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"National
& International 2004 News Archives"
November 2004
November
30:
*Defenders of Bill of
Rights Have Work Ahead. Op-Ed. By Howard Simon
Florida Sun-Sentinel
*Cheryl Jacques Replaced
At Human Rights Campaign. 365Gay.Com
*Household Bliss for
Same-Sex Couples. E-Diet.Com - Psychology
Today
*Refusal to Hear Case
Could Boost Chances for Marriage Law in Connecticut. Middletown Press
*50 States and the
District of Columbia Laws Affecting GLBT People. Human Rights
Campaign
*Amendment Overturned,
Appeals Court Rules Colleges Can Bar Military Recruiters. Washington Square
News
*Civil Rights Leaders
Urge Close Study of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Washington
Times
*Cleveland Gay Equality
Protest Set for December
2. Out in America
Newswire
*Gay Marriage Debated in
New Britain. The
Herald
*Lesbian Employee Sues
Microsoft for Sexual Harassment. Reuters - India
Times
*Louisiana Court to Hear
Arguments Over Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment. KTBS 3
News
*Michigan Lawmaker to
Introduce Measure Opposing Same-Sex Benefits for State Workers. PrideSource.Com
*Move To Void Michigan
Gay Partner Benefits. 365Gay.com
*Ohio United Church of
Christ Runs Ad Campaign To Attract Gays. 365Gay.Com
*Philadelphia Methodists'
Third Trial Testing Church Law Against Gay Clergy. WNEP16 News
*PWA Lives Endangered By
Insurance Companies Inaction Group Says. 365Gay.Com
Sen. Ted Kennedy Defends
Gay Marriage, Rebukes Foes. TheBostonChannel.Com
*Supreme Court Rejects
Gay Marriage Challenge. Houston
Chronicle
*Supremes Let
Massachuettes Gay-Wed Law Stand. N.Y.
Post
International
News
*London Cop Boss To Sue
Force For Anti-Gay Harassment. 365Gay.Com
*Activists Welcome Ruling
on Pretoria Same-Sex Couple. SABCNews.Com South
Africa
*Gay Marriage Ruling
Slammed. News24.Con South Africa
*Lesbian Marriage Gets
the Nod. News24.Con South Africa
*Melbourne Lord Mayor
Plays Down Gay Capital Push. Herald Sun
Auatralia
*Uganda Warns UN Not To
Give Gays AIDS Information. 365Gay.Com
November
29:
*Florida Campus Becomes
Gay Rights Microcosm. St Petersburg
Times
*Anti-Gay Protestors
Clash With Supporters of Webb City High School Student. KYTV
Springfield
*A Tug of War Over
Custodial Rights. Editorial The
Virginian-Pilot
*Gay Marriage Succeeds in
Massachusetts. Op-Ed. By Deb Price The Detroit
News
*HIV is Still the No. 1
Problem for Gay Americans. Gay Financial
Network
*Matthew Shepard's
Hometown Elects First Openly Gay Mayor. Advocate
*Military Loses Gay Ban
Threats. Associated
Press - 365Gay.Com
*Poll: Americans Want Roe
v. Wade Upheld, Not Gay Marriage. Advocate
*Stop Delaying Gays Tell
Atlanta Mayor. 365Gay.Com
*Connecticut Gays Could
Benefit From Supreme Court Decision. WTNH TV
News
*Gay Couples Exit
Arkansas, Some Heading for Oregon. Corvallis
Gazette-Times
*Gay Marriage Ban Upheld
in California. Out in Out in San
Jose
*'Marriage' Issue Works
Its Way Through Courts. Washington
Times
*Political Battles Over
Gay Marriage Still Spreading in 12 More States in 2006. Christian Science
Monitor
*Power of the People Not
as Strong in Illinois. Daily Herald - Yahoo
News
*Supreme Court Declines
Conservatives Challenge of Massachusetts Same-Sex Marriage. CNN
News
*Two Becoming One Flesh:
Marriage As a Sexual and Economic Union. Red Nova
*View Homosexual Film, or
Kentucky's Boyd County School District Faces Lawsuit. Conservative
Voice
*World AIDS Week Begins
Amid New Warnings & Potential Hope. 365Gay.Com
International
News
*Bush To Get Gay
'Welcome' In Ottawa. 365Gay.Com
*Fears of Stoning and
Violence, as Sharia, Nigeria Court Issues Warrant for Gay Man. UK
Gay.Com
*Pro-Homosexual Agenda
Underlies New Zealand Labour Government. Campaign Against Civil
Union Bill
*Minister Welcomes Civil
Union Report Confirms Marriage for a Man and a Woman in New Zealand.
*UK Gay Wedding Show Goes
on the Road. UK Gay.Com
November
28:
*Religious Leaders Clash
on 'Meet the Press'. N.Y.
Times (Free Reg.
Required)
*Six in 10 Favor
Mandatory Retirement for High Court. Houston
Chronicle
*'Alexander' the Latest
Try to Grasp an Elusive Hero. San Francisco
Chronicle
*Gay Students Lead to
Homecoming Tradition Changes, Two Colleges Name Men as Queens. A.P.-Sun
News
*Kentucky: New Wrinkles
in Gay-Rights Tug-of-War at Boyd High School. A.P.-Lexington
Herald-Ledger
*Legislator Targets South
Carolina Educational Television's Budget After Gay Documentary Airs. A.P.
*Texas Appeals Court
Upholds Lesbian Partner Adoption. 365Gay.Com
*The Great Gay
Hope. San Francisco
Chronicle
*Topeka Kansas Opponents
of Gay Marriage Disagree on Vote Timing. Lawrence
Journal-World
*What's the Matter With
Massachusetts? Letter to Editor Glenn
Swogger Jr. Boston Globe
International
News
*Archbishop of
Canterbury, Stop Using Inflammatory Words About Gay People. BBC
News
*Melbourne's New Deputy
Mayor-Elect Wants to Snatch the "Gay Capital" Title. Herald
Sun
November
27:
*Kerry Backers in
Portland Parted Ways on Gay Marriage. A.P. Via
OregonLive.Com
*Arizona Gay-Marriage
Foes Push for Amendment. Arizona Daily
Star
*Conventions Vocal About
Gay Marriage, Cautious About Public Education. Associated Baptist Press
*Did Matthew Shepard
Killer's TV Interview Violate Plea Bargain? 365Gay.Com
*Gay Issues Slowly Erode
Episcopal Membership. Washington
Times
*Gay Students Force New
Look at Homecoming Traditions. N.Y.
Times (Free Reg.
Required)
*Indiana Court of Appeals
Extends Rights to Gay Mom.
IndyStar.Com
*Matthew Shepard Killers
Tell a New Story. Editorial The Denver
Post
*Political Columnist
Brian Howey Adds to Cheapening Civil Discourse. Op-Ed By Dr. Stephen
Viars
*Recent-Syndicated Column
by Deb Price Wrong on Moral Views. Letter to Editor By Paul
Miller
*Sen. Jim Bunning
Reflects on His "Limp Wrist Attack" Campaign That Nearly Cost Him His
Job.
A.P.
International
News
*Singapore Blasted For
Gay Sex Law. 365Gay.Com
*Toronto Anglicans Defer
Same-Sex Decision Until 2006. San Francisco
Chronicle
*Canadian Parliament
Rejects Gay Marriage Ban.
*Denying Retroactive CPP
Benefits to Widowed Gays Unconstitutional, Court Rules. The Canadian
Press
Protestant Church in
Netherlands to Grant ''Blessings'' to Gay Couples. The Christian
Post
November
26:
*After Victory, Crusader
Against Same-Sex Marriage Thinks Big. N.Y.
Times
*D.C. Ministers Likely to
Approve Marriage Ban, MCC Pastor to Lead Panel Opposing Ballot Initiative.
*Drugs, Money &
Matthew Shepard's Memory.
*Gay, Catholic and
Confused. Op-Ed. By Kevin Naff
Houston Voice
*Gay Groups to Focus on
Winning Local Battles, Conference Highlights Change in Strategy.
*Gay Issues Gets Linked
to Southwest Missouri State University Renaming.
*Gay-Rights Groups Take
Cue From Christian Right of 1980s. Kansas City
Star (Free Reg.
Required)
*GLAAD Media Watchdog
Slams ABC's '20/20' Report on Matthew Shepard Murder.
*Head of National
Stonewall Democrats Group Resigns Post, Says Departure Unrelated to Election
Losses.
*Leaving U.S. Proves
Tricky For Dispirited Gays, Some Opt to Emigrate.
*Maryland Pastors Vow to
Push For Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage.
*New York City to Offer
Gay Spousal Pension Benefits, Mayor's Refusal to OK Gay-Rights Questioned.
*Openly Gay Man Oicked as
Mayor of Casper, Wyoming.
*'We Need More of Our
Own' in Public Office, Gay Politicians Leading the Way in Georgia Gay Rights
Battles.
*Who is Winning the Legal
Battle Over Gay Marriage?
International
News
*Abuse Against Gays in
Jamaica Highlighted in Human Rights Watch Report.
*Canadian Conservative
MP's Marriage Definition Bill Won't Get Commons Vote.
*Transsexual Golfer
Breaks New Barrier.
