Across the nation.In a scheduling snafu that angered many parents, a group of children arriving for an early-morning swim meet at the New City YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. on December 19 were greeted by participants in a transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. fashion show, which had been under way since about midnight. A state circuit court on December 29 struck down a state law that banned gay and lesbian people and anyone living in a household with a gay adult from becoming foster parents, ruling that there was no factual basis to suggest that straight people make better parents than gays. Methodist minister Irene Elizabeth Stroud Irene Elizabeth (Beth) Stroud is a former United Methodist pastor, ordained in 1997, whose credentials as an ordained minister were revoked because she is in a committed relationship with another woman. on December 27 announced that she will appeal a church court ruling that she be defrocked for having declared that she is a lesbian and is living with a female partner. Shoe retail giant Foot Locker Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is a major American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). agreed December 16 to settle an antigay discrimination lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. brought by former employee Kevin Dunbar, who claimed he was routinely harassed on the job. The company will implement antiharassment training for its employees. |
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