Cross country.1 SPOKANE, WASH. Superior court judge T.W. Small on September 30 tossed out a petition that sought to invalidate the more than 17,000 signatures submitted to recall embattled gay mayor James West Each of the following persons may be referred to as James West and/or Jim West:
2 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. The county was named for the town of Montgomery, Texas, at the time the largest community in the county, which in turn was named for Andrew A veterans group held protests on October 8 at county libraries in an effort to remove about 70 children's books that the group said contain pornographic pictures or "promote homosexuality," including it's Perfectly Normal and The Perks of Being, a Wallflower wallflower, Mediterranean perennial (Cheiranthus cheiri) of the family Cruciferae (mustard family), particularly popular in Europe, where it flourishes on old walls. . 3 MEMPHIS Memphis, city, ancient Egypt Memphis (mĕm`fĭs), ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100–c.2258 B.C.), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. , TENN TENN Tennessee (old style) TENN Tetranitroapthalene (Explosive) . The "ex-gay" ministry Love in Action fried a federal lawsuit on September 30 against the state in response to an order to obtain a license or shut down. Love in Action made national headlines in May when 16-year-old Zach Stark wrote on his Web tog that he was being forced by his parents to enter the program. 4 BOSTON, MASS. Catholic leaders launched a petition drive in churches across the state on October 2 in an effort to gather the 65,000 signatures necessary to get a same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable ban proposal on the 2008 ballot. 5 PHILADELPHIA, PA. A superior court on September 27 affirmed a lower court decision awarding custody of twins to Patricia Jones, ruling that she would provide a better home than her ex-partner, the twins' biological mother. 6 ATLANTA, GA. A building that once housed the Otherside Lounge, a gay bar bombed by Eric Rudolph in 1997, was gutted by fire October 4. The building was vacant, and no injuries were reported. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion