Archive for November, 2005

New marriage equality battle in Massachusetts

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 ...

‘In strong terms, Rome is to ban gay priests’

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 ...

Vatican document banning gays from priesthood leaked to press

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 ...

Conservative Episcopal church refuses to hand over assets to the Rochester Episcopal diocese

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 — ...

Chapel Hill school board to send letter in support of LGBT youth to North Carolina State School Board

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 ...

Colorado Springs school district settles lawsuit with gay-straight alliance and ACLU

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 ...

Being openly gay saves lives by facing down fear

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 ...

Polish gays plead for help

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 ...

California man found guilty of anti-gay hate crime murder

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 ...

UF Student arrested for taking preacher’s anti-gay banner

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 ...