Across the nation.Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo The city council on April 22 withdrew benefits extended to the same-sex partners of city employees in December. Councilman Richard Skorman, the sole member to vote for keeping the benefits, offered to contribute his salary to pay for them. Cincinnati, Ohio The Reverend Stephen Van Kuiken was rebuked on April 21 by the Presbyterian Church (USA) for performing same-sex wedding ceremonies in violation of church law. Van Kuiken said he will continue to perform the ceremonies. Peoria, Ill. The city council amended its human rights ordinance on April 22 to add protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. . Ashland, Ky. A federal court on April 18 ordered Boyd County High School Boyd County High School is a public high school located in Cannonsburg, Kentucky, an unincorporated community served by the Ashland post office. It is part of the Boyd County Public Schools school district. , which shut down all school clubs in December in attempt to quash debate over a proposed gay-straight alliance, to let the GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. and all other clubs meet at the school. |
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