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About Those TV Reporters
Meanwhile, thanks for your efforts on GayToday each week, and for your long efforts for the Cause throughout the many years. (Of course, anyone who recognizes as well as you how this all got started with Leaves of Grass can't be half bad!)
Ciao / love,
Oppose this Constitutional Amendment
 There is a Constitutional
Amendment being proposed that will ultimately ban homosexual marriages/civil
unions and possibly domestic partner benefits in the future. It is being
pushed through Congress quickly so as to make as little noise as possible...there's
so much else in the news right now... Short and to the point: If you agree
that gays and lesbians are NOT second class citizens and SHOULD be allowed
the same rights as all men and women, including civil unions, then please
go to this site and sign the petition in order to make your opinion known:
http://www.petitiononline.com/0712t001/petition.html).
This petition is being organized (it's not an "add your name to the bottom and forward" kind of thing). Go to the site itself in order to sign the petition. And please pass this along to your friends and family (gay & straight allies) so that we can all, together, convey the message that the Constitution is about human rights. Soulforce November 2-4: Youthful Activists to Gather in Florida
Within a casual setting on St. Petersburg Beach, youth activists and adult allies will have the opportunity to help heal the anxiety and sadness which has enveloped the country in the wake of the September 11th through powerful and positive workshops and unity with friends. Kay Whitlock, Special Representative for LGBT Programs for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization and author of In the Time of Broken Bones: A Call to Dialogue on Hate Violence and the Limitations of Hate Crimes Legislation will be the conference's keynote speaker. "After much deliberation, the conference committee decided to move forward with the 2001 event," said Koren Hoard, conference organizer for NYAC. "Despite concerns about LGBTQ youth traveling in today's hostile climate, we felt this was exactly the kind of gathering which is needed in such an angry time. There has never been a better, and more important time to unite in healing, sharing and growth." The conference is $100 for NYAC youth (22 and under) and $115 for youth who are not NYAC members. Fees are slightly higher for adults. Scholarships applications for registration fees are available through NYAC. For more information and to receive registration packets, contact Koren Hoard of NYAC at 202-319-7596 ext. 13 or via e-mail at Koren@nyacyouth.org. Koren Hoard |
Reader says the mainstream media indeed have failed in their duty by not talking about the openly-gay relationships of Father Mychal Judge (above) and Mark Bingham 
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