Cross country.1 SALEM, ORE. A federal judge threw out a lawsuit January 20 brought by a gay Portland couple who claimed the United Seniors Association illegally used a photo of their wedding day in an antigay ad targeting the American Association of Retired Persons American Association of Retired Persons: see AARP. last year. 2 MICA FLATS, IDAHO A meeting to discuss school construction devolved into a debate over a gay student club when local resident Jim Connell Jim Connell (27 March, 1852 - February 1929) was an Irish and British political activist of the late 19th century and early 20th century, best known as the writer of the anthem The Red Flag in December 1889. used a speaking opportunity to say "I have far greater concerns than buildings. Our students are being taught that the gay lifestyle is all right." 3 BAYTOWN, TEXAS Baytown is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Harris County with small portion in Chambers County, located along both State Highway 146 and The Southern Baptists of Texas The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) is an association of conservative Southern Baptist churches in Texas. It is supportive of the national Southern Baptist Convention. Convention in January voted to sever ties with member church Faith Harbour after determining that it violated a church constitution provision preventing churches from supporting or endorsing "homosexual behavior." 4 WARREN, MICH v. i. 1. To lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one's self, sneakingly. . Gay couple Mark Jeason and Martin Murdick said January 23 that they might move out of the Detroit suburb after the local community center refused to offer them a family membership because riley "don't fit the definition of a family." 5 ARLINGTON, VA. Singing protest songs and walking in procession 60 gay and straight couples took public commitment vows January 22 at the Unitarian Universalist Church to protest proposed bans on same-sex marriage in Virginia and Maryland. 6 DURHAM, N.C. High school teacher Stephen Boyd pleaded guilty in January to kissing a 15-yearold female student on the mouth after she told him she was confused about her 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. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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