony from another technology expert named Stephen Spoonamore, Velvet Revolution accuses the Republican Party of rigging elections for years by using Connell to exploit electronic voting systems. [...] Connell ran the Florida Government computer network during the presidential election of 2000 and the Ohio Secretary of State election computers during the presidential election of 2004.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Nonprofit_offers_100k_reward_for_info_1003.html
-On October 4, The New York Times published a 2,140-word front-page article about Sen. Barack Obama's association with former Weather Underground member William Ayers -- at least the 18th Times article this year mentioning that association. But the Times has yet to mention, let alone devote an entire article to, Sen. John McCain's relationship with radio host and convicted Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy. [...] Liddy has donated $5,000 to McCain's campaigns since 1998, including $1,000 in February 2008. In addition, McCain has appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. An online video labeled "John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07" includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an "old friend." During the segment, McCain praised Liddy's "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great," said he was "proud" of Liddy, and said that "it's always a pleasure for me to come on your program."
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-Stocks Fall Sharply in Europe and Asia
PARIS - Stocks tumbled Monday in Europe and Asia, and oil fell below $90 for the first time since February as fears grew that the financial crisis is spreading to the world economy.
-European markets slid at the opening, a day after governments were left scrambling to prevent the collapse of two lenders, Hypo Real Estate in Germany, and the Belgian operations of Fortis. The German government also said Sunday that it would guarantee all private bank deposits as it sought to avert the spread of the financial contagion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/business/07markets.html?hp
-Financial Crises Spread in Europe
European nations scrambled further Monday to prevent a growing credit crisis from bringing down major banks and alarming savers as Sweden followed Germany, Austria and Denmark in offering new protections for bank deposits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/business/07euro.html?hp
-Editorial: The Supreme Court's New Term
The Supreme Court begins its term on Monday, and the indications so far are that it could be a quiet year. There will be at least a few high-profile cases, on issues ranging from obscenity to church-state separation, but the swing vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy is likely to keep the court on a generally centrist path. The real excitement this fall is occurring on the outside - in a presidential race that could shape the court for years to come.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06mon1.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist: Health Care Destruction
Sarah Palin ended her debate performance last Thursday with a slightly garbled quote from Ronald Reagan about how, if we aren't vigilant, we'll end up "telling our children and our children's children" about the days when America was free. It was a revealing choice. You see, when Reagan said this he wasn't warning about Soviet aggression. He was warning against legislation that would guarantee health care for older Americans - the program now known as Medicare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06krugman.html?ref=opinion
-Editorial: Detroit Got Its Bailout
While the White House and Congress have been embroiled in negotiations over the $700 billion bailout of the nation's bedraggled banks, another bailout of sorts passed Congress just under the radar: $25 billion in subsidized loans for Detroit's bedraggled automakers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06mon2.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist: Kiplin' vs. Palin
Repeat after me: pigs can't fly. Repeat after me: if you don't work you die.
Repeat after me: fire will certainly burn. As it happens - life's ironies - I was reading Kipling after watching the vice-presidential debate, or more precisely Sarah Palin, the winking "Main-Streeter" from Wasilla. And the words of hers that rang in my ears were: "One thing that Americans do at this time, also, though, is let's commit ourselves just everyday American people, Joe Six Pack, hockey moms across the nation, I think we need to band together and say 'Never Again.' Never will we be exploited and taken advantage of again by those managing our money and loaning us these dollars."
Huh?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06cohen.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Trust Is 'A Two-Way Street'
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki spoke with Newsweek-The Post's Lally Weymouth in New York last week about U.S.-Iranian relations. Excerpts:
Q. Do you believe there will be an Israeli or an American attack on your nuclear facilities?
A. No.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501252.html
-Earth Aboil
A new study raises the imperative to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. SO MUCH carbon was released around the world from burning fossil fuels in 2007 that it could lead to a sweltering 11-degree Fahrenheit increase in the Earth's temperature by the end of the century, according to data recently unveiled by the Global Carbon Project. To put it more starkly, the relentless buildup of carbon emissions in the atmosphere is outpacing the worst-case scenario outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501847.html
-Registration Gains Favor Democrats
Voter Rolls Swelling in Key States
As the deadline for voter registration arrives today in many states, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is poised to benefit from a wave of newcomers to the rolls in key states in numbers that far outweigh any gains made by Republicans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502524.html?hpid=topnews
-A Pal Around McCain
"There's no question that we have to change the subject here," a senior Republican operative told The Post's Michael D. Shear in a story published Saturday. The "subject" in question is the economy and how to fix it. As Americans have taken their eye off the ball -- that is, off John McCain's sterling qualities of character and command -- by focusing on the economy, Barack Obama has surged into the lead nationally and in many key battleground states.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501816.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
-Analysis: Palin's words may backfire on McCain
By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500711.html?hpid=sec-politics
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http://online.wsj.com/
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-Why This 'Credit Crisis' Hits Everyone
The past few weeks have rattled financial markets around the globe and shaken investors deeply. Amidst all the turmoil, Congress passed a $700 billion bailout bill last week aimed at restoring confidence in the financial system. The stock market has grabbed the headlines, but it is the reeling credit markets that will get the most government attention in its bailout efforts. Understanding the problems in the credit markets can help you get a better handle on what is driving the current financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122316380777805279.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Issues such as immigration, economy have Hispanic evangelical voters facing dilemma
Group tends to vote Republican, but many may be up for grabs They lean right on abortion and marriage, left on immigration and the economy. This election season, Hispanic evangelical voters are caught in a moral tug of war that has their Republican loyalties slipping, religious leaders say.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbevangelicals1006pnoct06,0,7377116.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Supreme Court is next to go
I really hate to bring it up. We already have two branches of our national government in full-scale meltdown. The president looks like a guy pleading before the parole board for early release. The Congress makes ''dysfunctional'' sound like a compliment. But there is the third branch also in dire need of a rescue operation. Oyez, oyez, or should I say oy vey. I give you the Supreme Court.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/714558.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Obama allies warn McCain camp to back off attacks
Barack Obama's allies warn that John McCain's attacks on the Democrat's character will lead to the political equivalent of mutual assured destruction: Fire your big weapon at your own peril. Several Obama surrogates said his supporters may start reminding voters of McCain's ties to Charles Keating, a convicted savings and loan owner whose actions two decades ago triggered a Senate ethics investigation that involved McCain as one of the "Keating Five."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-flacampaignwatch1006sboct06,0,6314833.story
-Obama's grass-roots battalion vs. McCain's ragtag platoon
In Wisconsin's blue-collar Paper Valley, the Democrats are banking on an outpouring of volunteers while the Republicans are left with fear itself. Mid-morning Saturday, the Republican headquarters here in the fiercelycontested northeast corner of Wisconsin reflected the somnolent air of the half-empty indoor mall in which it was located. A few Republican stalwarts wandered by to pick up McCain-Palin lawn signs and other GOP campaign paraphernalia. A signboard on the wall announced the target of "878 Doors" on which to knock, but it was evident that most of the canvassing -- the lifeblood of grass-roots organizing and get-out-the-vote drives -- would be done by pairs of high-school students too young to vote.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/06/wisconsin/
-No rescue in sight for what ails economy
