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Full State-by-State Results
Detailed results, county-by-county maps and the delegate selection process.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/votes/index.html
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Campaign Tallies of the Superdelegates
Counts based on lists from the Democrats' campaigns showing whom thesuperdelegates are supporting.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/superdelegates/index.html
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Easily Overlooked Lesions Tied to Colon Cancer
A hard-to-find abnormality in the colon is more common than previouslythought, researchers say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/health/research/05cancer.html?hp
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Colombia Is Flashpoint in Chávez's Feud With U.S.
A three-country dispute highlights the fact that Colombia is increasinglyseen in Venezuela as an American proxy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/world/americas/05venez.html?hp
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Can Students Be Paid to Excel?
Many schools in New York City are experimenting with monetary incentives topromote learning.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/nyregion/05incentive.html?hp
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Abbas Says Peace Talks Will Resume
The Palestinian president backed off a threat to boycott negotiations untilIsrael reaches a truce with Hamas militants in Gaza.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-US-Mideast.html?hp
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Arizona Weighs Bill to Allow Guns on Campuses
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/us/05guns.html
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With McCain Atop Ticket, Talk Shifts to Spot No. 2
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/us/politics/05veep.html
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Silence on Armenia
We in Armenia have been trying to understand the roots of the West'sindifference to the rape of our democracy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402329.html
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The Force of Gender
If Hillary Clinton doesn't win the nomination, her gender won't be herundoing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402333.html
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The GOP's Dream Candidate
Hillary Clinton is politically doomed -- and incapable of admitting she isdoomed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402331.html
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Help the Good Guys in the West Bank
The U.S.should work to strengthen the moderate Palestinian opponents ofHamas.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402332.html
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A Costly Battle on Two Fronts
Obama campaign faces protracted, two-front war against Clinton and GOP'sMcCain.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030403392.html?hpid=topnews
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Clinton hints at sharing ticket
Hillary Rodham Clinton hinted at the possibility of sharing the Democraticpresidential ticket with Barack Obama, but said voters still have to decidethe party nominee. .... Asked on CBS' The Early Show whether she and Obamashould be on the same ticket, Clinton said: ``That may be where this isheaded, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I thinkthe people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me.''
http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/444748.html
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Good-natured Huckabee reaches end of the road
Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republicanpresidential race.
http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/444509.html
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Report details black women's challenges
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/5593661.html
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Analysis: McCain brings challenges for GOP
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5592895.html
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Step by Step, Bush and Fed Move on Mortgage Rescue
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/business/05housing.html?ex=1205384400&en=6b57d4249ecfb750&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
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FLORIDA DIGEST March 05, 2008
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Broward County: Diversity performance troupe is in need of performers
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DESPITE CRIST OPTIMISM, LEGISLATORS REMAIN DOUR
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist helped open the annual legislative sessionTuesday by offering an optimistic agenda for Florida, despite "extraordinaryeconomic times" that are blowing holes in the state budget.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD04POL030508.htm
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Democrats in Legislature blame economy on GOP
Florida Democrats kicked off the legislative session by attackingRepublicans over the bad economy, not considering some tax increases andslashing the budget.
http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/444458.html
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Florida mulls slavery apology
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/05/State/Florida_mulls_slavery.shtml
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Pedophiles:A fitting punishment
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030508/opi_253682109.shtml
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Legislator proposes abolishing state university system's governing board
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-bog0304,0,3546060.story
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Broward County: Diversity performance troupe is in need of performers
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DESPITE CRIST OPTIMISM, LEGISLATORS REMAIN DOUR
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist helped open the annual legislative sessionTuesday by offering an optimistic agenda for Florida, despite "extraordinaryeconomic times" that are blowing holes in the state budget.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD04POL030508.htm
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Democrats in Legislature blame economy on GOP
Florida Democrats kicked off the legislative session by attackingRepublicans over the bad economy, not considering some tax increases andslashing the budget.
http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/444458.html
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Florida mulls slavery apology
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/05/State/Florida_mulls_slavery.shtml
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Pedophiles:A fitting punishment
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030508/opi_253682109.shtml
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Legislator proposes abolishing state university system's governing board
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GLBT DIGEST March 4, 2008
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Four years after San Francisco ignited passionate embraces and heatednational debate by briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top courthears arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited to aman and a woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-rights-california-gays.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Unexpected Soap Protest Favors Gay Kiss
NEW YORK (AP) -- The love affair between two young men on the venerable CBSsoap opera ''As the World Turns'' has triggered a protest campaign by angryviewers. It's just not the sort of protest you'd expect.
Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer are baffledabout why the two characters haven't kissed on-screen since September,wondering whether it's a sign of squeamishness by CBS or show sponsorsProcter & Gamble Co.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-AP-on-TV-Missing-Kisses.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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"American Idol" contestant David Hernandez once entertained audiences byremoving his clothes instead of singing tunes, a manager at a male stripclub in Phoenix told The Associated Press. The 24-year-old finalist fromGlendale, Ariz., once worked as a stripper at Dick's Cabaret, appearingfully nude and performing lap dances for the club's "mostly male" clientele,club manager Gordy Bryan said Monday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030400387.html
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Transexual teen has faith in self, others
Ralph De La Cruz
The night I heard that a cross-dressing teen had been shot and killed onSistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, I immediately thought of WillieLitersky.
I had interviewed Willie, another cross-dressing teen, for a column aboutthe challenges that gay and transgender kids face.
I had been so impressed with Willie's courage and self-confidence that Iwrote, "When I grow up, I want to be like Willie."
That was 18 months ago. When he was 15. When Willie was still Willie.
Monday, Willie turned 17, the same age as murder victim Simmie Williams Jr.And Willie is now Niki.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-ralph04sbmar04,0,5435329,print.column
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Study: Spanking Affects Adult Sex Lives
New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert saysspanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Strausconcludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coercepartners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sns-ap-spanking-study,0,6275865.story
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Gay Marriage Attracting Skilled Workers To Mass.
(Boston, Massachusetts) Massachusetts is reaping huge financial gains as aresult of same-sex marriage.
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Gay Paris Mayor Mulling Presidency
(Paris) Bertrand Delanoe appears headed for easy re-election in next week'smunicipal vote but he already is being courted by his Socialist Party to runfor the presidency in the next general election.
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Nova Scotia Liberals Call For Government To Fund Sex Change Operations
Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nova Scotia Liberals have passed a resolution callingfor the province to pay for sex-change operations.
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Anti-Quran Film To Show In Netherlands
(The Hague) Protesters already have torched Dutch flags in Afghanistan aheadof a new Dutch film portraying Islam's holy book as a "fascist" text thatincites violence and preaches the oppression of women and gays.
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Poll: Iowa Supports Civil Unions But No Gay Marriage
(Des Moines, Iowa) The majority of Iowa voters support restricting marriageto opposite-sex couples but at the same time are divided on a constitutionalamendment to put that in place, and most believe same-sex couples shouldhave the right to have civil unions a new poll shows.
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California Gay Couples Hopeful For June Weddings
(San Francisco, California) Same-sex marriage is at the top of the docketwith the California Supreme Court resumes on Tuesday. If the court rulesfor gay and lesbian couples challenging the state California could be thesecond area in the US where same-sex marriage is legal.
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Obama In Damage Control After Canadian NAFTA Report
(San Antonio, Texas) Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser says thatCanadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his privatediscussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by TheAssociated Press.
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HIV Breakthrough:
Researchers Identify Protein That Fights Immunodeficiency
A Canada-U.S. research team has solved a major genetic mystery: How aprotein in some people's DNA guards them against killer immune diseases suchas HIV. In an advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the scientistsexplain how the protein, FOX03a, shields against viral attacks and how thediscovery will help in the development of a HIV vaccine.
"HIV infection is characterised by the slow demise of T-cells, in particularcentral memory cells, which can mediate lifelong protection against viruses," said lead researcher Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, a Université deMontréal professor and a researcher at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and the French Institut national de la santé et de la recherchemédicale (Inserm).
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Gays and Lesbians Urged to Kick the Habit
Smoking rates among the gay and lesbian community in the UK aresignificantly higher than the general population, and this No Smoking Day weare being urged to give up the fags for good.
Around 40% of gays and lesbians smoke, as opposed to 23% of men and 24% ofwomen in general population.
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A Proud Father of a Gay Son
Full disclosure: I'm the proud father of a gay son. And I'm not the onlyone. Our prime minister, Ehud Olmert, is the proud father of a gaydaughter - a daughter who has become a symbol, the pride of the community,for being an open lesbian and a brave fighter for equal rights for thehomosexual community.
And because I know, from personal acquaintance, that Ehud Olmert is a warmand loving father, I am angry at his thundering silence in light of thenonsense and incitement against the homosexual community by several leadersof Shas.
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Drunk Teens Spoil Mardis Gras
Drunk teenagers marred an otherwise well-behaved Mardi Gras in Sydney onSaturday night, police say.
Tens of thousands of people watched 10,000 participants in the 30th SydneyGay and Lesbian Mardi Gras sing and dance their way along Oxford Street lastnight for the annual celebration of gay rights.
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Sexual Orientation a Factor in Violence
Gays, lesbians and bisexuals reported higher rates of victimization byviolence than heterosexuals in 2004 - including sexual assault, robbery andphysical assault.
The Statistics Canada study examined victimization rates, perceptions ofdiscrimination, fear of crime and attitudes toward the justice system amonggays, lesbians and bisexuals.
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Not Single, Not Married: State Supreme Court to Consider Rights of GayCouples
It has taken four years, but the fierce conflict over gay marriage hasfinally shifted from its cradle at San Francisco City Hall to the CaliforniaSupreme Court, just a few hundred yards away.
The state's high court on Tuesday will consider three hours of legalargument in a series of cases that challenge California's ban on gaymarriage and a 2000 voter-approved ballot initiative that defines marriageas a union between a man and woman.
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In a controversial 21-7 vote Monday, the Senate passed legislation promptedby Salt Lake City's domestic partner registry program.
After a great deal of reworking, the legislation is expected to allow thecapital city's program to continue, but it would have to change the name.
Lawmakers Monday, though, removed an amendment approved last week tospecifically allow hospital visitation for unmarried partners.
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Basic Rights Oregon executive director Jeana Frazzini said today she was notsurprised to learn that anti-gay interests have filed an initiative torepeal Oregon's domestic partnership law. The initiative was filed lateFriday by State Senator Fred Girod (R-Stayton) and State Rep. Sal Esquivel(R-Medford).
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Students at Andover High are bringing an exhibit featuring photographs ofgay families to their school next week, and inviting the community to cometake a look.
"Love Makes A Family," a series of photographs of gay parents and theirchildren, has traveled to hundreds of colleges, businesses and some otherhigh schools across the country. The exhibit will be on display all week.On Wednesday night, the school's Gay-Straight All
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Canada: New Brunswick hospitals have agreed to accept same-sex partners asnext of kin following a human rights complaint.
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission said Monday it has reachedagreements with all eight provincial health districts that allows patientsto designate a person to make care decisions on their behalf should theybecome incapacitated.
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Iowa's gay marriage controversy is expected to heat up again Tuesday when aRepublican lawmaker will attempt a rarely-used House rule in an attempt toforce legislative debate on the issue.
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The civil union law gives same-sex couples legal recognition and most statebenefits and responsibilities of marriage.
Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest gay rights group, tallied 1,250partnerships as of Feb. 22. Another 59 couples registered last week in thePortland area, giving the region about two-thirds of the state total.
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Gay.com parent company loses $51m
One of the largest gay media companies in the world has reported a loss of$51.2m (£25.8m) in 2007.
PlanetOut saw sales slide to $53m last year, down from $58.8m in 2006. Thecompany also recorded a $25.9 million charge for "impairment of goodwill andintangible assets" in 2007.
In May 2007 high operating costs and declining sales resulted in aconsiderable first-quarter loss and a resulting slide in share price.
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Sydney celebrates biggest-ever Mardi Gras
More than 300,000 people lined the streets of the Australian city of Sydneyto watch a mile long Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night.
The colourful annual event is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
10,000 marchers in a variety of dazzling costumes, and more than 150 floatsincluding a gay 'pope-mobile,' took part. The parade was led by the'78er's', who staged a 1,500 strong protest march for gay rights in 1978.
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Pope praises US opposition to gay rights
The leader of the Roman Catholic church has welcomed the new United StatesAmbassador to the Vatican with praise for her country's opposition toabortion and gay marriage.
Mary Ann Glendon, a close friend of President Bush, took up her appointmentlast month.
Speaking in English Pope Benedict XVI said that he is "looking forward" tohis five-day trip to the US next month.
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Dutch stand up for gays at UN Human Rights council
The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands today told an international meetingthat gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people deserve equal rights.
Maxime Verhagen made his remarks at the opening session of the UnitedNations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
In a wide-ranging speech he highlighted the rights of "children inUzbekistan picking cotton for long hours for little or no wages" andproposed the EU move to ban on the sale of goods that have been produced"using any form of slavery."
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Lesbian group criticise police in Croatia
A group representing lesbians in Croatia has questioned why only one personhas been prosecuted for attacking last year's Pride parade in the capitalcity of Zagreb.
Last week Josip Situm was convicted of endangering lives and property andordered to undergo psychiatric treatment while behind bars after being foundguilty of a hate crime.
Police spotted him at the Pride event in Zagreb on 7th July 2007 with petrolbombs, but he fled the scene. Ten people were injured when violence brokeout at the gay Pride march in Zagreb.
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Baldwin brothers disagree over gay marriage
Film and TV star Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly about the anti-gaypolitical views of his younger and less well-known brother Stephen.
Stephen is best-known for his roles in the controversial 1994 film Threesomeand 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects.
He became a born-again Christian after the attacks on New York on September11th 2001. During an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show in January hespoke out about same-sex marriage.
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LesbiaNation lists top ten film lesbians
In February, we asked our readers to tell us their favourite hot lesbiancharacters from the silver screen.
Based on your votes, we bring you the LesbiaNation Top Ten Film Lesbians,including Gina Gershon in Bound, Queen Latifah in Set It Off, Erin Kelly inLoving Annabelle and more!
We wanted to know who your top favourite lesbian characters were from themovies. Our readers sent us a plethora of suggestions, which we narroweddown to ten based on the number of requests received.
