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From the KnowThyNeighbor.org website: "KnowThyNeighbor.org is a grassroots, non-profit organization promoting dialogue on marriage equality in Massachusetts and advocating for the removal of governmental barriers to public information by providing meaningful access online." ---------------------------------------- "Stand up for equality! We will be publishing the names listed on the anti-gay marriage petition circulated in the fall of 2005 in Massachusetts. If you see a friend, family member, or neighbor on the list of petition signers, make sure they are not a victim of fraud and let them know why marriage equality is important to you. " "Get on the BLOG! - Talk...

Elton John and partner David Furnish have blasted Pope Benedict XVI for his stance on homosexuality - ahead of their gay marriage next month. The pair are bracing themselves for a Catholic backlash when they exchange vows in England next month, but also criticise the pontiff for his controversial views on contraception.

Accused HIV spreader puts Atlanta's gay community on edge The Associated Press - ATLANTA Garry Wayne Carriker was a fourth-year medical student with a charming style that he worked to his advantage around the city's bustling gay scene. But just months after he would have graduated from Emory University Medical School, Carriker's career is on hold as he sits in jail, awaiting trial on sex-crime charges that have put Atlanta's gay community on edge. His crime? Police say the 26-year-old knew he had the HIV virus but went ahead with unprotected consensual sex with another man without warning him. And...

A MAN who shoved a fire extinguisher hose up a pal's bottom and set it off was yesterday told to pay his victim £4500 compensation. Brian Kennedy was also ordered to do the maximum 300 hours' community service following the prank that went horribly wrong. Victim Kristofor Graham, 23, needed a colostomy after his rectum and large intestine were torn. Last night, Kennedy, 34, said: 'I wish I could turn back the clock. I've apologised to Kristofor a couple of times but I know that's not enough.' Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that Kristofor and Kennedy were staying in a B&B...

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the first major gay rights legislation to reach his desk yesterday when he approved a bill that would require insurance companies to offer coverage to registered domestic partners. The governor's office announced his approval late yesterday without any fanfare or even a signing message explaining his decision. AB 2208, sponsored by Assemblywoman Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, would require companies that offer health, life, homeowners and auto insurance to offer policies that cover domestic partners in the same way they cover spouses. Current law requires insurers to offer domestic partners coverage equivalent to a dependent,...

The Gay Gamete Project was developed as a means to ensure the genetic survival of homosexuality;to assure that the decline in homosexual procreation does not result in our eventual extinction. Homophobic Guidelines: The FDA has been in the process of promulgating national regulations that would prohibit clinics from accepting sperm from homosexual applicants since 1999. The decision will likely be finalized before 2003. Due to these homophobic guidelines as well as those proposed by the ASRM, it is unfortunately necessary for gay men to lie about their sexual preference and sexual history in the application and interview process. Gay men...

Louis Vuitton and Pink Chiffon: Why Conservatives Should Support Gay Marriage June 4, 2004 by John Phillips There are few issues in American life that can make seemingly normal people turn dippy on a dime -- and since Justin Timberlake hasn’t disrobed any member of the Jackson family of late -- the never ending saga over gay marriage has stepped up to fill the void. Like most conservatives, I’ve always believed that when it comes to protecting liberty the following rules apply: (1) individuals know better than politicians, (2) the states know better than the feds and (3) those who...

<p>March 1, 2004 -- Hundreds of protesters descended on City Hall yesterday to demand that Mayor Bloomberg allow the city clerk to perform same-sex marriages.</p> <p>"In a city of tolerance, diversity and unity, it is past time that Mayor Bloomberg give the basic, fundamental civil right of marriage to same-sex couples," said City Council Speaker Gifford Miller (D-Manhattan).</p>

Thursday February 19, 4:27 PMGay couples queue to wed in San Francisco as Bush weighs in against them Scores of gay couples married in San Francisco as US President George W. Bush said he was "troubled" by the same-sex marriages, which have won a legal respite.Bush said he was following the situation "very carefully," after more than 2,600 homosexual marriages were sanctioned by the city during the past six days.The president, who has warned several times that he may seek or endorse a constitutional amendment making such unions illegal, told reporters at the White House that "these events are influencing...