Even if the financial bailout works, the economy faces troubles too pervasive and entrenched to be solved any time soon, analysts say. While Americans have spent the last month transfixed by the spectacle of one financial giant after another crashing to the ground, the rest of the U.S. economy has been sinking in the muck. By now, the process is so far advanced that, even after passage of the Bush administration's $700-billion financial rescue plan Friday, the nation's economic options span the unappealing gamut from bad to worse.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-econ5-2008oct05,0,1584494.story?track=rss
-Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate
Format Is Seen As McCain Forte
In one of the most beautiful spots on the globe, Sen. John McCain spent much of Saturday holed up in a dark hotel conference room, engaged in intense debate preparation. At the end of it, the GOP nominee told his aides that was crazy, and so Sunday's first round of debate prep was held outside, near the creek by his house in the scenic Arizona desert.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502356.html
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precinct114r@yahoo.com
A non-profit organization has offered a $100,000 reward to anyone who can supply information tying Republican strategist Karl Rove and computer expert Michael Connell to illegally manipulated elections, according to a Friday press release. The group is called Velvet Revolution and is looking for evidence of criminal activity and Connell's relationship with Rove. Citing testimony from another technology expert named Stephen Spoonamore, Velvet Revolution accuses the Republican Party of rigging elections for years by using Connell to exploit electronic voting systems. [...] Connell ran the Florida Government computer network during the presidential election of 2000 and the Ohio Secretary of State election computers during the presidential election of 2004.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Nonprofit_offers_100k_reward_for_info_1003.html
-On October 4, The New York Times published a 2,140-word front-page article about Sen. Barack Obama's association with former Weather Underground member William Ayers -- at least the 18th Times article this year mentioning that association. But the Times has yet to mention, let alone devote an entire article to, Sen. John McCain's relationship with radio host and convicted Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy. [...] Liddy has donated $5,000 to McCain's campaigns since 1998, including $1,000 in February 2008. In addition, McCain has appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. An online video labeled "John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07" includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an "old friend." During the segment, McCain praised Liddy's "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great," said he was "proud" of Liddy, and said that "it's always a pleasure for me to come on your program."
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FLORIDA DIGEST - October 06, 2008
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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
-Issues such as immigration, economy have Hispanic evangelical voters facing dilemma
Group tends to vote Republican, but many may be up for grabs
They lean right on abortion and marriage, left on immigration and the economy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbevangelicals1006pnoct06,0,7377116.story
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OBAMA/McCAIN DEBATE WATCH PARTY!!!!
Tuesday October 7, 2008
GLBT Get Out the Vote Center
2040B N. Dixie Highway (entrance in rear)
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
954-630-VOTE (8683)
Doors Open at 8:30 pm-Debate at 9:00 pm
Bring Your Own Snack and Drink
No Charge for Party!!!!! Cups, Plates, Ice, etc., Provided
Come Early and Watch the Pre-Debate Pundits!
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LGBT Miami Beach Obama Fundraising Event
Benefitting the Obama Victory Fund
Special Guest Speaker Daniel O'Donnell
..Assemblymember from New York's 69th District
..The first openly gay man elected to the New York State Assembly in 2002
..Driving force and prime sponsor of the Marriage Equality Act granting gay and lesbian couples the right to marry.
Saturday, October 11 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Home of Ed Pascoe
185 S. Hibiscus Drive, Hibiscus Island , Miami Beach , FL 33139
Donation of $50 to Obama Victory Fund is required; a solicitation will be made.
Donations will be accepted at the door.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR $50 DONATION ONLINE, IF YOU CAN at
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxtft
Please RSVP & For Questions call: 305-326-0060 x 102 or email:
ed@pascoeandcompany.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CONGRESSMAN RON KLEIN
Come watch and support Congressman Ron Klein debate Allen West
Monday Oct. 6 th at 6: 30pm (Debate starts at 7:30)
Coral Springs Center for the Arts
2855 Coral Springs Drive, Pompano Beach
Please RSVP to Ed at ERussell@RonKleinforCongress.com
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You are invited!
Please join your fellow South Florida Democrats on the evening of Tuesday, October 7, (doors open at 7:30 PM) when we will gather to watch the Vice Presidential Debate on the BIG Movie Screen in the air conditioned clubhouse at Cocowood Lakes. There is room for 200 of us, so, get fired-up and bring plenty of your friends to watch the debate with us. Then in future months, please come back for our critically acclaimed Movie Night series. The Cocowood Lakes Clubhouse is located at 6269 El Claire Ranch Road, which is one Light East of Jog Road and 1/2 Block North of Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.