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The state of homosexuality
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Nepal hasbrought about a significant victory in the ongoingpush for sexual rights. But in allowing the state tobe the final arbiter of these rights, Nepali activistgroups have allowed their own local identities to beoverwritten by globalised notions of sexuality.
http://www.himalmag.com/2008/march/cover_state_of_homosexuality.htm
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Obama has been talking about LGBT Americans in his speeches at criticalmoments in his career---from introducing himself to America at the DNCConvention, to announcing his presidential candidacy, to campaigning inIowa, to his historic speech on Martin Luther King Day, and more recentlywhile campaigning in Beaumont, TX and Nelsonville, OH. He stands up for ourcommunity---making clear that he will not tolerate homophobia or attacks onour community and that he will fight for our rights--in speeches beforemainstream audiences all across the nation; not just in front of gayaudiences; not just when he knows he will get a round of applause, but whenit is sometimes awkward or uncomfortable. That is leadership; that is whywe need to Barack Obama as our next President.
http://www.towleroad.com/2008/02/barack-obama-te.html
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Julian Bond: Gay rights are civil rights
NAACP chair opens 20th LGBT activists' convention
Detroit--"I want to talk about civil rights because I believe gay rights arecivil rights," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, opening the 20th annualCreating Change conference held in the Motor City February 6 to 10.
The conference is the nation's premier lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender training aimed at grassroots activism and organizing. This year,the gathering's sponsors, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, gave it anew name: the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
http://www.gbmnews.com/articles/2850/1/Julian-Bond-Gay-rights-are-civil-rights/Page1.html
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Schools must grow more gay friendly by Deb Price
Kindergartner Jacob Parker brought home a "diversity" book bag that includeda picture book called "Who's in a Family?"
The book shows a variety of families, including a mom-dad family, a familyheaded by a grandmother, an animal family and a family headed by lesbianmoms. "Who's in a family? The people who love you the most!" the book ends.
In the same Massachusetts elementary school, second grader Joey Wirthlinlistened as his teacher read from another picture book, "King & King." Aprince, told by his mother Queen to marry, passes over several princessesbefore falling in love with another prince. The princes kiss on the finalpage, and a red heart is superimposed on their lips.
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Laws should grant the same rights to all of today's families.
Four years ago, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared by fiat thatthe state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, televisioncameras captured for the whole world the images of gay and lesbian couplesinundating the streets outside City Hall. In less than a month, more than4,000 same-sex couples wed there, until the California Supreme Court stoppedthe weddings and later declared the marriages invalid. The court said itwould willingly hear a constitutional challenge brought in a more orderlyfashion.
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Four years after San Francisco ignited passionate embraces and heatednational debate by briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top courthears arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited to aman and a woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-rights-california-gays.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Unexpected Soap Protest Favors Gay Kiss
NEW YORK (AP) -- The love affair between two young men on the venerable CBSsoap opera ''As the World Turns'' has triggered a protest campaign by angryviewers. It's just not the sort of protest you'd expect.
Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer are baffledabout why the two characters haven't kissed on-screen since September,wondering whether it's a sign of squeamishness by CBS or show sponsorsProcter & Gamble Co.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-AP-on-TV-Missing-Kisses.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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"American Idol" contestant David Hernandez once entertained audiences byremoving his clothes instead of singing tunes, a manager at a male stripclub in Phoenix told The Associated Press. The 24-year-old finalist fromGlendale, Ariz., once worked as a stripper at Dick's Cabaret, appearingfully nude and performing lap dances for the club's "mostly male" clientele,club manager Gordy Bryan said Monday.
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Transexual teen has faith in self, others
Ralph De La Cruz
The night I heard that a cross-dressing teen had been shot and killed onSistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, I immediately thought of WillieLitersky.
I had interviewed Willie, another cross-dressing teen, for a column aboutthe challenges that gay and transgender kids face.
I had been so impressed with Willie's courage and self-confidence that Iwrote, "When I grow up, I want to be like Willie."
That was 18 months ago. When he was 15. When Willie was still Willie.
Monday, Willie turned 17, the same age as murder victim Simmie Williams Jr.And Willie is now Niki.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-ralph04sbmar04,0,5435329,print.column
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Study: Spanking Affects Adult Sex Lives
New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert saysspanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Strausconcludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coercepartners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sns-ap-spanking-study,0,6275865.story
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Gay Marriage Attracting Skilled Workers To Mass.
(Boston, Massachusetts) Massachusetts is reaping huge financial gains as aresult of same-sex marriage.
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Gay Paris Mayor Mulling Presidency
(Paris) Bertrand Delanoe appears headed for easy re-election in next week'smunicipal vote but he already is being courted by his Socialist Party to runfor the presidency in the next general election.
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Nova Scotia Liberals Call For Government To Fund Sex Change Operations
Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nova Scotia Liberals have passed a resolution callingfor the province to pay for sex-change operations.
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Anti-Quran Film To Show In Netherlands
(The Hague) Protesters already have torched Dutch flags in Afghanistan aheadof a new Dutch film portraying Islam's holy book as a "fascist" text thatincites violence and preaches the oppression of women and gays.
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Poll: Iowa Supports Civil Unions But No Gay Marriage
(Des Moines, Iowa) The majority of Iowa voters support restricting marriageto opposite-sex couples but at the same time are divided on a constitutionalamendment to put that in place, and most believe same-sex couples shouldhave the right to have civil unions a new poll shows.
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California Gay Couples Hopeful For June Weddings
(San Francisco, California) Same-sex marriage is at the top of the docketwith the California Supreme Court resumes on Tuesday. If the court rulesfor gay and lesbian couples challenging the state California could be thesecond area in the US where same-sex marriage is legal.
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Obama In Damage Control After Canadian NAFTA Report
(San Antonio, Texas) Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser says thatCanadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his privatediscussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by TheAssociated Press.
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HIV Breakthrough:
Researchers Identify Protein That Fights Immunodeficiency
A Canada-U.S. research team has solved a major genetic mystery: How aprotein in some people's DNA guards them against killer immune diseases suchas HIV. In an advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the scientistsexplain how the protein, FOX03a, shields against viral attacks and how thediscovery will help in the development of a HIV vaccine.
"HIV infection is characterised by the slow demise of T-cells, in particularcentral memory cells, which can mediate lifelong protection against viruses," said lead researcher Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, a Université deMontréal professor and a researcher at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and the French Institut national de la santé et de la recherchemédicale (Inserm).
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Gays and Lesbians Urged to Kick the Habit
Smoking rates among the gay and lesbian community in the UK aresignificantly higher than the general population, and this No Smoking Day weare being urged to give up the fags for good.
Around 40% of gays and lesbians smoke, as opposed to 23% of men and 24% ofwomen in general population.
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A Proud Father of a Gay Son
Full disclosure: I'm the proud father of a gay son. And I'm not the onlyone. Our prime minister, Ehud Olmert, is the proud father of a gaydaughter - a daughter who has become a symbol, the pride of the community,for being an open lesbian and a brave fighter for equal rights for thehomosexual community.
And because I know, from personal acquaintance, that Ehud Olmert is a warmand loving father, I am angry at his thundering silence in light of thenonsense and incitement against the homosexual community by several leadersof Shas.
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Drunk Teens Spoil Mardis Gras
Drunk teenagers marred an otherwise well-behaved Mardi Gras in Sydney onSaturday night, police say.
Tens of thousands of people watched 10,000 participants in the 30th SydneyGay and Lesbian Mardi Gras sing and dance their way along Oxford Street lastnight for the annual celebration of gay rights.
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Sexual Orientation a Factor in Violence
Gays, lesbians and bisexuals reported higher rates of victimization byviolence than heterosexuals in 2004 - including sexual assault, robbery andphysical assault.
The Statistics Canada study examined victimization rates, perceptions ofdiscrimination, fear of crime and attitudes toward the justice system amonggays, lesbians and bisexuals.
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Not Single, Not Married: State Supreme Court to Consider Rights of GayCouples
It has taken four years, but the fierce conflict over gay marriage hasfinally shifted from its cradle at San Francisco City Hall to the CaliforniaSupreme Court, just a few hundred yards away.
The state's high court on Tuesday will consider three hours of legalargument in a series of cases that challenge California's ban on gaymarriage and a 2000 voter-approved ballot initiative that defines marriageas a union between a man and woman.
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In a controversial 21-7 vote Monday, the Senate passed legislation promptedby Salt Lake City's domestic partner registry program.
After a great deal of reworking, the legislation is expected to allow thecapital city's program to continue, but it would have to change the name.
Lawmakers Monday, though, removed an amendment approved last week tospecifically allow hospital visitation for unmarried partners.
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Basic Rights Oregon executive director Jeana Frazzini said today she was notsurprised to learn that anti-gay interests have filed an initiative torepeal Oregon's domestic partnership law. The initiative was filed lateFriday by State Senator Fred Girod (R-Stayton) and State Rep. Sal Esquivel(R-Medford).
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Students at Andover High are bringing an exhibit featuring photographs ofgay families to their school next week, and inviting the community to cometake a look.
"Love Makes A Family," a series of photographs of gay parents and theirchildren, has traveled to hundreds of colleges, businesses and some otherhigh schools across the country. The exhibit will be on display all week.On Wednesday night, the school's Gay-Straight All
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Canada: New Brunswick hospitals have agreed to accept same-sex partners asnext of kin following a human rights complaint.
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission said Monday it has reachedagreements with all eight provincial health districts that allows patientsto designate a person to make care decisions on their behalf should theybecome incapacitated.
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Iowa's gay marriage controversy is expected to heat up again Tuesday when aRepublican lawmaker will attempt a rarely-used House rule in an attempt toforce legislative debate on the issue.
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The civil union law gives same-sex couples legal recognition and most statebenefits and responsibilities of marriage.
Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest gay rights group, tallied 1,250partnerships as of Feb. 22. Another 59 couples registered last week in thePortland area, giving the region about two-thirds of the state total.
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Gay.com parent company loses $51m
One of the largest gay media companies in the world has reported a loss of$51.2m (£25.8m) in 2007.
PlanetOut saw sales slide to $53m last year, down from $58.8m in 2006. Thecompany also recorded a $25.9 million charge for "impairment of goodwill andintangible assets" in 2007.
In May 2007 high operating costs and declining sales resulted in aconsiderable first-quarter loss and a resulting slide in share price.
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Sydney celebrates biggest-ever Mardi Gras
More than 300,000 people lined the streets of the Australian city of Sydneyto watch a mile long Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night.
The colourful annual event is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
10,000 marchers in a variety of dazzling costumes, and more than 150 floatsincluding a gay 'pope-mobile,' took part. The parade was led by the'78er's', who staged a 1,500 strong protest march for gay rights in 1978.
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Pope praises US opposition to gay rights
The leader of the Roman Catholic church has welcomed the new United StatesAmbassador to the Vatican with praise for her country's opposition toabortion and gay marriage.
Mary Ann Glendon, a close friend of President Bush, took up her appointmentlast month.
Speaking in English Pope Benedict XVI said that he is "looking forward" tohis five-day trip to the US next month.
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Dutch stand up for gays at UN Human Rights council
The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands today told an international meetingthat gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people deserve equal rights.
Maxime Verhagen made his remarks at the opening session of the UnitedNations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
In a wide-ranging speech he highlighted the rights of "children inUzbekistan picking cotton for long hours for little or no wages" andproposed the EU move to ban on the sale of goods that have been produced"using any form of slavery."
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Lesbian group criticise police in Croatia
A group representing lesbians in Croatia has questioned why only one personhas been prosecuted for attacking last year's Pride parade in the capitalcity of Zagreb.
Last week Josip Situm was convicted of endangering lives and property andordered to undergo psychiatric treatment while behind bars after being foundguilty of a hate crime.
Police spotted him at the Pride event in Zagreb on 7th July 2007 with petrolbombs, but he fled the scene. Ten people were injured when violence brokeout at the gay Pride march in Zagreb.
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Baldwin brothers disagree over gay marriage
Film and TV star Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly about the anti-gaypolitical views of his younger and less well-known brother Stephen.
Stephen is best-known for his roles in the controversial 1994 film Threesomeand 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects.
He became a born-again Christian after the attacks on New York on September11th 2001. During an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show in January hespoke out about same-sex marriage.
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LesbiaNation lists top ten film lesbians
In February, we asked our readers to tell us their favourite hot lesbiancharacters from the silver screen.
Based on your votes, we bring you the LesbiaNation Top Ten Film Lesbians,including Gina Gershon in Bound, Queen Latifah in Set It Off, Erin Kelly inLoving Annabelle and more!
We wanted to know who your top favourite lesbian characters were from themovies. Our readers sent us a plethora of suggestions, which we narroweddown to ten based on the number of requests received.
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The state of homosexuality
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Nepal hasbrought about a significant victory in the ongoingpush for sexual rights. But in allowing the state tobe the final arbiter of these rights, Nepali activistgroups have allowed their own local identities to beoverwritten by globalised notions of sexuality.
http://www.himalmag.com/2008/march/cover_state_of_homosexuality.htm
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Obama has been talking about LGBT Americans in his speeches at criticalmoments in his career---from introducing himself to America at the DNCConvention, to announcing his presidential candidacy, to campaigning inIowa, to his historic speech on Martin Luther King Day, and more recentlywhile campaigning in Beaumont, TX and Nelsonville, OH. He stands up for ourcommunity---making clear that he will not tolerate homophobia or attacks onour community and that he will fight for our rights--in speeches beforemainstream audiences all across the nation; not just in front of gayaudiences; not just when he knows he will get a round of applause, but whenit is sometimes awkward or uncomfortable. That is leadership; that is whywe need to Barack Obama as our next President.
http://www.towleroad.com/2008/02/barack-obama-te.html
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Julian Bond: Gay rights are civil rights
NAACP chair opens 20th LGBT activists' convention
Detroit--"I want to talk about civil rights because I believe gay rights arecivil rights," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, opening the 20th annualCreating Change conference held in the Motor City February 6 to 10.
The conference is the nation's premier lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender training aimed at grassroots activism and organizing. This year,the gathering's sponsors, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, gave it anew name: the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
http://www.gbmnews.com/articles/2850/1/Julian-Bond-Gay-rights-are-civil-rights/Page1.html
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Schools must grow more gay friendly by Deb Price
Kindergartner Jacob Parker brought home a "diversity" book bag that includeda picture book called "Who's in a Family?"
The book shows a variety of families, including a mom-dad family, a familyheaded by a grandmother, an animal family and a family headed by lesbianmoms. "Who's in a family? The people who love you the most!" the book ends.
In the same Massachusetts elementary school, second grader Joey Wirthlinlistened as his teacher read from another picture book, "King & King." Aprince, told by his mother Queen to marry, passes over several princessesbefore falling in love with another prince. The princes kiss on the finalpage, and a red heart is superimposed on their lips.
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Laws should grant the same rights to all of today's families.