November
25:
*Apply History
Today. By Terrenna Arbolaez
Letter to Lakeland Ledger
*American Morality vs Gay
Marriage. By Marcia Ellen Beevre
Bella Online
*Christian Leader Puts
Focus On Gay Marriage And Supreme Court.
*Denominations Merge
& Offer Gay Weddings.
*Gay Cops Accuse LAPD Of
Continued Bias.
*Georgia Equality Wants
Atlanta Mayor to Act Now. Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
*Matthew Shepard Killers
Say They Wanted Drug Money, Not Motivated by Homophobia.
*Separate Is Inherently
Unequal, California Gay Advocates Argue.
International
News
*Canadian parliamentary
House Committee Bars Vote on Marriage. Reuters
*Australian Radio Talk
Jock Claims Homophobic Rant 'Free
Speech'.
*Gay Algerian Faces Death
If Deported Group Says.
November
24:
*ACLU Sues Missouri
School District Over Gay T-Shirts. Out in
America
*Activist's Claims on
Louisville Kentucky Gay-Rights Ordinance Challenged.
*Arizonans in Poll Split
Over Amendment Banning Gay Unions.
*Campuses Are Hot Spots
for Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes.
*FBI Report: Gay Bias
Hate Crimes Now Rank 2nd. Washington Blade
Blog
*GLBT's Celebrate Kansas
Capital Bans Anti-Gay Hiring Bias.
*Los Angels Bishop Would
Sacrifice Gay Rites For Unity.
*Massachusetts Sides
Collide One Year Later.
*New Details Emerge on
Matthew Shepard Slaying. (Watch ABC's "20/20"
Friday Nov 26, at 10 p.m.)
*Was Killing of Shepard
Really a Hate Crime?
*Washington State Supreme
Court Told Gay Marriage Equals Equality.
International
News
*Italian Senate Shut Down
By Gay Computer Worm.
*UK: Conference to Try
and Take Hatred Out of Church Gay Debate.
November
23:
*Florida Senator Seeks to
Reassure Boy Scouts of Continued Military Links Despite Settlement.
*Marriage: Legal,
Religious. By Rev. Robber Tucker,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
*Intense Biblical Debate
Underlies the Politics of Gay Marriage.
**Virginia Reston Church
Forum Supports Same-Sex Marriage.
*Anti-Gay Marriage
Advertorial Rankles 'Washington Post' Readers.
*Arizona Public Opinion
Survey Respondents Split on Amendment Against Gay Marriage.
*Celebrity Interviewer
Threatens Suit Against Gay Activist For Parody. Out in
Boston
*Gay Men's Health Crisis
Launches Women's Institute.
*Oregon Lawmaker Who
Supported Marriage Ban Pushes Civil Unions Bill.
*Toys R Us To Pay
Transsexual Court Fees.
*ACLU to Announce if
Lawsuit to be Filed, Webb City Board Stands Firm, Says T-shirts Violate Dress
Code.
*Bedrooms Wrong Place to
Set Taxes. Op-Ed. Robert Landauer
The Oregonian
*Bushwhacked Again, Gay
Americans Face Uphill Battle in Next Four Years Under George W. Bush.
*Catholic Bishops Launch
Marriage Initiative. Reuters
*Court Puts ACLU Same-Sex
Case on Hold. WorldNetDaily.Com
*Despite Kansas' GOP
Loyalty, City of Topeka Narrowly Outlaws Anti-Gay Bias.
*Gay-Hating Rev. Fred
Phelps Did Madison Wisconsin a True Favor. Op-Ed. By Susan Lampert
Smith
*Gay Issues and the 2004
Election. Report By Witeck Combs
Communications, Inc (PDF
Format)
*Louisville Kentucky Gays
Are Expendable Under Proposals For New Human Rights Law.
*Louisville Kentucky
Metro Council Approved Two Versions of a Civil-Rights Ordinance, One Includes
Gays.
*Presbyterian Minister
Faces Gay Marriage 'Charges'.
*Tufts-New England
Medical Center Discusses Differences in Growing Up With Gay Parents.
*Vermont Ruling Naming
Lesbian as Legal Parent Will Not Change Child.
*Wedding Toast Poses
Question For Senate President Robert E. Travaglini.
International
News
*Romanian Elections
Marred by Antigay Politics.
*Chief Justice of
Canada's Supreme Court Rejects Notion Judges Have Become Activists.
*Civil Unions Bill
Becomes Our Next High-Water Mark. Op-Ed. By Colin James New
Zealand Herald
*Lesbian Couples Take
Nuclear Option When it Comes to Family. Sydney Morning
Herald
*Majority Of Canadians
Now Support Gay Marriage.
*South Australia
Government Withdraws Same-Sex Bill.