Please RSVP at http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsh4j9
LET'S TURN AMERICA BLUE!!!
Rick Neuhoff
www.RickNeuhoff2008.com
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Voters will have chance to detail Broward County charter on several topics
Broward County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to approve 10 changes to the county charter. They are: Question 1: Should there be a Metropolitan Transit Authority? This would be an advisory board that makes recommendations to the County Commission about public transit operations.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcharter1006sboct06,0,3947410.story
-Sarah Palin expected in Florida today to start rallies in four cities
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin comes to Florida today for what could be her ticket's most crucial presidential campaign trip so far. With Barack Obama leading in several recent state polls and with John McCain pulling out of Michigan, Palin is being dispatched to raise money and shore up support among Republican loyalists during a two-day swing that will cover more than 800 miles and include four public rallies.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/nationworld/sfl-flapalininfla1006sboct06,0,7798192.story
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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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
-Issues such as immigration, economy have Hispanic evangelical voters facing dilemma
Group tends to vote Republican, but many may be up for grabs
They lean right on abortion and marriage, left on immigration and the economy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbevangelicals1006pnoct06,0,7377116.story
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OBAMA/McCAIN DEBATE WATCH PARTY!!!!
Tuesday October 7, 2008
GLBT Get Out the Vote Center
2040B N. Dixie Highway (entrance in rear)
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
954-630-VOTE (8683)
Doors Open at 8:30 pm-Debate at 9:00 pm
Bring Your Own Snack and Drink
No Charge for Party!!!!! Cups, Plates, Ice, etc., Provided
Come Early and Watch the Pre-Debate Pundits!
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LGBT Miami Beach Obama Fundraising Event
Benefitting the Obama Victory Fund
Special Guest Speaker Daniel O'Donnell
..Assemblymember from New York's 69th District
..The first openly gay man elected to the New York State Assembly in 2002
..Driving force and prime sponsor of the Marriage Equality Act granting gay and lesbian couples the right to marry.
Saturday, October 11 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Home of Ed Pascoe
185 S. Hibiscus Drive, Hibiscus Island , Miami Beach , FL 33139
Donation of $50 to Obama Victory Fund is required; a solicitation will be made.
Donations will be accepted at the door.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR $50 DONATION ONLINE, IF YOU CAN at
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxtft
Please RSVP & For Questions call: 305-326-0060 x 102 or email:
ed@pascoeandcompany.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CONGRESSMAN RON KLEIN
Come watch and support Congressman Ron Klein debate Allen West
Monday Oct. 6 th at 6: 30pm (Debate starts at 7:30)
Coral Springs Center for the Arts
2855 Coral Springs Drive, Pompano Beach
Please RSVP to Ed at ERussell@RonKleinforCongress.com
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You are invited!
Please join your fellow South Florida Democrats on the evening of Tuesday, October 7, (doors open at 7:30 PM) when we will gather to watch the Vice Presidential Debate on the BIG Movie Screen in the air conditioned clubhouse at Cocowood Lakes. There is room for 200 of us, so, get fired-up and bring plenty of your friends to watch the debate with us. Then in future months, please come back for our critically acclaimed Movie Night series. The Cocowood Lakes Clubhouse is located at 6269 El Claire Ranch Road, which is one Light East of Jog Road and 1/2 Block North of Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.
Please RSVP at http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsh4j9
LET'S TURN AMERICA BLUE!!!