Four years ago, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared by fiat thatthe state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, televisioncameras captured for the whole world the images of gay and lesbian couplesinundating the streets outside City Hall. In less than a month, more than4,000 same-sex couples wed there, until the California Supreme Court stoppedthe weddings and later declared the marriages invalid. The court said itwould willingly hear a constitutional challenge brought in a more orderlyfashion.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-polikoff3mar03,0,617562.story
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Violence Leaves Iraqi Youth Doubting Clerics
Many young Iraqis, exhausted by constant exposure to the violence ofreligious extremism after five years of war, say they have growndisillusioned with religious leaders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/middleeast/04youth.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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A Promise of an Easier Night for Interpretation
Though not as complicated as Super Tuesday's returns, there will be noshortage of facts and analysis as results from Tuesday's high stakesprimaries in Texas and Ohio become available.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/politics/04primer.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1204636366-435INtez/qhGcQsD6/SEig
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Mind: When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why
The urge to binge mindlessly, though it can strike at any time, seems tostir in the collective unconscious during the last weeks of winter. Maybe it's the television images from places like Fort Lauderdale and Cabo San Lucas,of communications majors' face planting outside bars or on beaches.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/04mind.html
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Border Insecurity
Only by bringing people onto the books, being realistic about the supply ofvisas, and letting people in through ports of entry will the country restoreorder to the broken system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04tue1.html?ref=opinion
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The $2 Trillion Nightmare
There has been little public conversation about the consequences of thecosts of the Iraq war, which are like a cancer inside the American economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04herbert.html?ref=opinion
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A Defining Moment
On Nov. 10, 2007, Barack Obama unleashed a zealous part of himself that haspropelled his candidacy ever since. His first big subject was belief itself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04brooks.html?ref=opinion
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Confessions on Climate
E.P.A. administrator Stephen Johnson's decision to deny California the rightto set its own emission standards is a blow to those worried about climatechange.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04tue3.html?ref=opinion
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Putin's Mini-Me (or Not?)
The United States cannot pretend that Vladimir Putin and his allies operatefrom democratic intentions. They must push for more open elections andpolitical and journalistic freedoms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04tue2.html?ref=opinion
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Why McCain Would Vote for Obama
John McCain would actually do better against Barack Obama than he wouldagainst Hillary Clinton.
http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/why-mccain-would-vote-for-obama/index.html?ref=opinion
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Another Sobering Call
It is a subtle but pernicious form of racism to turn one's back on what ishappening to young black men.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302629.html
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THE QUESTION of whether individuals should be required or simply encouragedto obtain health insurance sounds like a minor distinction. But thedisagreement between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over anindividual mandate (she wants one, he doesn't) is worth examining.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302634.html
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Virginia: Latinos Looking Over Shoulder
Pr. William Begins Checking Suspects' Immigration Status
Work-van drivers signaled long before their turns to avoid being pulled overfor a traffic violation. Day laborers skipped their early morning coffee at7-Eleven, and merengue tunes played to empty tables at Latino lunch countersacross Prince William County yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030303169.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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The head of the only major Western monitoring group that sent a team toRussia to observe Sunday's presidential election severely criticized theprocess Monday, drawing a furious rebuttal from the country's CentralElection Commission.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030301684.html?hpid=sec-world
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Hagee Endorsement of McCain Has Risks
Endorsed by an influential Texas televangelist, Republican John McCainendeared himself to one group of voters but risked alienating another withthe pastor's anti-Catholic views.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030300313.html?hpid=sec-religion
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More warning signs for economy
Construction, manufacturing plunge
WASHINGTON - Construction spending took its biggest nose dive in 14 yearsand manufacturing activity contracted, fresh trouble signs for a strugglingeconomy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzecon0304sbmar04,0,1459161.story
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No welcome mat for Colombian rebels
Most of the time, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's saber-rattling islittle more than a cry for attention from someone who craves the limelight.
His latest maneuvers, however, show that Mr. Chávez well understands thedanger he has created for his own country by laying out the welcome mat forrebels from neighboring Colombia. A top leader of the FARC guerrillas waskilled last weekend by Colombian forces who found his camp in Ecuador. Mr.Chávez must believe that...
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/443012.html
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Without Fidel -- now what?
F idel leaves, but he stays. The first decision his brother Raúl made asbrand-new president of Cuba was to delegate his powers and consult withFidel on all the important issues. Parliament supported that proposalunanimously. There is a reason why these hapless deputies are known as ''theHavana Choir Boys.'' They form a puerile, pliant and well-tuned choir.
They've been obeying for half a century and know nothing else
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/443022.html
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Financed like Enron, run like GM
When President Bush disappears out the door of the White House, he'll leavehis successor a long list of horrendous problems, not least of them aDefense Department budget of more than $518 billion that doesn't eveninclude an additional $170 billion or so to continue funding a year of thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/443021.html
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Family Research Council on Obama, homosexuality and same-sex marriage
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Violence Leaves Iraqi Youth Doubting Clerics
Many young Iraqis, exhausted by constant exposure to the violence ofreligious extremism after five years of war, say they have growndisillusioned with religious leaders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/middleeast/04youth.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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A Promise of an Easier Night for Interpretation
Though not as complicated as Super Tuesday's returns, there will be noshortage of facts and analysis as results from Tuesday's high stakesprimaries in Texas and Ohio become available.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/politics/04primer.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1204636366-435INtez/qhGcQsD6/SEig
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Mind: When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why
The urge to binge mindlessly, though it can strike at any time, seems tostir in the collective unconscious during the last weeks of winter. Maybe it's the television images from places like Fort Lauderdale and Cabo San Lucas,of communications majors' face planting outside bars or on beaches.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/04mind.html
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Border Insecurity
Only by bringing people onto the books, being realistic about the supply ofvisas, and letting people in through ports of entry will the country restoreorder to the broken system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04tue1.html?ref=opinion
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The $2 Trillion Nightmare
There has been little public conversation about the consequences of thecosts of the Iraq war, which are like a cancer inside the American economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04herbert.html?ref=opinion
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A Defining Moment
On Nov. 10, 2007, Barack Obama unleashed a zealous part of himself that haspropelled his candidacy ever since. His first big subject was belief itself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04brooks.html?ref=opinion
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Confessions on Climate
E.P.A. administrator Stephen Johnson's decision to deny California the rightto set its own emission standards is a blow to those worried about climatechange.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04tue3.html?ref=opinion
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Putin's Mini-Me (or Not?)
The United States cannot pretend that Vladimir Putin and his allies operatefrom democratic intentions. They must push for more open elections andpolitical and journalistic freedoms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04tue2.html?ref=opinion
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Why McCain Would Vote for Obama
John McCain would actually do better against Barack Obama than he wouldagainst Hillary Clinton.
http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/why-mccain-would-vote-for-obama/index.html?ref=opinion
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Another Sobering Call
It is a subtle but pernicious form of racism to turn one's back on what ishappening to young black men.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302629.html
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THE QUESTION of whether individuals should be required or simply encouragedto obtain health insurance sounds like a minor distinction. But thedisagreement between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over anindividual mandate (she wants one, he doesn't) is worth examining.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302634.html
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Virginia: Latinos Looking Over Shoulder
Pr. William Begins Checking Suspects' Immigration Status
Work-van drivers signaled long before their turns to avoid being pulled overfor a traffic violation. Day laborers skipped their early morning coffee at7-Eleven, and merengue tunes played to empty tables at Latino lunch countersacross Prince William County yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030303169.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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The head of the only major Western monitoring group that sent a team toRussia to observe Sunday's presidential election severely criticized theprocess Monday, drawing a furious rebuttal from the country's CentralElection Commission.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030301684.html?hpid=sec-world
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Hagee Endorsement of McCain Has Risks
Endorsed by an influential Texas televangelist, Republican John McCainendeared himself to one group of voters but risked alienating another withthe pastor's anti-Catholic views.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030300313.html?hpid=sec-religion
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More warning signs for economy
Construction, manufacturing plunge
WASHINGTON - Construction spending took its biggest nose dive in 14 yearsand manufacturing activity contracted, fresh trouble signs for a strugglingeconomy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzecon0304sbmar04,0,1459161.story
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No welcome mat for Colombian rebels
Most of the time, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's saber-rattling islittle more than a cry for attention from someone who craves the limelight.
His latest maneuvers, however, show that Mr. Chávez well understands thedanger he has created for his own country by laying out the welcome mat forrebels from neighboring Colombia. A top leader of the FARC guerrillas waskilled last weekend by Colombian forces who found his camp in Ecuador. Mr.Chávez must believe that...
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/443012.html
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Without Fidel -- now what?
F idel leaves, but he stays. The first decision his brother Raúl made asbrand-new president of Cuba was to delegate his powers and consult withFidel on all the important issues. Parliament supported that proposalunanimously. There is a reason why these hapless deputies are known as ''theHavana Choir Boys.'' They form a puerile, pliant and well-tuned choir.
They've been obeying for half a century and know nothing else
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/443022.html
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Financed like Enron, run like GM
When President Bush disappears out the door of the White House, he'll leavehis successor a long list of horrendous problems, not least of them aDefense Department budget of more than $518 billion that doesn't eveninclude an additional $170 billion or so to continue funding a year of thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/443021.html
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Family Research Council on Obama, homosexuality and same-sex marriage
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/family-research.html
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Mark LaFontaine for State Representative
Join us at Rosie's Tuesday night if you want to...
-Prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identity
-Beat back the "marriage protection" amendment
-Overturn the ban on gay adoption
-Pass an effective bullying bill
YOU can make a difference.
It's time we elected one of our own to Tallahassee!
MARK LAFONTAINE will be the first openly-gay State Representative inFlorida, but we have to get him elected first.
Please come and bring a friend
Tuesday, March 4th - 5:30 - 7:00 pm.
Hors d'oeuvres and a drink provided.
$25 Min. suggested contribution each
$500 Max. contribution allowed by law
RSVP and donate online at www.MarkLaFontaine.com/party or call (954)
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Come join us on March 6 for a great time at one of the most fun spots in
town! CLUB BLUE
http://southflorida.hrc.org
Thursday, March 6th - 6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.
@ Rosie's Bar & Grill
2449 Wilton Dr.
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Rosie's has a fun menu, too! If you think you may stay for dinner, givethem a call:
954-563-0123
Club Blue is a monthly social and networking event open to the community anddesigned to promote the Human Rights Campaign and its membership in SouthFlorida. Join the HRC South Florida Committee each month to network withother gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender professionals and to learnabout HRC in South Florida! The suggested donation is $10 at the door. Ifyou haven't been able to make it to a Club Blue event before, you are morethan welcome to attend! Club Blue is a great way to get to know fellow HRCmembers and supporters in your area. If you aren't able to come this time,make sure to keep the first
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The 5th Annual Valuing our Families Day SATURDAY MARCH 29
Sunshine Cathedral MCC Campus
1480 SW 9th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
GLBTQ YOUTH PROGRAM
A full day of cool and creative workshops
Meet new friends
Meet gay and lesbian families
Learn about what's up in the community
End the day with a carnival and picnic
It's FREE for teens,but you have to register in advance,so click on this:
https://www.sporg.com/pom/registration?cmd=event_info&event_id=103564.
Oh, you have more questions? OK, ASK
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You have been invited to:
Obama House Party and Fundraiser
Dolphin Members Todd Hoover & Ron Michel are holding an Obama House Party towatch the returns from Texas, Ohio (Texmex and Meatloaf will be served),Rhode Island and Vermont on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 from 6:30-9:30. BYOB.
Please pass this message.
952 SW 7th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 (954) 524-5941
Please click link below for information, maps and reservations:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/fundraising/4r9sh
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Schools, courts targeted as legislators slash $543 million
Schools will lose more than $200 million, state attorneys and publicdefenders may furlough some workers and nursing homes might offer lesspersonal care under a legislative plan to cut $543.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-flfbudget0304sbmar04,0,6107833.story
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Nooses are not welcome in South Florida
The dangling symbol of racial hatred appeared most recently at an outdoorlunch area at Somerset Academy, a charter school in Pembroke Pines. It wasmost likely an intended prank.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-303noose,0,7347014.story
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School's mission goes badly awry
Let us begin with the obvious. At this point, it isn't entirely clear whatcaused the melee at Edison Senior High School last week and who is to blame.
The facts will unfold as school administrators, police and the courts dotheir jobs. There will be ample time to deal with anyone who misbehavedegregiously or violated the law.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/443013.html
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Deal expensive, maybe unconstitutional
The Miami-Dade County Commission last month approved a proposal to spend$347 million in taxpayer money to build a 37,000-seat, retractable-roofstadium for the Florida Marlins. This proposal not only provides a hugesubsidy to the team's much maligned owner, Jeffrey Loria, but it also mightviolate two provisions of the Florida Constitution.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/443020.html
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We demand a real primary or caucus in Florida by Phil LaPadula
After I voted in Florida's Jan. 29 primary, a smiling poll worker handed mea sticker with an American flag and the words "My Vote Counted!" printed onit. I'm sure the people responsible for the stickers meant well, but I foundit to be another slap in the face in a state that has perfected the art of disenfranchising voters.
You see, our votes really didn't count here in Florida. The Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of all of its delegates to the nationalconvention as punishment for the state holding its primary before Feb. 5.Since the votes do not translate into delegates, they are essentiallymeaningless, and the voters voiceless in the primary process.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=2/27/08&end=3/5/08#16905
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Storms joins Darwin debate
The state senator files a bill to protect teachers who present otherarguments. It looks like the Florida Legislature will have its say on the role of evolution in the science classroom, after all. State Sen. Ronda Storms, a Brandon Republican, has filed what she calls the "Academic Freedom Act" (SB 2692) with a stated goal of "providing publicschool teachers with a right to present scientific information relevant tothe full range of views on biological and chemical origins."
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/04/State/Storms_joins_Darwin_d.shtml-
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Mark LaFontaine for State Representative
Join us at Rosie's Tuesday night if you want to...
-Prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identity
-Beat back the "marriage protection" amendment
-Overturn the ban on gay adoption
-Pass an effective bullying bill
YOU can make a difference.
It's time we elected one of our own to Tallahassee!
MARK LAFONTAINE will be the first openly-gay State Representative inFlorida, but we have to get him elected first.
Please come and bring a friend
Tuesday, March 4th - 5:30 - 7:00 pm.
Hors d'oeuvres and a drink provided.
$25 Min. suggested contribution each
$500 Max. contribution allowed by law
RSVP and donate online at www.MarkLaFontaine.com/party or call (954)
651-3147
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Come join us on March 6 for a great time at one of the most fun spots in
town! CLUB BLUE
http://southflorida.hrc.org
Thursday, March 6th - 6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.
