Archive for November, 2005
Thursday, November 24th, 2005
From Reuters:
Battle intensifies over gay marriage in Massachusetts
Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:19 PM ET
By Jason Szep
BOSTON (Reuters) - Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would outlaw gay marriage in Massachusetts said on Wednesday they had more than double the number of signatures needed to put the issue to voters.
But ...
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Thursday, November 24th, 2005
From the New York Times:
In Strong Terms, Rome Is to Ban Gays as Priests
By IAN FISHER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: November 23, 2005
ROME, Nov. 22 - A new Vatican document excludes from the priesthood most gay men, with few exceptions, banning in strong and specific language candidates "who are actively ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
From the Washington Blade & the Associated Press:
Vatican: sexually active gays unwelcome in priesthood
Document leaked in advance of official release
VATICAN CITY (AP) | Nov 22, 3:47 PM
The Vatican says homosexuals who are sexually active or support "gay culture" are unwelcome in the priesthood unless they have overcome their homosexual ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle:
All Saints refuses to hand over keys
Dissolved Irondequoit church tells visitors from Episcopal diocese it will not surrender its assets
Marketta Gregory
Staff writer
"We no longer acknowledge your authority"
(November 22, 2005) — A delegation from Rochester's Episcopal diocese — including the bishop and an attorney — ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
From the Durham Herald-Sun:
'Human diversity' draws ire
BY CAROLYN NORTON : The Herald-Sun
cnorton@heraldsun.com
Nov 19, 2005 : 5:42 pm ET
CHAPEL HILL -- City school officials don't approve of a recent state Board of Education decision that deletes specific categories of potential discrimination from the standards for high school counselors and social ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
From the Washington Blade & the Associated Press:
Colo. Springs school district settles lawsuit over gay student group
Gay-Straight Alliance now has same rights as other groups
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) | Nov 22, 9:11 AM
The district will pay $90,000 in attorney's fees and fully ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
Here she is again, the columnist very quickly becoming one of my fav's... Deb Price from The Detroit News:
Monday, November 21, 2005
Being openly gay saves lives by facing down fear
By Deb Price / The Detroit News
After painstakingly hiding his gay feelings since boyhood, radiologist Wayne Wolfson finally got the shove ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
From UK Gay News:
Please Help Us – Polish Gays Call to Europe
“We are going to do with you what Hitler did with the Jews,” counter demonstrators chanted.
WARSAW, November 21, 2005 — An impassioned plea has come from many gays in ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
From the Washington Blade & the Associated Press:
Man guilty in brutal gay hate-crime murder
Victim's ears cut off, anti-gay slur written on his back
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) | Nov 21, 10:00 AM
A jury convicted a man Friday of first-degree murder for the brutal killing of a retired immigration agent who ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
From the University of Florida Alligator:
Preacher's banner taken
By KATIE WILKINSON
Alligator Writer
A UF student was arrested for stealing a Turlington Plaza minister's sign, which read "Beware queer university," Friday afternoon.
Jennifer Arce, 23, approached campus evangelist David Miller from behind, snatched the sign and fled on foot toward University Avenue on ...
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