Archive for October, 2005
Monday, October 31st, 2005
Regents quiet on change to policy
By DANÉE ATTEBURY
Published, October 31, 2005, 06:00:01 AM EDT
The Red & Black, The University of Georgia
The proposal to add sexual orientation to the University’s anti-discrimination policy is at a standstill, with both the University and the regents balking at approving the proposal.
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Monday, October 31st, 2005
Bush's new Supreme Court pick struck down gay protection
Alito ruled for Christian conservatives suing Pa. school district
By CHRIS CRAIN | Oct 31, 10:12 AM
President Bush's new pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, announced this morning, wrote an opinion on behalf of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2000 ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2005
Iowa pastors to protest school forum on bullying and gays
Pastors meet to discuss how to fight 'gay agenda'
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) | Oct 31, 8:33 AM
A group of southeast Iowa pastors plan to launch an organized protest of a school-sponsored forum planned for Tuesday focusing on bullying and its affect ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2005
Conservative Anglicans warn liberal churches in West
Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:38 AM ET, Reuters
By Edmund Blair
CAIRO (Reuters) - Traditionalist Anglican clerics warned the U.S. and Canadian churches on Monday that their liberal actions over gay rights were tearing apart the 450-year-old church and told them to change their ways urgently.
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
From the Salt Lake Tribune
By Kevin Eckstrom
Religion News Service
October 28, 2005
Liberal Episcopalians, concerned that a split over homosexuality may be inevitable next year, have begun laying the groundwork for seizing control of church property and replacing bishops who leave the church.
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
From the Daily Pennsylvanian
The University of Pennsylvania
'Law and Order' star discusses race, sexuality
By katelyn foley
October 28, 2005
Best known for his role as George Huang on Law and Order: SVU, actor B.D. Wong now rejects roles stereotypically given to Asian-American actors after years of conforming to a "caucasian box."
As part of ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
From the Washington Blade:
Catholic colleges discuss making school a good place for gays
Conference draws about 150 people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) | Oct 30, 7:00 PM
More than 40 Catholic colleges were represented on Saturday at a conference that was billed as the nation's first on how gays and lesbians fit in ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
From the Chicago SUn-Times:
'This is a church where you can bring your whole self'
October 30, 2005
BY CATHLEEN FALSANI Religion Reporter
Tucked away in a cul de sac on the western edge of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood sits the Episcopal parish of St. Martin, an unlikely urban oasis that has become a thriving ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
From 365gay.com News:
Gay Denomination Installs New Leader Amid Threat By Christian Conservatives
by Doreen Brandt 365Gay.com Washington Bureau
Posted: October 30, 2005 12:01 am ET
(Washington) In a ceremony marked by tears of joy, a Florida minister was installed Saturday as the new Presiding Bishop of the Metropolitan Community Churches, ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
From the New York Times
A City Council Candidate in Manhattan Is Reaching for Bloomberg's Coattails
By JONATHAN P. HICKS
Published: October 29, 2005
While campaigning in front of a supermarket this week, Patrick M. Murphy, a Republican seeking a Council seat on the East Side of Manhattan, repeatedly introduced himself to voters ...
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