@ Rosie's Bar & Grill
2449 Wilton Dr.
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Rosie's has a fun menu, too! If you think you may stay for dinner, givethem a call:
954-563-0123
Club Blue is a monthly social and networking event open to the community anddesigned to promote the Human Rights Campaign and its membership in SouthFlorida. Join the HRC South Florida Committee each month to network withother gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender professionals and to learnabout HRC in South Florida! The suggested donation is $10 at the door. Ifyou haven't been able to make it to a Club Blue event before, you are morethan welcome to attend! Club Blue is a great way to get to know fellow HRCmembers and supporters in your area. If you aren't able to come this time,make sure to keep the first
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The 5th Annual Valuing our Families Day SATURDAY MARCH 29
Sunshine Cathedral MCC Campus
1480 SW 9th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
GLBTQ YOUTH PROGRAM
A full day of cool and creative workshops
Meet new friends
Meet gay and lesbian families
Learn about what's up in the community
End the day with a carnival and picnic
It's FREE for teens,but you have to register in advance,so click on this:
https://www.sporg.com/pom/registration?cmd=event_info&event_id=103564.
Oh, you have more questions? OK, ASK
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You have been invited to:
Obama House Party and Fundraiser
Dolphin Members Todd Hoover & Ron Michel are holding an Obama House Party towatch the returns from Texas, Ohio (Texmex and Meatloaf will be served),Rhode Island and Vermont on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 from 6:30-9:30. BYOB.
Please pass this message.
952 SW 7th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 (954) 524-5941
Please click link below for information, maps and reservations:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/fundraising/4r9sh
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Schools, courts targeted as legislators slash $543 million
Schools will lose more than $200 million, state attorneys and publicdefenders may furlough some workers and nursing homes might offer lesspersonal care under a legislative plan to cut $543.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-flfbudget0304sbmar04,0,6107833.story
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Nooses are not welcome in South Florida
The dangling symbol of racial hatred appeared most recently at an outdoorlunch area at Somerset Academy, a charter school in Pembroke Pines. It wasmost likely an intended prank.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-303noose,0,7347014.story
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School's mission goes badly awry
Let us begin with the obvious. At this point, it isn't entirely clear whatcaused the melee at Edison Senior High School last week and who is to blame.
The facts will unfold as school administrators, police and the courts dotheir jobs. There will be ample time to deal with anyone who misbehavedegregiously or violated the law.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/443013.html
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Deal expensive, maybe unconstitutional
The Miami-Dade County Commission last month approved a proposal to spend$347 million in taxpayer money to build a 37,000-seat, retractable-roofstadium for the Florida Marlins. This proposal not only provides a hugesubsidy to the team's much maligned owner, Jeffrey Loria, but it also mightviolate two provisions of the Florida Constitution.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/443020.html
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We demand a real primary or caucus in Florida by Phil LaPadula
After I voted in Florida's Jan. 29 primary, a smiling poll worker handed mea sticker with an American flag and the words "My Vote Counted!" printed onit. I'm sure the people responsible for the stickers meant well, but I foundit to be another slap in the face in a state that has perfected the art of disenfranchising voters.
You see, our votes really didn't count here in Florida. The Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of all of its delegates to the nationalconvention as punishment for the state holding its primary before Feb. 5.Since the votes do not translate into delegates, they are essentiallymeaningless, and the voters voiceless in the primary process.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=2/27/08&end=3/5/08#16905
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Storms joins Darwin debate
The state senator files a bill to protect teachers who present otherarguments. It looks like the Florida Legislature will have its say on the role of evolution in the science classroom, after all. State Sen. Ronda Storms, a Brandon Republican, has filed what she calls the "Academic Freedom Act" (SB 2692) with a stated goal of "providing publicschool teachers with a right to present scientific information relevant tothe full range of views on biological and chemical origins."
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/04/State/Storms_joins_Darwin_d.shtml-
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New York Times
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Robert Skolrood Is Dead at 79; Argued Religion Cases
Robert K. Skolrood, a lawyer who battled for fundamentalist Christians onissues that included nativity displays and gay rights and who often examinedthe intricacies of the United States Constitution, died on Feb. 20 inVenice, Fla. He was 79.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/03skolrood.html?_r=1&sq=gay&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=3&adxnnlx=1204549643-hkK0Aig7cqYnzjBmj5MkOg
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A Bishop Unveiled God's Secrets While Keeping His Own
As is customary during Lent, the sermon at St. John the Divine Cathedral onSunday touched on the themes of seen and unseen truths, knowing and notknowing what is before one's very eyes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/nyregion/03bishop.html?scp=5&sq=gay&st=nyt
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Miami Herald
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Slide show: Winter Party 2008
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 15th annual Winter Party on SouthBeach. Photographed by Dennis Dean:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/slide-show-wi-1.html
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Documentary to explore killing of gay man in Polk
A documentary on the killing of a 25-year-old gay man in Polk County almosta year ago will premiere Monday at Rollins College, part of a crusade by hisparents to raise awareness of anti-gay violence in Florida.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/southwest/orl-ryanjk0208mar02,0,600481.story?track=rss
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Record five openly gay candidates look to toss hats into Council races
At least five openly gay or lesbian Queens residents are eying runs for CityCouncil in 2009, setting the stage for a possible watershed year forlesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender politics in the borough.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/03/02/2008-03-02_record_five_openly_gay_candidates_look_t-1.html?ref=rss
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Obama In Damage Control After Canadian NAFTA Report
(San Antonio, Texas) Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser says thatCanadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his privatediscussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by TheAssociated Press.
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Clinton On Ohio Campaign Marathon
(Westerville, Ohio) Hillary Rodham Clinton is arguing that her campaign is"about solutions," not feelings, as she swept through Ohio on an intensepush two days before the state's presidential primary.
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Kucinich Faces Tough Fight In Home District
(Cleveland, Ohio) Two failed White House campaigns have left Dennis Kucinichfighting for his political life against the toughest, best-financedchallenge in his 12-year congressional career.
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National Gay News
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Not Single, Not Married:State Supreme Court to Consider Rights of GayCouples
It has taken four years, but the fierce conflict over gay marriage hasfinally shifted from its cradle at San Francisco City Hall to the CaliforniaSupreme Court, just a few hundred yards away.The state's high court onTuesday will consider three hours of legal argument in a series of casesthat challenge California's ban on gay marriage and a 2000 voter-approvedballot initiative that defines marriage as a union between a man and woman.
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Ohio: Preference vs. Prejudice: Gay Groups Promote Awareness Lessons toSchools
Is sexual preference something to be taught? Area parents, administratorsand teachers have varying opinions on whether teaching students about gay,lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues could make a student lean towardthat way of life.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/03/02/front/doc47ca4178526e8924997767.txt
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The Talk of the Green Iguana
The rumors about Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Green Iguana justwouldn't go away. The story goes that the Florida governor frequented theGreen Iguana, a bar in Tampa, back in the early 1990s when he was juststarting his political career. He was less careful back then, people say,and during his partying at the Green Iguana, he was openly gay.
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Gay and Lesbian Events Prompt Hostility
A new report reveals a steady undercurrent of hostility during and afterlarge-scale gay and lesbian events, in particular the Sydney Gay and LesbianMardi Gras. The University of Newcastle's Cultural Institutions andPractices Research Centre report, When the Glitter Settles: safety andhostility at and around gay and lesbian public events, shows 40 per cent ofpeople attending these events had witnessed abusive or violent behaviour.
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HIV Rates to Soar as Use of Condoms Declines
HIV rates will rise by up to 73 per cent over the next seven years partlybecause fewer people are using condoms, according to a study that usesmathematical modelling to predict infection trends.The number of gay men whowere becoming infected with the disease was increasing significantly, saidthe report by the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Researchat the University of NSW.
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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As a local divorce lawyer, I am really tired of letters from whiners likeDaren Young, who try to argue that he and his domestic partner aren't adrain on our community ("Some drain," Forum, Feb. 22). How am I supposed tomake a living around here when successful, professional,society-contributing guys like that are also blissfully happy in theirhomosexual relationships? More important, if they ever split up, how canthey truly utilize the benefits of my services as extensively (andlucratively for me) as my unhappy married clients? Simply outrageous.
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Washington: Expanding privileges for same-sex couples is not a partisan issue but one of civil rights, says the newest member of the Legislature's unofficial gaycaucus. Rep. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, who was appointed to his position inJanuary, is backing a bill working its way through the Legislature thatwould expand rights for domestic partners. "It really shouldn't matter whereyou come from on a political spectrum; it's about making sure that everybodyhas an equal opportunity in our society to succeed.
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In statehouses, well-meaning legislators offer civil unions or domesticpartner laws as a compromise for same-sex couples. New Jersey passed amuch-publicized civil union law in 2006. "It was supposed to give theequivalent of marriage to same-sex couples," wrote the Philadelphia Inquirerlast week. "But companies whose benefits plans are regulated by federalrules, rather than state law, overwhelmingly are refusing to provide healthinsurance to employees' same-sex partners." Lawrence C. Levine, a professorat McGeorge School of Law, said California's domestic partner laws arebetter than most - but they still aren't equal.
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One gay rights group appearing before the California Supreme Court inhistoric marriage arguments on Tuesday has told the court that "the freedomto marry the person of one's choice is an essential aspect of humandignity." A traditional-values group on the other side, meanwhile, hasargued that the bid for same-sex marriage is "a ticking bomb aimed atdemolishing the very institution to which plaintiffs claim to seekadmission."
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Leaders at Kansas University are concerned that not offering benefits todomestic partners of faculty and staff may end up costing the university theability to recruit some of the most talented candidates. On Monday, theUniversity Senate Executive Committee will receive a report on thepossibility of extending benefits to domestic partners. Paul Farran,president-elect of KU's Unclassified Staff Senate and an advocate for theproposal, said several peer institutions already extend benefits to domesticpartners.
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"I can't overstate the importance of California," said Shannon Minter, legaldirector for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. "It will have amonumental impact for decades to come." The Republican-dominated SupremeCourt is generally considered conservative, but has had a notable moderatestreak on social issues. The court, indeed, has strengthened gay rights in anumber of rulings, including a 2005 decision establishing new legalprotections for gay partners in child custody battles. "I suspect the courtis divided on it and it is hard to figure out where they'll come out," saidMichael Wald, a Stanford University law professor.
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Most Iowans believe marriage should be only between one man and one woman,but a majority of Iowa adults also support the creation of civil unionsgranting benefits to gay couples similar to those offered to heterosexualsin marriage, according to a new Iowa Poll. Sixty-two percent of Iowansbelieve marriage should be only between a man and a woman, according to thepoll by The Des Moines Register. Thirty-two percent believe same-sexmarriages should be allowed, while 6 percent were unsure.
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Obama uses Bible to defend civil unions
Presidential candidate Barack Obama has defended his support of civil unionsby referring to the Sermon on the Mount. The famous sermon given by Jesus,which includes the Beatitudes, the instruction to 'turn the other cheek' andthe Lord's Prayer, is found in the book of Matthew in the New Testament.
Senator Obama is thought to have been referring to Jesus' instruction to:"Do to others what you would have them do to you." click here for the fullarticle
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Civil partnership for senior Tory
After a whirlwind 14-month romance leading Conservative MP Alan Duncan hasproposed to his boyfriend. He met 39-year-old James Dunseath at a dinnerarranged by friends and proposed to him on Valentine's Day during a holidayin Oman. They are expected to hold a civil partnership ceremony later thisyear. Mr Duncan, 50, is the Shadow Secretary of State for Business,Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and MP for Rutland and Melton. click herefor the full article
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Jamaican gays reject tourist boycott over homophobia
J-Flag, the Jamaican lesbian and gay rights group, has rejected calls for atourist boycott in protest at homophobia on the island. Canadian newspapershave been focusing on the prejudice and violence gay people face in Jamaicasince a leading activist sought asylum there, and some have called forCanadians to refuse to holiday in the popular destination. In a statementreleased yesterday, J-Flag, Jamaica's Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals andGays, said it shared the frustration at the "slow progress towardstransforming the social climate." click here for the full article
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Gay rugby team branches out into club nights
After winning the European Championship last year in Copenhagen and securingthe right to host the contest in 2009, what next for London's leading gayrugby team? Ruggercub is the answer. From next Sunday the Kings CrossSteelers will be hosting their new club night at the Two Brewers in Clapham.
The monthly event is aimed at "rugby boys and their followers." The launchparty on 9th March 2008 features special guest DJ Andy Bell of Erasure fame.
click here for the full article
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MP targeted by "Satan" after gay earthquake comments
A member of Israel's parliament who generated headlines across the worldwhen he linked earthquakes to gay rights has been receiving death threats.
Shlomo Benizri, who is a member of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, has beentargeted by someone using the name "Satan." The Jerusalem Post reports: "Itis unknown if those threats are connected to a suspicious envelope filledwith white powder that the MK received last week." click here for the fullarticle
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Bishop stresses civil partnership is not marriage
A Church of England bishop has said it is "careless" to refer to civilpartnerships as marriages. The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop ofLichfield, also attacked the government for weakening the status ofmarriage. "Most of my gay friends would want to distinguish betweenmarriage, which is something that happens for a man and a woman," he said.
click here for the full article
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Clinton does comedy on Saturday Night Live
After plugging the show during her televised debate with rival Barack Obamalast week, Hillary Clinton dropped by Saturday Night Live this weekend for asurprise guest appearance. After a parody skit of the debate, Clintonprovided an "editorial response" and praised Amy Poehler's deft imitation ofher on SNL. For the second week in a row, Saturday Night Live opened with ascene featuring a Democratic debate. click here for the full article
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Porn twins story excites national press
Interest in the strange arrest of gay porn twins 'Teyon' and 'Keyon'exploded across the Net this week, even keying the national press intocovering the story. The brothers, 26-year-old Taleon and Keyontyli Goffney,who have appeared in a variety of gay porn videos, were arrested last weekin a suspected string of robberies across three states. The Associated Pressleapt onto the odd tale of the suspected twin gay porn criminals this week.
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Mexico's National Human Rights Commission seriously limits its impact by noteffectively promoting remedies and reforms needed to end abusive practices,Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 128-page report,"Mexico's National Human Rights Commission: A Critical Assessment," examinesthe commission's work on more than 40 human rights cases, including recentabuses by soldiers involved in law enforcement operations, police crackdownsagainst demonstrators in Guadalajara and San Salvador de Atenco, and thekillings of women in Ciudad Juárez over the past decade, among others.