Rick Neuhoff
www.RickNeuhoff2008.com
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Voters will have chance to detail Broward County charter on several topics
Broward County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to approve 10 changes to the county charter. They are: Question 1: Should there be a Metropolitan Transit Authority? This would be an advisory board that makes recommendations to the County Commission about public transit operations.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcharter1006sboct06,0,3947410.story
-Sarah Palin expected in Florida today to start rallies in four cities
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin comes to Florida today for what could be her ticket's most crucial presidential campaign trip so far. With Barack Obama leading in several recent state polls and with John McCain pulling out of Michigan, Palin is being dispatched to raise money and shore up support among Republican loyalists during a two-day swing that will cover more than 800 miles and include four public rallies.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/nationworld/sfl-flapalininfla1006sboct06,0,7798192.story
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
GLBT DIGEST - October 05, 2008
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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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
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-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
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-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
Go to this link for the following articles:
-'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/
Go to this link for the following articles:
-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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Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article:
-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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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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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
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-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
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-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
Go to this link for the following articles:
-'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/
Go to this link for the following articles:
-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/
Go to this link for the following articles:
-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
Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article:
-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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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Editorial: Meanwhile, in the Economy
After the Senate approved the $700 billion bank bailout, the majority leader, Harry Reid, tried to persuade his colleagues to address another economic calamity before they left town for the long election recess. He urged them to extend unemployment benefits for 800,000 jobless Americans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05sun1.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist
Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain
SARAH PALIN'S post-Couric/Fey comeback at last week's vice presidential debate was a turning point in the campaign. But if she "won," as her indulgent partisans and press claque would have it, the loser was not Joe Biden. It was her running mate. With a month to go, the 2008 election is now an Obama-Palin race - about "the future," as Palin kept saying Thursday night - and the only person who doesn't seem to know it is Mr. Past, poor old John McCain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05rich.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist
Racism Without Racists
One of the fallacies this election season is that if Barack Obama is paying an electoral price for his skin tone, it must be because of racists. On the contrary, the evidence is that Senator Obama is facing what scholars have dubbed "racism without racists."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05kristof.html?ref=opinion
-Despite Ruling, Detainee Cases Facing Delays
When the Supreme Court ruled in June that detainees at Guantánamo had the right to challenge their detention in federal court, the justices said that after more than six years of legal wrangling the prisoners should have their cases heard quickly because "the costs of delay can no longer be borne by those who are held in custody."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05gitmo.html?hp
-Reports Link Karzai's Brother to Heroin Trade
When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004, the local Afghan commander quickly impounded the truck and notified his boss.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?hp
-Many Stark Contrasts as Simpson Is Convicted
By the time O. J. Simpson stood up in court late Friday to hear the spray of guilty verdicts on robbery and kidnapping charges that may send him to prison for the rest of his life, he was already so far removed from the heights of his fame and popularity that an entire generation of young Americans was barely aware that he had ever been a football star.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05simpson.html?hp
-Justices Return to Work, With Less Meaty Docket
Come Election Day, there will almost certainly be cursing at the Supreme Court. The justices are scheduled to hear a case that day concerning dirty words on television, and it will be hard for the advocates in the case to describe its facts without using four-letter words. The appeals court argument, which involves swearing by Cher and Paris Hilton on a prime-time awards show, would have made a sailor blush.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/washington/05scotus.html?hp
-Three Weeks After Ike, a Grim Task of Recovery
Jerrith Baird last spoke to his grandmother by telephone the night Hurricane Ike swept away most of the houses on this narrow spit of land. The grandmother, Jennifer McLemore, 58, who worked at a local hospital, had holed up with her dog in a newly built beach house on stilts. She giggled with nervous fear, as she described to her grandson how three neighboring houses were being carried away in a flood, along with a trailer home she owned.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05missing.html
-New Jersey Grants Rights to Build a Wind Farm About 20 Miles Offshore
Regulators in New Jersey awarded the rights on Friday for construction of a $1 billion offshore wind farm in the southern part of the state to Garden State Offshore Energy. The rights, which include access to as much as $19 million in state grants, is part of New Jersey's Energy Master Plan, which calls for 20 percent of the state's energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. The decision comes on the heels of decisions by Delaware and Rhode Island to allow the installation of offshore wind farms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/nyregion/04wind.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-DYING INSIDE
Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing
The bear is back. That's what all too many Russia-watchers have been saying since Russian troops steamrolled Georgia in August, warning that the country's strongman, Vladimir Putin, was clawing his way back toward superpower status. The new Russia's resurgence has been fueled -- quite literally -- by windfall profits from gas and oil, a big jump in defense spending and the cocky attitude on such display during the mauling of Georgia, its U.S.-backed neighbor to the south. Many now believe that the powerful Russian bear of the Cold War years is coming out of hibernation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301976.html
-GOING FOR BROKE
He Told Us to Go Shopping. Now the Bill Is Due.
