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By Rex Wockner International News Report Mexico's National Action Party Rejects Gay Swim Ban
The head of Mexico's National Action Party (PAN) has denounced a
local PAN official in the state capital of Aguascalientes who
OK'd the posting of a sign banning gays and dogs from the Ojo
Caliente Water Park, a public swimming area.
PAN is the party of Mexican President-elect Vincente Fox. "This has nothing to do with us," said PAN National President Luis Felipe Bravo Mena. "We reject and repudiate it. This [view] corresponds to the particular input of some lower level city employee. In no way can this be attributed to the party. I strongly deny that this comes from the National Action Party. The decision made at the water park is the work of an individual, and if any doubt remains, I can say that I feel that this is absolutely reprehensible. We do not believe in any type of discrimination and reject it." The sign, meanwhile, was removed by order of Aguascalientes Mayor Luis Armando Reynoso Fernat one day after about 50 gays picketed City Hall demanding the firing of Director of Regulations Jorge Alvarez Medina, who had approved the sign. The protesters -- from the groups Lesbian and Gay Pride, Foundation Against AIDS, the Falcons, and In Search of Gay Rights -- chanted: "Alvarez, fag, paint yourself like a girl already (Alvarez, culera, ya pintate de guera)" and "In my bed I am the master (En mi cama mando yo)." "When we went to the ballot boxes to deposit our votes, we were never asked for our sexual orientation," said Juan Sanchez Mayner, president of the Aguascalientes Association of Proudly Gay Make-Up Artists. "This situation takes us back to ancient times. Really, this is deplorable." Argentina's Drugs for People with AIDS Interrupted
"Long lines, hours of waiting, and allotments of [generic] drugs of dubious origin, parceled out in plastic bags, propelled AIDS activists into the streets to protest," the group said. "Dispensation of drugs, at one time monthly, now requires patients to present themselves at the dispensary as often as every 3-5 days." Persons interested in working to help improve the situation should e-mail alejandra@iglhrc.org. United Church of Canada: 'Same Sex Love No Sin' The United Church of Canada declared August 17 that homosexuality is not a sin and that all sexual orientations are "gifts from God," reports Xtra West. The determination came at a meeting of the church's general council in Toronto. The UCC is Canada's largest Protestant denomination with more than 3 million members in 3,820 congregations.
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