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As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Iraq's leaders on Sunday,the first visit by a Middle Eastern head of state since the U.S.-ledinvasion, he engaged a country in which Iran's influence is deepening butalso provoking growing criticism from Iraqis. Ahmadinejad's visit is thefirst to Iraq by an Iranian leader since Iran's 1979 revolution, whichbrought to power a government in Tehran overseen by Shiite Muslim clerics.
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I, I'm Matteo Pegoraro of the italian EveryOne Group
(www.everyonegroup.com). I'm really glad that you're going to visit Mehditomorrow. Today we made a urgent request to the Dutch Embassador in Italy,toghether with the Radical Party and Italian radical members of the EuropeanParliament, to ask him to put pressures on the Government of The Netherlandsto grant Mehdi the asylum and to do not deport him back to United Kingdom.
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Jamaica: In light of the challenges being faced by the LGBT community inJamaica, a number of you have called for a tourist boycott of the island.
Like you, J-FLAG has been deeply frustrated at the slow progress towardstransforming the social climate that makes it difficult for gays andlesbians in Jamaica to lead lives free from homophobic violence.
Yet, because of the possible repercussions of increased homophobic violenceagainst our already besieged community, we feel that a tourist boycott isnot the most appropriate response at this time. In our battle to win heartsand minds, we do not wish to be perceived as taking food off the plate ofthose who are already impoverished. In fact, members of our own communitycould be disproportionately affected by a worsened economic situationbrought about by a tourist ban.
J-FLAG believes that there are a number of avenues which can be explored tobring pressure on our government to respect, protect and ensure the humanrights of LGBT people in Jamaica. We have called on the Prime Minister andinfluential leaders of industry to both renounce homophobic violence andcommit to a course of action that will stem this scourge that plagues ourisland.
The concern and support of the international community has been critical infocusing attention to our situation. We are open to further engaging withyou in pursuing constructive interventions that both make our case for humanrights protection and minimize risk to our physical and material well being.
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Persian New Year (Nowrooz) will be celebrated on March 20, 2008 at1:48:19am. At this time families gather around the "Haft Seen" table tostart the New Year together by feasting and celebrating. This year, likeprevious years, many queer Iranians who are seeking asylum will be spendingNew Year away from their home and families. This year IRQO is working on 80of those asylum cases. We hope to share this special time with them, andtherefore we are asking you to help us bring this gift of joy to theirhomes. (please check out IRQO's website)
www.irqo.net/IRQO/English/pages/121.htm
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Robert Skolrood Is Dead at 79; Argued Religion Cases
Robert K. Skolrood, a lawyer who battled for fundamentalist Christians onissues that included nativity displays and gay rights and who often examinedthe intricacies of the United States Constitution, died on Feb. 20 inVenice, Fla. He was 79.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/03skolrood.html?_r=1&sq=gay&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=3&adxnnlx=1204549643-hkK0Aig7cqYnzjBmj5MkOg
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A Bishop Unveiled God's Secrets While Keeping His Own
As is customary during Lent, the sermon at St. John the Divine Cathedral onSunday touched on the themes of seen and unseen truths, knowing and notknowing what is before one's very eyes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/nyregion/03bishop.html?scp=5&sq=gay&st=nyt
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Slide show: Winter Party 2008
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 15th annual Winter Party on SouthBeach. Photographed by Dennis Dean:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/slide-show-wi-1.html
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Documentary to explore killing of gay man in Polk
A documentary on the killing of a 25-year-old gay man in Polk County almosta year ago will premiere Monday at Rollins College, part of a crusade by hisparents to raise awareness of anti-gay violence in Florida.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/southwest/orl-ryanjk0208mar02,0,600481.story?track=rss
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Record five openly gay candidates look to toss hats into Council races
At least five openly gay or lesbian Queens residents are eying runs for CityCouncil in 2009, setting the stage for a possible watershed year forlesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender politics in the borough.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/03/02/2008-03-02_record_five_openly_gay_candidates_look_t-1.html?ref=rss
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Obama In Damage Control After Canadian NAFTA Report
(San Antonio, Texas) Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser says thatCanadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his privatediscussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by TheAssociated Press.
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Clinton On Ohio Campaign Marathon
(Westerville, Ohio) Hillary Rodham Clinton is arguing that her campaign is"about solutions," not feelings, as she swept through Ohio on an intensepush two days before the state's presidential primary.
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Kucinich Faces Tough Fight In Home District
(Cleveland, Ohio) Two failed White House campaigns have left Dennis Kucinichfighting for his political life against the toughest, best-financedchallenge in his 12-year congressional career.
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Not Single, Not Married:State Supreme Court to Consider Rights of GayCouples
It has taken four years, but the fierce conflict over gay marriage hasfinally shifted from its cradle at San Francisco City Hall to the CaliforniaSupreme Court, just a few hundred yards away.The state's high court onTuesday will consider three hours of legal argument in a series of casesthat challenge California's ban on gay marriage and a 2000 voter-approvedballot initiative that defines marriage as a union between a man and woman.
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Ohio: Preference vs. Prejudice: Gay Groups Promote Awareness Lessons toSchools
Is sexual preference something to be taught? Area parents, administratorsand teachers have varying opinions on whether teaching students about gay,lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues could make a student lean towardthat way of life.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/03/02/front/doc47ca4178526e8924997767.txt
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The Talk of the Green Iguana
The rumors about Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Green Iguana justwouldn't go away. The story goes that the Florida governor frequented theGreen Iguana, a bar in Tampa, back in the early 1990s when he was juststarting his political career. He was less careful back then, people say,and during his partying at the Green Iguana, he was openly gay.
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Gay and Lesbian Events Prompt Hostility
A new report reveals a steady undercurrent of hostility during and afterlarge-scale gay and lesbian events, in particular the Sydney Gay and LesbianMardi Gras. The University of Newcastle's Cultural Institutions andPractices Research Centre report, When the Glitter Settles: safety andhostility at and around gay and lesbian public events, shows 40 per cent ofpeople attending these events had witnessed abusive or violent behaviour.
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HIV Rates to Soar as Use of Condoms Declines
HIV rates will rise by up to 73 per cent over the next seven years partlybecause fewer people are using condoms, according to a study that usesmathematical modelling to predict infection trends.The number of gay men whowere becoming infected with the disease was increasing significantly, saidthe report by the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Researchat the University of NSW.
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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As a local divorce lawyer, I am really tired of letters from whiners likeDaren Young, who try to argue that he and his domestic partner aren't adrain on our community ("Some drain," Forum, Feb. 22). How am I supposed tomake a living around here when successful, professional,society-contributing guys like that are also blissfully happy in theirhomosexual relationships? More important, if they ever split up, how canthey truly utilize the benefits of my services as extensively (andlucratively for me) as my unhappy married clients? Simply outrageous.
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Washington: Expanding privileges for same-sex couples is not a partisan issue but one of civil rights, says the newest member of the Legislature's unofficial gaycaucus. Rep. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, who was appointed to his position inJanuary, is backing a bill working its way through the Legislature thatwould expand rights for domestic partners. "It really shouldn't matter whereyou come from on a political spectrum; it's about making sure that everybodyhas an equal opportunity in our society to succeed.
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In statehouses, well-meaning legislators offer civil unions or domesticpartner laws as a compromise for same-sex couples. New Jersey passed amuch-publicized civil union law in 2006. "It was supposed to give theequivalent of marriage to same-sex couples," wrote the Philadelphia Inquirerlast week. "But companies whose benefits plans are regulated by federalrules, rather than state law, overwhelmingly are refusing to provide healthinsurance to employees' same-sex partners." Lawrence C. Levine, a professorat McGeorge School of Law, said California's domestic partner laws arebetter than most - but they still aren't equal.
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One gay rights group appearing before the California Supreme Court inhistoric marriage arguments on Tuesday has told the court that "the freedomto marry the person of one's choice is an essential aspect of humandignity." A traditional-values group on the other side, meanwhile, hasargued that the bid for same-sex marriage is "a ticking bomb aimed atdemolishing the very institution to which plaintiffs claim to seekadmission."
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Leaders at Kansas University are concerned that not offering benefits todomestic partners of faculty and staff may end up costing the university theability to recruit some of the most talented candidates. On Monday, theUniversity Senate Executive Committee will receive a report on thepossibility of extending benefits to domestic partners. Paul Farran,president-elect of KU's Unclassified Staff Senate and an advocate for theproposal, said several peer institutions already extend benefits to domesticpartners.
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"I can't overstate the importance of California," said Shannon Minter, legaldirector for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. "It will have amonumental impact for decades to come." The Republican-dominated SupremeCourt is generally considered conservative, but has had a notable moderatestreak on social issues. The court, indeed, has strengthened gay rights in anumber of rulings, including a 2005 decision establishing new legalprotections for gay partners in child custody battles. "I suspect the courtis divided on it and it is hard to figure out where they'll come out," saidMichael Wald, a Stanford University law professor.
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Most Iowans believe marriage should be only between one man and one woman,but a majority of Iowa adults also support the creation of civil unionsgranting benefits to gay couples similar to those offered to heterosexualsin marriage, according to a new Iowa Poll. Sixty-two percent of Iowansbelieve marriage should be only between a man and a woman, according to thepoll by The Des Moines Register. Thirty-two percent believe same-sexmarriages should be allowed, while 6 percent were unsure.
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Obama uses Bible to defend civil unions
Presidential candidate Barack Obama has defended his support of civil unionsby referring to the Sermon on the Mount. The famous sermon given by Jesus,which includes the Beatitudes, the instruction to 'turn the other cheek' andthe Lord's Prayer, is found in the book of Matthew in the New Testament.
Senator Obama is thought to have been referring to Jesus' instruction to:"Do to others what you would have them do to you." click here for the fullarticle
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Civil partnership for senior Tory
After a whirlwind 14-month romance leading Conservative MP Alan Duncan hasproposed to his boyfriend. He met 39-year-old James Dunseath at a dinnerarranged by friends and proposed to him on Valentine's Day during a holidayin Oman. They are expected to hold a civil partnership ceremony later thisyear. Mr Duncan, 50, is the Shadow Secretary of State for Business,Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and MP for Rutland and Melton. click herefor the full article
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Jamaican gays reject tourist boycott over homophobia
J-Flag, the Jamaican lesbian and gay rights group, has rejected calls for atourist boycott in protest at homophobia on the island. Canadian newspapershave been focusing on the prejudice and violence gay people face in Jamaicasince a leading activist sought asylum there, and some have called forCanadians to refuse to holiday in the popular destination. In a statementreleased yesterday, J-Flag, Jamaica's Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals andGays, said it shared the frustration at the "slow progress towardstransforming the social climate." click here for the full article
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Gay rugby team branches out into club nights
After winning the European Championship last year in Copenhagen and securingthe right to host the contest in 2009, what next for London's leading gayrugby team? Ruggercub is the answer. From next Sunday the Kings CrossSteelers will be hosting their new club night at the Two Brewers in Clapham.
The monthly event is aimed at "rugby boys and their followers." The launchparty on 9th March 2008 features special guest DJ Andy Bell of Erasure fame.
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MP targeted by "Satan" after gay earthquake comments
A member of Israel's parliament who generated headlines across the worldwhen he linked earthquakes to gay rights has been receiving death threats.
Shlomo Benizri, who is a member of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, has beentargeted by someone using the name "Satan." The Jerusalem Post reports: "Itis unknown if those threats are connected to a suspicious envelope filledwith white powder that the MK received last week." click here for the fullarticle
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Bishop stresses civil partnership is not marriage
A Church of England bishop has said it is "careless" to refer to civilpartnerships as marriages. The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop ofLichfield, also attacked the government for weakening the status ofmarriage. "Most of my gay friends would want to distinguish betweenmarriage, which is something that happens for a man and a woman," he said.
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Clinton does comedy on Saturday Night Live
After plugging the show during her televised debate with rival Barack Obamalast week, Hillary Clinton dropped by Saturday Night Live this weekend for asurprise guest appearance. After a parody skit of the debate, Clintonprovided an "editorial response" and praised Amy Poehler's deft imitation ofher on SNL. For the second week in a row, Saturday Night Live opened with ascene featuring a Democratic debate. click here for the full article
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Porn twins story excites national press
Interest in the strange arrest of gay porn twins 'Teyon' and 'Keyon'exploded across the Net this week, even keying the national press intocovering the story. The brothers, 26-year-old Taleon and Keyontyli Goffney,who have appeared in a variety of gay porn videos, were arrested last weekin a suspected string of robberies across three states. The Associated Pressleapt onto the odd tale of the suspected twin gay porn criminals this week.
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Mexico's National Human Rights Commission seriously limits its impact by noteffectively promoting remedies and reforms needed to end abusive practices,Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 128-page report,"Mexico's National Human Rights Commission: A Critical Assessment," examinesthe commission's work on more than 40 human rights cases, including recentabuses by soldiers involved in law enforcement operations, police crackdownsagainst demonstrators in Guadalajara and San Salvador de Atenco, and thekillings of women in Ciudad Juárez over the past decade, among others.
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As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Iraq's leaders on Sunday,the first visit by a Middle Eastern head of state since the U.S.-ledinvasion, he engaged a country in which Iran's influence is deepening butalso provoking growing criticism from Iraqis. Ahmadinejad's visit is thefirst to Iraq by an Iranian leader since Iran's 1979 revolution, whichbrought to power a government in Tehran overseen by Shiite Muslim clerics.
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I, I'm Matteo Pegoraro of the italian EveryOne Group
(www.everyonegroup.com). I'm really glad that you're going to visit Mehditomorrow. Today we made a urgent request to the Dutch Embassador in Italy,toghether with the Radical Party and Italian radical members of the EuropeanParliament, to ask him to put pressures on the Government of The Netherlandsto grant Mehdi the asylum and to do not deport him back to United Kingdom.
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Jamaica: In light of the challenges being faced by the LGBT community inJamaica, a number of you have called for a tourist boycott of the island.
Like you, J-FLAG has been deeply frustrated at the slow progress towardstransforming the social climate that makes it difficult for gays andlesbians in Jamaica to lead lives free from homophobic violence.
Yet, because of the possible repercussions of increased homophobic violenceagainst our already besieged community, we feel that a tourist boycott isnot the most appropriate response at this time. In our battle to win heartsand minds, we do not wish to be perceived as taking food off the plate ofthose who are already impoverished. In fact, members of our own communitycould be disproportionately affected by a worsened economic situationbrought about by a tourist ban.
J-FLAG believes that there are a number of avenues which can be explored tobring pressure on our government to respect, protect and ensure the humanrights of LGBT people in Jamaica. We have called on the Prime Minister andinfluential leaders of industry to both renounce homophobic violence andcommit to a course of action that will stem this scourge that plagues ourisland.
The concern and support of the international community has been critical infocusing attention to our situation. We are open to further engaging withyou in pursuing constructive interventions that both make our case for humanrights protection and minimize risk to our physical and material well being.
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Persian New Year (Nowrooz) will be celebrated on March 20, 2008 at1:48:19am. At this time families gather around the "Haft Seen" table tostart the New Year together by feasting and celebrating. This year, likeprevious years, many queer Iranians who are seeking asylum will be spendingNew Year away from their home and families. This year IRQO is working on 80of those asylum cases. We hope to share this special time with them, andtherefore we are asking you to help us bring this gift of joy to theirhomes. (please check out IRQO's website)
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On Signature Issues, McCain Has Shown Some Inconsistencies in the Senate
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/politics/03mccain.html?ex=1205211600&en=5b62c87352eba860&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
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About Those Health Care Plans by the Democrats ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/politics/03qhealth.html?ex=1205125200&en=2bf9d5702bd3e713&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
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Electing a Woman to the White House: Who's on Deck?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/nyregion/03bigcity.html?ex=1205125200&en=34b6632689cccf0d&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
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The Senate Shills for Big Oil
What will it take to wake the Senate up? A country that consumes one-fifthof the world's oil but has only 3 percent of its reserves cannot possiblydrill its way to energy independence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/opinion/03mon4.html?ref=opinion
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Anaylsis: Democrats' Health Plans
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Scratching Obama's Teflon
During a campaign stop in Ohio last week, ABC's Jake Tapper asked BarackObama about what he called "an attempt by conservatives and Republicans topaint you as unpatriotic."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030300828.html
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Rules About Delegates Can Sway an Election
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030201935.html
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'Soft' Press Sharpens Its Focus on Obama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030202476.html
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Obama Tends Toward Mainstream on Foreign Policy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030202393.html
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The Arms Race Myth, Again
Despite Putin's ICBM-rattling, the U.S. should decrease its nuclear forces.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030201854.html
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U.S. Launches Missile Strike in Somalia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030300572.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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Columbus seeks respect
America's 15th largest city considers a higher profile
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So negative about NAFTA
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How did the Clinton campaign get here?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-clintoncamp3mar03,1,3784251.story?track=rss&ctrack=2&cset=true
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Clinton's discipline hasn't quelled staff bickering
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On Signature Issues, McCain Has Shown Some Inconsistencies in the Senate
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About Those Health Care Plans by the Democrats ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/politics/03qhealth.html?ex=1205125200&en=2bf9d5702bd3e713&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
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Electing a Woman to the White House: Who's on Deck?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/nyregion/03bigcity.html?ex=1205125200&en=34b6632689cccf0d&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
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The Senate Shills for Big Oil
What will it take to wake the Senate up? A country that consumes one-fifthof the world's oil but has only 3 percent of its reserves cannot possiblydrill its way to energy independence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/opinion/03mon4.html?ref=opinion
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Anaylsis: Democrats' Health Plans
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Washington Post
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Scratching Obama's Teflon
During a campaign stop in Ohio last week, ABC's Jake Tapper asked BarackObama about what he called "an attempt by conservatives and Republicans topaint you as unpatriotic."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030300828.html
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Rules About Delegates Can Sway an Election
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030201935.html
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'Soft' Press Sharpens Its Focus on Obama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030202476.html
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Obama Tends Toward Mainstream on Foreign Policy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030202393.html
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The Arms Race Myth, Again
Despite Putin's ICBM-rattling, the U.S. should decrease its nuclear forces.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030201854.html
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U.S. Launches Missile Strike in Somalia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030300572.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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Columbus seeks respect
America's 15th largest city considers a higher profile
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So negative about NAFTA
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How did the Clinton campaign get here?
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Clinton's discipline hasn't quelled staff bickering
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Time to stop hatred and violence
By Nadine Smith
We can be horrified, but we cannot be surprised. Witness the death of yetanother child who said he was gay - the m urder of another teenager whodefied gender stereotypes. On Friday, Feb. 22, 17-year-old Simmie WilliamsJr. was gunned down on a street corner in Broward County. Just 10 daysearlier, Lawrence King, a 15-year-old Oxnard, Calif., junior high student,was shot to death in his own classroom because he wore makeup - because hewas different. And less than one year ago, Ryan Keith Skipper, 24, wasstabbed to death in Polk County.
In Broward, police are investigating
Simmie Williams' murder as a possible hate crime based on the words they saywere exchanged before the shooting. In California, Lawrence King, a constanttarget of harassment and ridicule, was shot in the back and in the head by a14-year-old who told friends in advance that Lawrence was "having his lastday." Ryan's teenaged killers drove around town in his stolen, blood-soakedcar bragging that they had "killed a fag."
--- Nadine Smith is executive director of Equality Florida
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-forum03biassbmar03,0,6367671.story
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From Jesse Monteagudo
The past decade has brought life-saving medical advances in the treatment ofHIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, this progress comes with a price: a new generationthat doesn't know or accept the reality that HIV infection has serious,lifelong consequences... until it's too late. The rate of new HIV infectionsis skyrocketing, and South Florida leads the nation in new AIDS cases.
I've joined an exciting effort to address the AIDS crisis in my community. Isigned up for Florida AIDS Walk, a 10K walk in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday,April 27. Please support my effort to stop the spread of HIV by becoming oneof my sponsors. Whatever you can give will make a profound difference.
Please visit my personal fundraising webpage where you can make a securecredit card donation. Your gift to this worthy cause is fullytax-deductible.
Team Captain, Team Etz Chaim
Click here to visit my personal page.
http://ahf.convio.net/site/TR/Events/General?px=1003154&pg=personal&fr_id=1030&et=jLj_5pI5qI0-SSLxFBeNgA..&s_tafId=1060
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From ArtsUnited
Carlos Cesar Alves' Art Work to be on Exhibit in March
ArtsUnited will feature the mixed media art work of Brazilian artist CarlosCesar Alves in a solo exhibit at the Stonewall Library and Archives fromMarch 3 through April 4, 2008. The gallery is located at Andrews Avenue inFort Lauderdale. The exhibit opens on Monday, March 3rd with a reception tomeet the artist from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. Admissionto the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
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Slide show | Winter Party Festival patrons event at the Wolfsonian
Scenes from Saturday night's National Gay and Lesbian Task Force WinterParty Festival patrons event at the Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami Beac...
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/slide-show-wint.html
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Slide show | Gay American Heroes Foundation/Stonewall Library reception at
Winter Party Festival
As part of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's annual Winter PartyFestival, two South Florida groups held a reception Friday at the MiamiBeach Botanical Gardens.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/slide-show-gay.html
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Crist seeks hospital deregulation
Will more hospitals mean tougher competition and cheaper prices forconsumers?
http://www.miamiherald.com/business_monday/story/439631.html
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Budget-cutting knives clatter
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/03/State/Budget_cutting_knives.shtml
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Florida's GOP Governor: I'd Support A New Democratic Primary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080302/pl_bloomberg/a_z1b1gct_nm_1
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These are heady days for Gov. Charlie Crist. As he begins his second year inoffice, his popularity is still in the clouds and his environmental agendahas drawn praise from Democrats such as Al Gore and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Heis embraced by Hollywood liberals even as his star rises in nationalRepublican politics. No one should be surprised that Crist is beingmentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for John McCain.
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus Winter Conference
March 7, 8, 9 2008
Marriott West Palm Beach
1001 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach FL 33401
Details are beginning to come together and our website now has detailedinformation and on-line registration is available. Please click here fordetails.
http://www.floridaglbtdemocrats.org/conference.html
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From Michael Rajner
Many of you may know I serve as Jennifer Gottlieb's appointee to the SchoolBoard's Diversity Committee. This morning she called to ask me to speaktomorrow (Tuesday) before the school board on this issue.
Denise King, Simmie's mom will be accompanying me tomorrow.
If you can make it, please join us at 11am at the school boardadministration building.
Michael Emanuel Rajner
merajner@gmail.com
Tel: 305 677-3506 / 954 272-8131
Cell: 954 288-1999
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Time to stop hatred and violence
By Nadine Smith
We can be horrified, but we cannot be surprised. Witness the death of yetanother child who said he was gay - the m urder of another teenager whodefied gender stereotypes. On Friday, Feb. 22, 17-year-old Simmie WilliamsJr. was gunned down on a street corner in Broward County. Just 10 daysearlier, Lawrence King, a 15-year-old Oxnard, Calif., junior high student,was shot to death in his own classroom because he wore makeup - because hewas different. And less than one year ago, Ryan Keith Skipper, 24, wasstabbed to death in Polk County.
In Broward, police are investigating
Simmie Williams' murder as a possible hate crime based on the words they saywere exchanged before the shooting. In California, Lawrence King, a constanttarget of harassment and ridicule, was shot in the back and in the head by a14-year-old who told friends in advance that Lawrence was "having his lastday." Ryan's teenaged killers drove around town in his stolen, blood-soakedcar bragging that they had "killed a fag."
--- Nadine Smith is executive director of Equality Florida
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-forum03biassbmar03,0,6367671.story
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From Jesse Monteagudo
The past decade has brought life-saving medical advances in the treatment ofHIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, this progress comes with a price: a new generationthat doesn't know or accept the reality that HIV infection has serious,lifelong consequences... until it's too late. The rate of new HIV infectionsis skyrocketing, and South Florida leads the nation in new AIDS cases.
I've joined an exciting effort to address the AIDS crisis in my community. Isigned up for Florida AIDS Walk, a 10K walk in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday,April 27. Please support my effort to stop the spread of HIV by becoming oneof my sponsors. Whatever you can give will make a profound difference.
Please visit my personal fundraising webpage where you can make a securecredit card donation. Your gift to this worthy cause is fullytax-deductible.
Team Captain, Team Etz Chaim
Click here to visit my personal page.
http://ahf.convio.net/site/TR/Events/General?px=1003154&pg=personal&fr_id=1030&et=jLj_5pI5qI0-SSLxFBeNgA..&s_tafId=1060
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From ArtsUnited
Carlos Cesar Alves' Art Work to be on Exhibit in March
ArtsUnited will feature the mixed media art work of Brazilian artist CarlosCesar Alves in a solo exhibit at the Stonewall Library and Archives fromMarch 3 through April 4, 2008. The gallery is located at Andrews Avenue inFort Lauderdale. The exhibit opens on Monday, March 3rd with a reception tomeet the artist from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. Admissionto the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Slide show | Winter Party Festival patrons event at the Wolfsonian
Scenes from Saturday night's National Gay and Lesbian Task Force WinterParty Festival patrons event at the Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami Beac...
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/slide-show-wint.html
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Slide show | Gay American Heroes Foundation/Stonewall Library reception at
Winter Party Festival
As part of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's annual Winter PartyFestival, two South Florida groups held a reception Friday at the MiamiBeach Botanical Gardens.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/03/slide-show-gay.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Crist seeks hospital deregulation
Will more hospitals mean tougher competition and cheaper prices forconsumers?
http://www.miamiherald.com/business_monday/story/439631.html
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Budget-cutting knives clatter
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/03/State/Budget_cutting_knives.shtml
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Florida's GOP Governor: I'd Support A New Democratic Primary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080302/pl_bloomberg/a_z1b1gct_nm_1
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These are heady days for Gov. Charlie Crist. As he begins his second year inoffice, his popularity is still in the clouds and his environmental agendahas drawn praise from Democrats such as Al Gore and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Heis embraced by Hollywood liberals even as his star rises in nationalRepublican politics. No one should be surprised that Crist is beingmentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for John McCain.
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus Winter Conference
March 7, 8, 9 2008
Marriott West Palm Beach
1001 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach FL 33401
Details are beginning to come together and our website now has detailedinformation and on-line registration is available. Please click here fordetails.
http://www.floridaglbtdemocrats.org/conference.html
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From Michael Rajner
Many of you may know I serve as Jennifer Gottlieb's appointee to the SchoolBoard's Diversity Committee. This morning she called to ask me to speaktomorrow (Tuesday) before the school board on this issue.
Denise King, Simmie's mom will be accompanying me tomorrow.
If you can make it, please join us at 11am at the school boardadministration building.
Michael Emanuel Rajner
merajner@gmail.com
Tel: 305 677-3506 / 954 272-8131
Cell: 954 288-1999
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Gay Voters, Take Note
Andrew Sullivan is dazzled by a statement from Barack Obama in Texas in support of gay rights.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/gay-voters-take-note/index.html?ref=opinion
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The Global AIDS Fight
Congress and the White House are preparing to ramp up spending on programs to combat AIDS and related diseases around the world while removing some of the ideological blinders that have long undermined the effort to slow the spread of the AIDS virus. It will be a welcome strengthening of a foreign aid program that was already one of the shining accomplishments of the Bush administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/opinion/29fri1.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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Abortion, Economics Key Issues For Young Voters
A candidate's position on abortion could be the issue that gets young voters into the voting booth this year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902646.html
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ASK AMY
DEAR AMY: A young cousin of mine recently reached out to me with some heavy news. She told me that she is gay. She asked me not to tell anyone in the family, and I am honored that she trusted me with such a secret. I will most definitely honor her secret, and I completely support her.
However, as a man who is certainly more an elder than a peer -- she just started driving; I am pushing 30 -- I am wondering what role I should play in this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022601792.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Rod Llaneza competed with a point to prove - 'Y'all got beat by a sissy'
Rod Llaneza doesn't shy away from a fight. In fact, he enjoys them, at least inside the ring.
http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/2008022662/People/2008-People/Kickboxing-his-way-out-of-the-closet.html
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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McCain Seeks Distance From Anti-Gay Pastor
(Phoenix, Arizona) John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech.
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Renewed Effort To Pass Federal Hate Crime Law Following Two Murders
(Washington) There is renewed impetus to enact LGBT federal hate crime legislation in the wake of the killings this month of two young people and the vicious beating of a third person.
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Pope Praises Supporters Of Gay Marriage Bans In Advance Of US Trip
(Vatican City) Pope Benedict XVI told Washington's new ambassador Friday that he appreciates efforts by what he said are the many Americans opposed to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage.
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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As the battle over a bill banning domestic partner registries continues in the Legislature, the Kansas Equality Coalition is urging people to contact their lawmakers. "Call your representative and senator now and tell them to vote 'no,'" said Thomas Witt, chair of the Equality Coalition. "This awfulbill would make it harder for some LGBT Kansans to get health insurance. It would damage the home rule authority of local cities and counties."