*'The New Gay World
Order'.
Op-Ed. By Betty Ann
Blaine Jamaica Observer
*UK Gay Row: Laws Defends
Free Speech. Daily
Telegraph
*U.K. Schools to Receive
Guidelines For Tackling Homophobia. Scotsman.Com
*World's Gays Applaud
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Edmonton
Sun
November
22:
*'No Luck' For Gay
Marriage in Chicago. (Photo: Andy Thayer
DontAmend.Com)
*Americans Still
Concerned About Bush Agenda, Poll Shows. N.Y.
Times (Free Reg.
Required)
*Assemblyman Mark Leno
Takes Aim, The Ex Holds a 'Do'.
*Camouflaging Fear and
Loathing As 'Moral Values'. Op-Ed. By Timothy M. Gay
Star Tribune
*Everyone Knows When It's
a Marriage. Op-Ed. By Karen Benjamin
The Oregonian
*Poll: Majority Gives
Bush Good Job Approval Mark.
*Gay-Marriage Detractors
Urge For 'Protection of Marriage'.
*Gay Rights Group Honors
Former Canadian Prime Minister.
*Gays Targeted In 1 Of
Six Hate Crimes.
*House Moves to Defeat
Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage.
*Massachusetts Gay
Marriage Decision Celebrates Year Anniversary. Gay Financial
Network
*Cincinnati Businesses
Want Gays To Return.
*Conservatives Now Admit
Gay Marriage Not Responsible For Breakups.
*Couple Not Too
Political, Until Families Like Theirs Were Thrust Into Center of Angry National
Debate.
*Democrats Need to Call
Bluff of Anti-Gay Crowd. Op-Ed. By Deb Price
Detroit News
*Democrats Renew Efforts
on Behalf of Gays, Latinos. Mercury
News (Free Reg.
Required)
*Founder of First Gay
Fraternity at University of Arizona Wants it to be Revived.
*Gay Adoption Inching
Toward Supreme Court.
*Oregon Republican to
Push For Law Allowing Civil Unions.
*Racially Diverse Faith
Coalitions Oppose Gay Marriage, Tackle Other Issues. Christianity
Today
*Topeka, Kansas Churches
Prepare For Rev. Fred Phelps' 'Hate' Brigade.
*Wedding Vows For One
Senator; Sox Kudos From Another.
International
News
*Is Gay Life Better in
Europe? Advocate
*South Africa's Dutch
Reformed Church IssueS Formal Apology to Nation's Gay Community.
*England Bishops Turn
Blind Eye to Gay Wedding Ceremonies in Church.
*If Gay Marriages
Legalised, South African Christians Might Rush to Support it in Next
Poll.
November
21:
*New Front In Florida Gay
Adoption War.
*A Conciliatory Wesley
Clark, May be Considering a Run For Arkansas Governor.
*Amid Debate on Gay
Unions, Some Conservatives Urge Broader Look at Marriage.
*Are We Legalizing
Discrimination Once Again? Op-Ed. By Woodrow Wilkins
Jr. Delta Democrat Times
*Arizona: It's the
People's Will: 1 Man and 1 Woman. Op-Ed. By Mark Anderson
Arizona Republic
*Arizona: Same Old
Arguments Won't Pass Scrutiny. Op-Ed. By Eleanor
Eisenberg Arizona Republic
*Bottom Line: Do the
Right Thing, Fortune 500 on the Cutting Edge.
*Democrats Dare to
Resurrect Gay Marriage Bill.
*Gay Marriage Still Hot
Issue in Central Illinois Region.
*Michigan: Law Challenges
Union Benefits For Gay Pairs.
*Michigan: 'Not Just a
Gay Issue'.
*OPEN FORUM: Blinded by
the Cause of Same-Sex Marriage.
*OPEN FORUM: Postelection
Perspectives: 'Holy War' Over Moral Values or Contempt For Opinion?
*Oregon Tax Code Works
Against Some Families.
*Outting Gay Politicians,
The Power of BlogACTIVE. IN
Magazine
*Vermont Landmark Family
Court Ruling Made in Civil Union Custody Battle.
*What Happened and What's
Next After Bush's Victory? IN
Magazine
*Wisconsin Voters Want
Gay Marriage Ban, Says Senator Cathy Stepp.
International
News
*All Jamaicans Are
Threatened by a Culture of Homophobia.
*Half of Irish Against
Gay Marriage. Ireland
Online
*Minister Says Ireland
Should OK Civil Unions, Not Gay Marriage.
November
20:
*Florida Couples Adopt As
Gays Protest, Want to Repeal Unfair Law. Orlando
Sentinel
*Florida Gay Group Fights
For Right to