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Compiled By Jack Nichols
New Jersey is not a Holy Site
The Catholic Church says that the Virgin Mary did not appear in New Jersey. Shepard Smith—Fox News, October 14 Hairy, Vibrating Behinds Cockroaches have tiny hairs that vibrate on their tails. The Discovery Channel—Press Release: the Discovery Kids Its All about Me!
Gov. George W. Bush—Hardball, MSNBC, May 31 San Francisco's Dept. of Public Health Blasts B.A.R.: SF ACT UP and their supporters have used the Bay Area Reporter articles to support their position that HIV does not cause AIDS, that the HIV epidemic is over, and that AIDS funding to San Francisco should be decreased. … I refuse to allow my staff to be used to further the SF ACT UP movement of denial, misrepresentation, and harassment. Therefore, effective immediately the Department of Public Health will respond to the B.A.R. questions only in writing … Dr. Mitchell Katz-- in an October 10 letter to the Bay Area Reporter. San Francisco's B.A.R. Replies to the DPH: It comes as no surprise that the (SF) department (of Public Health) is tired of our critical stories directed toward its continuous inaccuracies regarding HIV infection rates and a "surge" of male rectal gonorrhea incidence among men who have sex with men. We're tired of writing them. Yet because other news outlets are happy to report inflated figures while simultaneously blaming irresponsible gay sex practices, we have asked that for the sake of these gay men, the true and accurate rates be released instead. But DPH's anger toward our persistent coverage has translated into a meritless crusade to render themselves blameless for their false statements and their unwillingness to correct these statements on a larger scale. Cynthia Laird—"Examining DPH—Editorial"—Bay Area Reporter, October 12 
The Pope's Money?
The Vatican Bank however has refused to provide information about its ownership claiming in legal papers filed yesterday in San Francisco that plaintiffs' request is burdensome, premature, and in the public domain. The plaintiffs' attorneys and expert witnesses however claim information about the Vatican Bank's ownership is a closely guarded secret. Jonathan Levy & Thomas Dewey Easton, Attorneys-- Press Release, October 12 End of a Choppy Affair Two boxes containing the dismembered body of Audrey Trudeau belonged to her former roommate and lover, a Calgary court heard yesterday. Paula Moore testified Deborah (Chris) Point stored the containers in her garage just days after Trudeau disappeared. "I was contacted by Chris. She asked if she could store some boxes in my garage," said Moore, Kevin Martin—"Court told details of gruesome find" Calgary Sun [Alberta], October 13 Women of the Dawn A former clergyman who underwent a sex change has triumphed in her battle to join the Welsh counterpart of the Women's Institute. Dian Parry, previously the Rev Bill Parry, was accepted as a member by Merched y Wawr (Women of the Dawn) after it changed its rules following legal advice. Simon de Bruxelles—" Sex-change minister wins fight to join WI"--London Times, October 13 America in its Heart
Henry Scholz-- Guest Editorial, Roanoke Times, October 13 Inadequate Support for a Hate Crimes Law I would support the Orrin Hatch version of it, not the Senator Kennedy version. [Ed. Note: The Kennedy version includes sexual orientation, the Mormon Senator Hatch's version does not.] Gov. George W. Bush—"Presidential Debate, Winston-Salem, N.C."-- Washington Post transcript, October 11 |
Actually, I -- this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it.
When I'm talking about -- when I'm talking about myself, and when he's
talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.
Hate-crime laws, an open military where all can serve their country, Boy
Scouts without a sexual litmus test, the right to a livelihood judged only on
skill and performance; all have a common thread. They are issues defining
what America finds acceptable in its heart. All men are created equal, but
how equal?
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