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Four years ago, much of the Santa Cruz area gay and lesbian community brimmed with optimism as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began allowing same-sex marriages, prompting county and city leaders here to pass measures of support. That optimism has been tempered in the intervening years. The California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday on six consolidated suits related to same-gender marriage in which challengers contend state marriage laws are unconstitutional. But few same-sex marriage supporters are ready to party like it's 2004.
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Arizona: Republicans in the Legislature have introduced a proposal to amend the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Again? Yes, unfortunately. We think the amendment is unnecessary and unworthy of inclusion in our Constitution.
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New York: There's a famous line from a speech Sojourner Truth delivered at a women's rights convention in 1851 that comes to mind as Monroe County fights against recognizing gay marriage. "Ain't I a woman?" said the former slave and early feminist, in response to concerns that women weren't strong enough, smart enough or Christ-like enough to merit equal rights. Those are among the arguments against allowing same-sex marriage. But County Executive Maggie Brooks says she's looking out for taxpayers in appealing a state court decision recognizing gay marriages performed outside of New York state.
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Gay activists have donated thousands of dollars to Iowa politicians in an attempt to derail debate on a legislative proposal that would alter Iowa's Constitution and limit marriage to heterosexual couples, an Iowa group alleged Thursday. Several legislative leaders quickly denounced the group's claims, calling their tactics hateful."I have a problem when people say, 'We are good, they are evil,' House Majority Speaker Pat Murphy, a Dubuque Democrat, said in response to the group. "The bottom line is, I believe that every person should be treated with dignity and respect in this state."
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Public debate about homosexuality is dominated by the question of choice."Clinics" that aim for "cures" presuppose that it is, while the Web sites of groups like the Human Rights Campaign and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays prominently display arguments that sexuality is not a choice. Indeed, it seems that most people take the question to be the key to determining whether discrimination is permissible. Both sides are wrong,but my concern today is with those who defend gay rights on the grounds that sexuality is not a choice. Most importantly, focus on the alleged genetic basis of homosexuality gives the bulk of the game away to the anti-gay position. One turns to an "I can't help it" defense, only when one has agreed that something is inherently wrong - or at least morally problematic.
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Welcome to the March 1, 2008 news letter of www.glbtq.com, the world's largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture.
Candace Gingrich (b. 1966), the half-sister of former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, serves as a spokesperson and Senior Youth Outreach Manager for the Human Rights Campaign.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/gingrich_c.html
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Forwarded from Victoria Lavin Daily Queer News
dailyqueernews@yahoo.com
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Photographer Challenged for Denying Services to Lesbian Couple
According to various anti-gay media including the Washington Times, ElaineHuguenin, a photographer in Albequerque was brought before the New Mexico Human Rights Commission due to her denial of services to a lesbian couple. She is defended by Alliance Defense Fund, an anti-gay legal ministry.
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/28/1493
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Dutch Crown Princess To Attend Gay Rights Conference
(Amsterdam, Netherlands) The future Queen of The Netherlands will attend an LGBT rights conference organized by the Dutch Gay Federation (COC), becomingthe first royal in the world to personally appear at such a session.
http://365gay.com/Newscon08/02/022808neth.htm
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Turkey's Anti-War Diva
Better known for her tabloid love affairs, plastic surgery and husky voice, transsexual Turkish diva Bulent Ersoy makes the unlikeliest political activist. Yet she has caused a storm of outrage by becoming the only public personality to speak out against Turkey's invasion of northern Iraq. So pervasive is the nationalist climate that Ersoy has been vilified for declaring - on a national TV equivalent of American Idol, where she is a judge - that if she had a son, she would not have sent him to fight this war. She is now under investigation for being "anti-military".
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718039,00.html
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Pedophilia, Hedonism & Impending Confusion: Revisiting the Anti-Gay Rhetoric of Michael Brown
Pentecostal leader Michael Brown continues to throw homosexuality into the mix with an array of exotic sexual fetishes, including pedophilia, zoophilia and coprophilia, sexual arousal from human feces.
http://www.exgaywatch.com/wp/2008/02/pedophilia-hedonism-impending-confusion-revisiting-the-anti-gay-rhetoric-of-michael-brown/
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Unmasking The "Gay" Agenda
Americans who self-identify as "gay" or lesbian comprise roughly one to three percent of the population. Yet the homosexual movement - led by extremist homosexual pressure groups like the so-called Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - represent, per capita, one of America's most powerful and well-funded political lobbies. Consider that HRC and the HRC foundation alone have an annual budget in excess of 50 million.
http://oregonmag.com/BarberAgenda308.html
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NC: homobigots launch attack against openly gay judge
The GOP in North Carolina is exceptionally homophobic, populated and run by bigots with fossilized thinking. It's not surprising, then, that the firs topenly gay judge on the NC Court of Appeals, John Arrowood, is facing an anti-gay attack by his opponent Bob Hunter's supporters. Arrowood was appointed by outgoing governor Mike Easley back in August of 2007, to fill an unexpired term, and is up for election this year. http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7403C8A03D081C8EA2D9B25C078F79AA?diaryId=4629
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Obama's Open Letter To Gay Americans
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/02/obamas-open-let.html
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Hate speech divides Moroccan press
In Morocco, articles published by the Arabic-language Al Massae daily have led to a strong division of the press. According to Said Essoulami, director of the Casablanca-based Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, this controversy shows the difficulties of Moroccan media to cover sexual, cultural, political and ideological diversities.
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1133&p=report&a=4
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Plight of Gays in Belarus, Iraq and Uganda to be Highlighted at IDAHO 2008 Launch LONDON, February 27, 2008 - Government ministers, mayoral candidates, students and academics, national and international LGBT campaigners, a lesbian singer/songwriter, who according to one reviewer performs like "Mary Poppins on acid" are all gearing up for the IDAHO-UK 2008 launch event at the London College of Fashion, which will take place, on the evening of March 13.
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Feb/2701.htm
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Boy Scouts wrong on gay exclusions
I have chosen not to renew my membership in the National Eagle Scout Association because of the Boy Scouts' official policy of discrimination against gay people. I am ashamed an organization to which I owe so much has chosen to take such a myopic stance on this issue and hides behind a legal veil to exclude gay Scouts.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802280612
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Gays invite Christians
Gay activists are outraged over comments made by the head of the Australian Christian Lobby on the ABC current events program Lateline last week.
http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/gays-invite-christians-2664.html
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Welsh police force flies Pride flag
A second UK police force has marked LGBT History Month by flying the gay Pride flag at its headquarters.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6968.html
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Mental note: Don't let the AFA write our obituary when we die
Speaking about the late Ric Weiland, a founding Microsoft employee and gay rights activist who recently made news for the $65 million endowment that he left behind to gay rights and HIV/ AIDS organizations, the American Family Association's One News Now site today says the following about his death:
Weiland, who retired in 1988, committed suicide in 2006 at age 53 after a long struggle with depression and homosexuality.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/02/mental-note-don.html
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Exodus Speaker to Gays and Ex-Gays: God Hates You
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/exodus-speaker-to-gays-and-ex-gays-god-hates-you/
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Two Gay Youths Killed in 10 Days: Ex-Gay Youth Leaders Give Nod to Oppression
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/two-gay-youths-killed-in-10-days/
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Presbyterian minister to face trial again for same-sex union
A Presbyterian minister whose 2006 church trial for conducting a lesbian marriage ceremony ended with dismissal on a technicality says she has again been brought up on the same charges.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08058/860636-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml
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k.d. lang: "I'm a nomad"
The first minute of k.d. lang's new disc "Watershed" feels like a quick trip through her musical life.
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/02/26/1
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New York Times
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Gay Voters, Take Note
Andrew Sullivan is dazzled by a statement from Barack Obama in Texas in support of gay rights.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/gay-voters-take-note/index.html?ref=opinion
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The Global AIDS Fight
Congress and the White House are preparing to ramp up spending on programs to combat AIDS and related diseases around the world while removing some of the ideological blinders that have long undermined the effort to slow the spread of the AIDS virus. It will be a welcome strengthening of a foreign aid program that was already one of the shining accomplishments of the Bush administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/opinion/29fri1.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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Abortion, Economics Key Issues For Young Voters
A candidate's position on abortion could be the issue that gets young voters into the voting booth this year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902646.html
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ASK AMY
DEAR AMY: A young cousin of mine recently reached out to me with some heavy news. She told me that she is gay. She asked me not to tell anyone in the family, and I am honored that she trusted me with such a secret. I will most definitely honor her secret, and I completely support her.
However, as a man who is certainly more an elder than a peer -- she just started driving; I am pushing 30 -- I am wondering what role I should play in this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022601792.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Rod Llaneza competed with a point to prove - 'Y'all got beat by a sissy'
Rod Llaneza doesn't shy away from a fight. In fact, he enjoys them, at least inside the ring.
http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/2008022662/People/2008-People/Kickboxing-his-way-out-of-the-closet.html
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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McCain Seeks Distance From Anti-Gay Pastor
(Phoenix, Arizona) John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech.
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Renewed Effort To Pass Federal Hate Crime Law Following Two Murders
(Washington) There is renewed impetus to enact LGBT federal hate crime legislation in the wake of the killings this month of two young people and the vicious beating of a third person.
-
Pope Praises Supporters Of Gay Marriage Bans In Advance Of US Trip
(Vatican City) Pope Benedict XVI told Washington's new ambassador Friday that he appreciates efforts by what he said are the many Americans opposed to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage.
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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As the battle over a bill banning domestic partner registries continues in the Legislature, the Kansas Equality Coalition is urging people to contact their lawmakers. "Call your representative and senator now and tell them to vote 'no,'" said Thomas Witt, chair of the Equality Coalition. "This awfulbill would make it harder for some LGBT Kansans to get health insurance. It would damage the home rule authority of local cities and counties."
-
Four years ago, much of the Santa Cruz area gay and lesbian community brimmed with optimism as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began allowing same-sex marriages, prompting county and city leaders here to pass measures of support. That optimism has been tempered in the intervening years. The California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday on six consolidated suits related to same-gender marriage in which challengers contend state marriage laws are unconstitutional. But few same-sex marriage supporters are ready to party like it's 2004.
-
Arizona: Republicans in the Legislature have introduced a proposal to amend the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Again? Yes, unfortunately. We think the amendment is unnecessary and unworthy of inclusion in our Constitution.
-
New York: There's a famous line from a speech Sojourner Truth delivered at a women's rights convention in 1851 that comes to mind as Monroe County fights against recognizing gay marriage. "Ain't I a woman?" said the former slave and early feminist, in response to concerns that women weren't strong enough, smart enough or Christ-like enough to merit equal rights. Those are among the arguments against allowing same-sex marriage. But County Executive Maggie Brooks says she's looking out for taxpayers in appealing a state court decision recognizing gay marriages performed outside of New York state.
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Gay activists have donated thousands of dollars to Iowa politicians in an attempt to derail debate on a legislative proposal that would alter Iowa's Constitution and limit marriage to heterosexual couples, an Iowa group alleged Thursday. Several legislative leaders quickly denounced the group's claims, calling their tactics hateful."I have a problem when people say, 'We are good, they are evil,' House Majority Speaker Pat Murphy, a Dubuque Democrat, said in response to the group. "The bottom line is, I believe that every person should be treated with dignity and respect in this state."
-
Public debate about homosexuality is dominated by the question of choice."Clinics" that aim for "cures" presuppose that it is, while the Web sites of groups like the Human Rights Campaign and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays prominently display arguments that sexuality is not a choice. Indeed, it seems that most people take the question to be the key to determining whether discrimination is permissible. Both sides are wrong,but my concern today is with those who defend gay rights on the grounds that sexuality is not a choice. Most importantly, focus on the alleged genetic basis of homosexuality gives the bulk of the game away to the anti-gay position. One turns to an "I can't help it" defense, only when one has agreed that something is inherently wrong - or at least morally problematic.
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Welcome to the March 1, 2008 news letter of www.glbtq.com, the world's largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture.
Candace Gingrich (b. 1966), the half-sister of former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, serves as a spokesperson and Senior Youth Outreach Manager for the Human Rights Campaign.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/gingrich_c.html
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Forwarded from Victoria Lavin Daily Queer News
dailyqueernews@yahoo.com
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Photographer Challenged for Denying Services to Lesbian Couple
According to various anti-gay media including the Washington Times, ElaineHuguenin, a photographer in Albequerque was brought before the New Mexico Human Rights Commission due to her denial of services to a lesbian couple. She is defended by Alliance Defense Fund, an anti-gay legal ministry.
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/28/1493
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Dutch Crown Princess To Attend Gay Rights Conference
(Amsterdam, Netherlands) The future Queen of The Netherlands will attend an LGBT rights conference organized by the Dutch Gay Federation (COC), becomingthe first royal in the world to personally appear at such a session.
http://365gay.com/Newscon08/02/022808neth.htm
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Turkey's Anti-War Diva
Better known for her tabloid love affairs, plastic surgery and husky voice, transsexual Turkish diva Bulent Ersoy makes the unlikeliest political activist. Yet she has caused a storm of outrage by becoming the only public personality to speak out against Turkey's invasion of northern Iraq. So pervasive is the nationalist climate that Ersoy has been vilified for declaring - on a national TV equivalent of American Idol, where she is a judge - that if she had a son, she would not have sent him to fight this war. She is now under investigation for being "anti-military".
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718039,00.html
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Pedophilia, Hedonism & Impending Confusion: Revisiting the Anti-Gay Rhetoric of Michael Brown
Pentecostal leader Michael Brown continues to throw homosexuality into the mix with an array of exotic sexual fetishes, including pedophilia, zoophilia and coprophilia, sexual arousal from human feces.
http://www.exgaywatch.com/wp/2008/02/pedophilia-hedonism-impending-confusion-revisiting-the-anti-gay-rhetoric-of-michael-brown/
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Unmasking The "Gay" Agenda
Americans who self-identify as "gay" or lesbian comprise roughly one to three percent of the population. Yet the homosexual movement - led by extremist homosexual pressure groups like the so-called Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - represent, per capita, one of America's most powerful and well-funded political lobbies. Consider that HRC and the HRC foundation alone have an annual budget in excess of 50 million.
http://oregonmag.com/BarberAgenda308.html
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NC: homobigots launch attack against openly gay judge
The GOP in North Carolina is exceptionally homophobic, populated and run by bigots with fossilized thinking. It's not surprising, then, that the firs topenly gay judge on the NC Court of Appeals, John Arrowood, is facing an anti-gay attack by his opponent Bob Hunter's supporters. Arrowood was appointed by outgoing governor Mike Easley back in August of 2007, to fill an unexpired term, and is up for election this year. http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7403C8A03D081C8EA2D9B25C078F79AA?diaryId=4629
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Obama's Open Letter To Gay Americans
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/02/obamas-open-let.html
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Hate speech divides Moroccan press
In Morocco, articles published by the Arabic-language Al Massae daily have led to a strong division of the press. According to Said Essoulami, director of the Casablanca-based Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, this controversy shows the difficulties of Moroccan media to cover sexual, cultural, political and ideological diversities.