It's widely thought that the biggest gamble President Bush ever took was deciding to invade Iraq in 2003. It wasn't. His riskiest move was actually one made right after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when he chose not to mobilize the country or summon his fellow citizens to any wartime economic sacrifice. Bush tried to remake the world on the cheap, and as the bill grew larger, he still refused to ask Americans to pay up. During this past week, that gamble collapsed, leaving the rest of us to sort through the wreckage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301977.html
-No Joint European Strategy On Banks
4 Top Economies Seek World Summit
PARIS, Oct. 4 -- The leaders of Europe's four largest economic powers vowed Saturday to protect their banks from the continuing reverberations of the increasingly global financial crisis but could not agree on a common Europe-wide strategy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100402321.html?hpid=topnews
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Editorial: Meanwhile, in the Economy
After the Senate approved the $700 billion bank bailout, the majority leader, Harry Reid, tried to persuade his colleagues to address another economic calamity before they left town for the long election recess. He urged them to extend unemployment benefits for 800,000 jobless Americans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05sun1.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist
Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain
SARAH PALIN'S post-Couric/Fey comeback at last week's vice presidential debate was a turning point in the campaign. But if she "won," as her indulgent partisans and press claque would have it, the loser was not Joe Biden. It was her running mate. With a month to go, the 2008 election is now an Obama-Palin race - about "the future," as Palin kept saying Thursday night - and the only person who doesn't seem to know it is Mr. Past, poor old John McCain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05rich.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Columnist
Racism Without Racists
One of the fallacies this election season is that if Barack Obama is paying an electoral price for his skin tone, it must be because of racists. On the contrary, the evidence is that Senator Obama is facing what scholars have dubbed "racism without racists."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05kristof.html?ref=opinion
-Despite Ruling, Detainee Cases Facing Delays
When the Supreme Court ruled in June that detainees at Guantánamo had the right to challenge their detention in federal court, the justices said that after more than six years of legal wrangling the prisoners should have their cases heard quickly because "the costs of delay can no longer be borne by those who are held in custody."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05gitmo.html?hp
-Reports Link Karzai's Brother to Heroin Trade
When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004, the local Afghan commander quickly impounded the truck and notified his boss.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?hp
-Many Stark Contrasts as Simpson Is Convicted
By the time O. J. Simpson stood up in court late Friday to hear the spray of guilty verdicts on robbery and kidnapping charges that may send him to prison for the rest of his life, he was already so far removed from the heights of his fame and popularity that an entire generation of young Americans was barely aware that he had ever been a football star.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05simpson.html?hp
-Justices Return to Work, With Less Meaty Docket
Come Election Day, there will almost certainly be cursing at the Supreme Court. The justices are scheduled to hear a case that day concerning dirty words on television, and it will be hard for the advocates in the case to describe its facts without using four-letter words. The appeals court argument, which involves swearing by Cher and Paris Hilton on a prime-time awards show, would have made a sailor blush.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/washington/05scotus.html?hp
-Three Weeks After Ike, a Grim Task of Recovery
Jerrith Baird last spoke to his grandmother by telephone the night Hurricane Ike swept away most of the houses on this narrow spit of land. The grandmother, Jennifer McLemore, 58, who worked at a local hospital, had holed up with her dog in a newly built beach house on stilts. She giggled with nervous fear, as she described to her grandson how three neighboring houses were being carried away in a flood, along with a trailer home she owned.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05missing.html