<p>The late Arnold Friedman and his son, Jesse, admitted to police in 1988 that they had sexually molested 13 children during computer classes in the Friedman home in Great Neck. The documentary film "Capturing the Friedmans" is based on their case.</p>

The number of Americans infected with syphilis increased for the second year in a row last year, continuing a reversal of a decade-long decline in the sexually transmitted infection, federal health officials reported yesterday. The rising number of syphilis cases is raising alarms that it may be a harbinger of an increase in the spread of the AIDS virus because syphilis is transmitted the same way and appears to be occurring primarily among gay and bisexual men, officials said. [snip] The increase prompted a call by the National Association of People With AIDS for increased availability of syphilis testing.

Title: "Prince Charles May Go On Air to Address Doubts About His Sexual Preferences" Shyam Bhatia in London | November 09, 2003 21:00 IST (Rediff, India) Prince Charles is pondering a televised broadcast to the nation after failed attempts to stamp out rumours about an alleged sexual incident involving the heir to the British throne. While no firm decision has as yet been made, the royal family's hand is being forced by an avalanche of media reports in Europe and on foreign language websites. As Charles returned to the United Kingdom on Sunday from his two-week trip to India and...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2003 9:52 PM EST Prince Charles Denies Rumor LONDON - Prince Charles says he didn't do it — though few Britons knew exactly what it was he didn't do. Still, newspapers and airwaves Friday hummed with hints and repeated denials. Charles took the highly unusual step Thursday of issuing a statement naming himself as the senior royal at the center of unreported but persistent rumors and denying that the alleged incident ever took place. A royal aide said the "totally ludicrous" rumors had to be denied because they were becoming so widespread. But some observers said...

<p>And then you hear the one about the "top Vatican official," one of those ultra-dour black-robed cardinals who never see daylight or the modern world or love, espousing the official Vatican line in a recent interview, claiming that condoms do not, in fact, prevent the transmission of the AIDS virus.</p>

SCOTUS sided with the perverts.

Gay priests don't harm the C of E half as much as its Pharisees By Andrew Brown (Filed: 15/06/2003) Like most Anglican stories, the row over Dr Jeffrey John, the suffragan bishop-elect of Reading, who turns out to be 'gay,' looks like a straightforward conflict between conservative bigots and liberal hypocrites. But a little historical perspective shows that the bigotry and hypocrisy are much more evenly distributed than first appears. The Church of England has been fighting over gay priests for at least 15 years, and in that time each side has had plenty of time to acquire the weapons...

Williams pulls out of gay church conference By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent, and Jonathan Wynne-Jones (Filed: 12/06/2003) The Archbishop of Canterbury has pulled out of a high-profile conference on homosexuality amid fresh evidence that the issue is tearing the Church apart. Dr Rowan Williams Earlier this year, Dr Rowan Williams indicated his willingness to attend the Halfway to Lambeth conference, a major international event being organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement. However, it emerged yesterday that he had decided to withdraw a few weeks ago after concerns about the nature of the conference. Had he attended, he would...

'I plan to be ... not a gay bishop' Posted: June 10, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com When was the last time the election of a bishop in the dwindling (2.3 million-member) Episcopal Church made page 1 of both the New York Times and the Washington Times? And when in church history has any bishop-elect ever made so incredible a statement as the Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson, who announced after his election: "I plan to be a good bishop, not a gay bishop". Does this mean he will now take a vow of sodomist celibacy, by moving...

With the recent publicity surrounding Sen. Rick Santorum's remarks on the issue of sodomy, almost everyone on FR must be familiar by now with the Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas.Petitioner Lawrence and his special friend are trying to overturn a Texas law against homosexual sodomy. There are two issues in this case: 1) Is there a constitutional right for any two adults to engage in any kind of consensual sex, as long as it's behind closed doors? The petitioners say yes, there is, and are asking the court to agree. 2) Does it violate the 14th amendment's guarantee of...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE JAN 21, 2003 17:59:25 ET XXXXX MAG: 25% OF NEW HIV CASES IN USA ARE MEN WHO SOUGHT OUT VIRUS New ROLLING STONE Managing Editor Ed Needham is set to hit complete controversy with a 4-page report: "Bug Chasers: The Men Who Secretly Long To Be HIV+." Filed by Greg Freeman, the shock story claims some men with HIV are deliberately having unprotected sex with those who want to be infected! MORE "The men who want the virus are called 'bug chasers,' and the men who freely give them the virus are called 'gift givers.'...