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1133&p=report&a=4
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Plight of Gays in Belarus, Iraq and Uganda to be Highlighted at IDAHO 2008 Launch LONDON, February 27, 2008 - Government ministers, mayoral candidates, students and academics, national and international LGBT campaigners, a lesbian singer/songwriter, who according to one reviewer performs like "Mary Poppins on acid" are all gearing up for the IDAHO-UK 2008 launch event at the London College of Fashion, which will take place, on the evening of March 13.
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Feb/2701.htm
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Boy Scouts wrong on gay exclusions
I have chosen not to renew my membership in the National Eagle Scout Association because of the Boy Scouts' official policy of discrimination against gay people. I am ashamed an organization to which I owe so much has chosen to take such a myopic stance on this issue and hides behind a legal veil to exclude gay Scouts.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802280612
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Gays invite Christians
Gay activists are outraged over comments made by the head of the Australian Christian Lobby on the ABC current events program Lateline last week.
http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/gays-invite-christians-2664.html
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Welsh police force flies Pride flag
A second UK police force has marked LGBT History Month by flying the gay Pride flag at its headquarters.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6968.html
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Mental note: Don't let the AFA write our obituary when we die
Speaking about the late Ric Weiland, a founding Microsoft employee and gay rights activist who recently made news for the $65 million endowment that he left behind to gay rights and HIV/ AIDS organizations, the American Family Association's One News Now site today says the following about his death:
Weiland, who retired in 1988, committed suicide in 2006 at age 53 after a long struggle with depression and homosexuality.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/02/mental-note-don.html
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Exodus Speaker to Gays and Ex-Gays: God Hates You
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/exodus-speaker-to-gays-and-ex-gays-god-hates-you/
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Two Gay Youths Killed in 10 Days: Ex-Gay Youth Leaders Give Nod to Oppression
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/two-gay-youths-killed-in-10-days/
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Presbyterian minister to face trial again for same-sex union
A Presbyterian minister whose 2006 church trial for conducting a lesbian marriage ceremony ended with dismissal on a technicality says she has again been brought up on the same charges.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08058/860636-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml
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k.d. lang: "I'm a nomad"
The first minute of k.d. lang's new disc "Watershed" feels like a quick trip through her musical life.
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/02/26/1
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Horrifying and Unnecessary
President Bush is planning to veto a law that would require intelligence services to abide by the same rules on torture as the military. We urge him not to veto this bill.
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McCain Channels His Inner Hillary
Whatever John McCain's sporadic overlap with liberals, he is emulating almost identically the suicidal Clinton campaign against Barack Obama.
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Africa's Next Slaughter
It is still possible to avert a new war in South Sudan, but only if there is a major international effort to ensure that the Sudanese government will paya price for its action.
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McCain's Big Decision: Who to Pick as VP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a big decision ahead of him -- picking a vice presidential running mate whose presence on the ticket would reassure Americans concerned about McCain's age. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-usa-politics-mccain.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Washington Post
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Hillary's Hypocrisy
She sets impossible standards that no candidate -- including herself -- can live up to.
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Stop Hating on NAFTA
Quitting NAFTA would send economic shock waves throughout the world, and the damage would start here at home.
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It's All About Me, Me, Me
We want what we want and we want it now, but a sense of entitlement wreaks havoc on happiness.
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In Search for Peace, White House Role Fades As Secretary of State Rice returns to Middle East, three months after the Annapolis, Md., talks, signs of U.S. irrelevance are everywhere in the region.
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Can He Make the Play? by David Ignatius
For all his talk of bipartisanship, there's little evidence that Barack Obama is capable of healing Washington.
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He Could Still Matter
Ralph Nader's candidacy -- and how the other candidates react to it -- may well determine who the next president will be.
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She Can Be Proud by David S. Broder
Even if her campaign ends this week, Hillary Clinton has nothing to apologize for.
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Russia's Succession
In eight years a weak democracy has become a belligerent autocracy. Westernpolicy has yet to adjust.
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No Secret Cash
Mr. Bush should disclose who pays for his presidential library.
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Putin's Heir a Shadowy Figure
The man almost certain to be Russia's next leader is largely unknown to his people and the world.
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Miami Herald
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Which religion (if any) is right for you?
Just below the text, there was a Google ad inviting me to take a quiz.``Christian? Jewish? Muslim? Atheist? See which Religion is Right for You.''
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Polls: Races tighten in Ohio, Texas
New polls show Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a dead heat ahead of Tuesday's Texas primary and are locked in a similarly tight race for Ohio.
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BAGHDAD -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his landmark visit to Iraq opened a new chapter in "brotherly" relations between the two countries, which were once bitter enemies.
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Advice to a young colleague By LEONARD PITTS JR.
Last week, a fellow journalist wrote to ask me for help. His name is David Tintner, and he's a senior at Cooper City High, where he's the editor of the school paper. Recently, he wrote a column criticizing those who wear what he regards as ''an extremely offensive symbol'': the Confederate battle flag.
David says a group of students known on campus as ''the Redneck Nation'' took exception. A gang of them cornered him at lunch to yell at him. They've made threats and tried to stare him down.
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Military should not face immigration bureaucracy
No matter what your take on immigration, it should be a no-brainer that members of the military should be put into the express lane when it comes to gaining citizenship.
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FLORIDA DIGEST March 2, 2008
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Sex Offenders
ISSUE: Felons evicted from bridges.
A bridge is no solution for the challenge facing government officials keeping track of convicted sex offenders released back into society. Or for those offenders trying to piece their lives back into order.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafbridgespnfeb26,0,4207399.story
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Gutless move by Florida Board of Education on evolution
BOTTOM LINE: "Theory" still waters down standards.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-224evolution,0,7098793.story
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Fort Lauderdale mayor delivers State of the City address
Mayor Jim Naugle highlighted the positives in his latest State of the City address, noting that there were no hurricanes in 2007 and the city's top two industries are faring well. ..... In resurrecting the gay sex issue, he said that despite the Police Department's official statements last summer that public restrooms were not being used as a hookup site for men, they were. He said city parks were listed on the Internet as places to meet, and that 12 related arrests have been made in city parks since the controversybegan in the summer. He didn't specify what the arrests were for."As long as I'm mayor, I'm going to do all I can to make sure the activity doesn't take place," he said. "And hopefully whoever takes my place in 2009 will have the same opinion. I think the majority of the residents do support parks that are available to the children without having to see illegal activity."
To view the speech, go to
http://www.fortlauderdale.gov./
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flftlcity0302semar02,0,4561494,print.story
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Democrats turn out for delegate selection
Whether the delegates picked Saturday will be seated in Denver is still uncertain. When Florida moved up its primary earlier than Democratic rules allowed, the national party punished the state by revoking its convention delegates. Party leaders hope a delegation will get seated, but no final decision has been made.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/
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Michael Mayo: Water management tricky in South Florida
Parker Priest was confused. A few weeks ago, rare, heavy February rains pelted the Everglades water conservation area where he regularly takes his airboat. But in a matter of days, he saw all that water vanish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened spillway gates along the North New River Canal in western Broward, causing the water level to abruptly drop nearly 2 feet.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmayocol0302sbmar02,0,7678360.column
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Hiding the homeless won't work
ISSUE: Business leaders want the homeless removed from downtown.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editajjhomelesssbmar02,0,3100261.story
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Funny money: Questionable spending by ex-pastor at homeless shelter demands answers
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editnbwestgatepnmar02,0,4983548.story
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Teacher gets 13 years for molesting boys
Arrested for molesting students in 2005, a former teacher pleaded no contestto related charges in exchange for 13 years in prison. After Adrian Valdez is released from prison, he must serve three years of house arrest and then 50 years of sex offender probation. A former middle school geography teacher accused of molesting three students at his Pompano Beach school was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/439841.html
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MIAMI EDISON SENIOR HIGH - Students released from jail
A judge sent home 18 teens arrested after a clash with police. The students say they were protesting the vice principal's behavior. .... Although the students were allowed to go home, the charges were not dropped.
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/440880.html
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Broward delegation gears up for budget battles
Broward's mostly Democratic legislators hope they can persuade their Republican colleagues to spare priority programs like hospitals, schools and courts from major budget cuts.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/440871.html
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Tough choices await state lawmakers
If lawmakers don't know it already, they will discover when they convene in
Tallahassee Tuesday for the 60-day legislative session that the party is
over. We're not talking about the lobbyist-fueled party circuit, but about
running one of the largest states in the union, which is in deep trouble.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/439429.html
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Gay South Florida - by Steve Rothaus
Slide show Gay American Heroes Foundation/Stonewall Library reception at
Winter Party Festival
As part of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's annual Winter PartyFestival, two South Florida groups held a reception Friday at the MiamiBeach Botanical Gardens: Gay American Heroes Foundation, which is raisingmoney to build a memorial to GLBT people killed in hate crimes; and theStonewall Library & Archives presenting "Days Without Sunshine: AnitaBryant's Anti-Gay Crusade."Here are photos I took at the event:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Black Banana becomes HIV Testing Location
6890 Powerline RoadFort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
Contact: AJ Cross 754-367-6366
The Black Banana is proud to announce the Broward County Department ofHealth will be listing the minority based club a "Testing Location",starting in March. Every 2nd Saturday of the month patrons will be able toget discrete Rapid Oral testing inside of the club in our private VIPlounge. The initiative was the brainchild of AJ Cross (BLACK BANANA) andMichael Rajner (NAPWA), both of whom are fully aware of the great difficultythe Department of Health has had in gaining the access and trust of theblack gay demographic.Contact mhtml:%7BD07EF213-143A-499A-A907-131F6AEC2A28%7Dmid://00000035/!x-usc:mailto:rays.list@comcast.net for the full article.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Sex Offenders
ISSUE: Felons evicted from bridges.
A bridge is no solution for the challenge facing government officials keeping track of convicted sex offenders released back into society. Or for those offenders trying to piece their lives back into order.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafbridgespnfeb26,0,4207399.story
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Gutless move by Florida Board of Education on evolution
BOTTOM LINE: "Theory" still waters down standards.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-224evolution,0,7098793.story
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Fort Lauderdale mayor delivers State of the City address
Mayor Jim Naugle highlighted the positives in his latest State of the City address, noting that there were no hurricanes in 2007 and the city's top two industries are faring well. ..... In resurrecting the gay sex issue, he said that despite the Police Department's official statements last summer that public restrooms were not being used as a hookup site for men, they were. He said city parks were listed on the Internet as places to meet, and that 12 related arrests have been made in city parks since the controversybegan in the summer. He didn't specify what the arrests were for."As long as I'm mayor, I'm going to do all I can to make sure the activity doesn't take place," he said. "And hopefully whoever takes my place in 2009 will have the same opinion. I think the majority of the residents do support parks that are available to the children without having to see illegal activity."
To view the speech, go to
http://www.fortlauderdale.gov./
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flftlcity0302semar02,0,4561494,print.story
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Democrats turn out for delegate selection
Whether the delegates picked Saturday will be seated in Denver is still uncertain. When Florida moved up its primary earlier than Democratic rules allowed, the national party punished the state by revoking its convention delegates. Party leaders hope a delegation will get seated, but no final decision has been made.
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/
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Michael Mayo: Water management tricky in South Florida
Parker Priest was confused. A few weeks ago, rare, heavy February rains pelted the Everglades water conservation area where he regularly takes his airboat. But in a matter of days, he saw all that water vanish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened spillway gates along the North New River Canal in western Broward, causing the water level to abruptly drop nearly 2 feet.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmayocol0302sbmar02,0,7678360.column
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Hiding the homeless won't work
ISSUE: Business leaders want the homeless removed from downtown.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editajjhomelesssbmar02,0,3100261.story
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Funny money: Questionable spending by ex-pastor at homeless shelter demands answers
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editnbwestgatepnmar02,0,4983548.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Teacher gets 13 years for molesting boys
Arrested for molesting students in 2005, a former teacher pleaded no contestto related charges in exchange for 13 years in prison. After Adrian Valdez is released from prison, he must serve three years of house arrest and then 50 years of sex offender probation. A former middle school geography teacher accused of molesting three students at his Pompano Beach school was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/439841.html
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MIAMI EDISON SENIOR HIGH - Students released from jail
A judge sent home 18 teens arrested after a clash with police. The students say they were protesting the vice principal's behavior. .... Although the students were allowed to go home, the charges were not dropped.
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/440880.html
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Broward delegation gears up for budget battles
Broward's mostly Democratic legislators hope they can persuade their Republican colleagues to spare priority programs like hospitals, schools and courts from major budget cuts.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/440871.html
-
Tough choices await state lawmakers
If lawmakers don't know it already, they will discover when they convene in
Tallahassee Tuesday for the 60-day legislative session that the party is
over. We're not talking about the lobbyist-fueled party circuit, but about
running one of the largest states in the union, which is in deep trouble.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/439429.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/steve_rothaus/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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Gay South Florida - by Steve Rothaus
Slide show Gay American Heroes Foundation/Stonewall Library reception at
Winter Party Festival
As part of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's annual Winter PartyFestival, two South Florida groups held a reception Friday at the MiamiBeach Botanical Gardens: Gay American Heroes Foundation, which is raisingmoney to build a memorial to GLBT people killed in hate crimes; and theStonewall Library & Archives presenting "Days Without Sunshine: AnitaBryant's Anti-Gay Crusade."Here are photos I took at the event:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Black Banana becomes HIV Testing Location
6890 Powerline RoadFort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
Contact: AJ Cross 754-367-6366
The Black Banana is proud to announce the Broward County Department ofHealth will be listing the minority based club a "Testing Location",starting in March. Every 2nd Saturday of the month patrons will be able toget discrete Rapid Oral testing inside of the club in our private VIPlounge. The initiative was the brainchild of AJ Cross (BLACK BANANA) andMichael Rajner (NAPWA), both of whom are fully aware of the great difficultythe Department of Health has had in gaining the access and trust of theblack gay demographic.Contact mhtml:%7BD07EF213-143A-499A-A907-131F6AEC2A28%7Dmid://00000035/!x-usc:mailto:rays.list@comcast.net for the full article.
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