-New Jersey Grants Rights to Build a Wind Farm About 20 Miles Offshore
Regulators in New Jersey awarded the rights on Friday for construction of a $1 billion offshore wind farm in the southern part of the state to Garden State Offshore Energy. The rights, which include access to as much as $19 million in state grants, is part of New Jersey's Energy Master Plan, which calls for 20 percent of the state's energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. The decision comes on the heels of decisions by Delaware and Rhode Island to allow the installation of offshore wind farms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/nyregion/04wind.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-DYING INSIDE
Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing
The bear is back. That's what all too many Russia-watchers have been saying since Russian troops steamrolled Georgia in August, warning that the country's strongman, Vladimir Putin, was clawing his way back toward superpower status. The new Russia's resurgence has been fueled -- quite literally -- by windfall profits from gas and oil, a big jump in defense spending and the cocky attitude on such display during the mauling of Georgia, its U.S.-backed neighbor to the south. Many now believe that the powerful Russian bear of the Cold War years is coming out of hibernation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301976.html
-GOING FOR BROKE
He Told Us to Go Shopping. Now the Bill Is Due.
It's widely thought that the biggest gamble President Bush ever took was deciding to invade Iraq in 2003. It wasn't. His riskiest move was actually one made right after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when he chose not to mobilize the country or summon his fellow citizens to any wartime economic sacrifice. Bush tried to remake the world on the cheap, and as the bill grew larger, he still refused to ask Americans to pay up. During this past week, that gamble collapsed, leaving the rest of us to sort through the wreckage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301977.html
-No Joint European Strategy On Banks
4 Top Economies Seek World Summit
PARIS, Oct. 4 -- The leaders of Europe's four largest economic powers vowed Saturday to protect their banks from the continuing reverberations of the increasingly global financial crisis but could not agree on a common Europe-wide strategy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100402321.html?hpid=topnews
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FLORIDA DIGEST - October 05, 2008
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-Proposed hotel on Fort Lauderdale beach upsets neighbors
On a patch of land on the city's barrier island, a developer wants to replace a small three-story apartment building with a 17-story, 154-room moderately priced hotel. The plan has some neighbors up in arms. City commissioners will decide the fate of the proposed Cortez Hotel on Tuesday. The city's Planning and Zoning Board rejected it by a 5-4 vote in July.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbhotel1005sboct05,0,6842459.story
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Scott Newton for Wilton Manors Campaign
A Pool Side Barbecue for the Re-Election Of Wilton Manors Mayor Scott Newton
Oct. 18, 2008
SATURDAY
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
At the Home of Chuck Williams
609 NW 28 Street
Wilton Manors
RSVP: CHUCK 954-567-1566 or ArtsUnited1@aol.com
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~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Proposed hotel on Fort Lauderdale beach upsets neighbors
On a patch of land on the city's barrier island, a developer wants to replace a small three-story apartment building with a 17-story, 154-room moderately priced hotel. The plan has some neighbors up in arms. City commissioners will decide the fate of the proposed Cortez Hotel on Tuesday. The city's Planning and Zoning Board rejected it by a 5-4 vote in July.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbhotel1005sboct05,0,6842459.story
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Scott Newton for Wilton Manors Campaign
A Pool Side Barbecue for the Re-Election Of Wilton Manors Mayor Scott Newton
Oct. 18, 2008
SATURDAY
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
At the Home of Chuck Williams
609 NW 28 Street
Wilton Manors
RSVP: CHUCK 954-567-1566 or ArtsUnited1@aol.com
Please bring a friend or neighbor.
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