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  • Honeymoon is over for gay weddings (gay weddings down 50% in past year)

    02/02/2008 5:00:43 PM PST · by jdm · 30 replies · 91+ views
    Observer via Guardian (U.K.) ^ | Feb. 02, 2008 | Denis Campbell
    The number of gay weddings has plummeted by more than 50 per cent in the past year. Civil partnerships became legal for homosexuals in December 2005, allowing them to acquire the same sorts of tax and pension rights as straight married couples. Initially, thousands of gay and lesbian couples held ceremonies. However, a survey by the Local Government Association found that all the 40 councils across England they surveyed had experienced a fall in the number taking place - the figures show an average drop of 55 per cent in 2007 from 2006.
  • The first orbital honeymoon: the next step in space tourism?

    12/19/2005 4:50:36 PM PST · by KevinDavis · 18 replies · 310+ views
    The Space Review ^ | 12/19/05 | Taylor Dinerman
    2005 may not have been a good year for George Bush or for the US movie business, but it’s been a great year for the space tourism industry. In October, the history-making SpaceShipOne, the first privately-developed manned vehicle ever to make it into space, was recognized when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum hung the craft in their Milestones of Flight gallery alongside the Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 command module. The next step is underway as Burt Rutan plans to build SpaceShipTwo for Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, which has already having a...
  • PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!

    08/16/2002 7:39:49 AM PDT · by Merchant Seaman · 754 replies · 30,137+ views
    Annoyed Reader
    The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!