Died.MARILYN MANEELY, 55,a plaintiff in Lewis v. Harris Lewis v. Harris, (2006), is a New Jersey Supreme Court case that held that same-sex couples are entitled to the same equal protection as heterosexual couples under the state constitution. , Lambda Legal's ongoing New Jersey case seeking marriage rights for same-sex couples, of Lou Gehrigs disease, September 7. Because the two were not married, her partner of 14 years, Diane Marini, was not allowed to sign a form carrying out Maneely's wish that her body be donated to science upon her death. Maneely's son had to sign. THEODORE SARBIN, 94, a social psychologist whose 1988 study for the Department of Defense called for the repeal of the military's barring of gay soldiers, of pancreatic cancer pancreatic cancer Malignant tumour of the pancreas. Risk factors include smoking, a diet high in fat, exposure to certain industrial products, and diseases such as diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer is more common in men. at his home in Carmel, Calif., August 31. GREG CALVERT, 68, a gay author and teacher who led the 1960s antiwar an·ti·war adj. Opposed to war or to a particular war: antiwar protests; an antiwar candidate. student movement Students for a Democratic Society Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded in 1960, presented its vision for post–Vietnam War America and called for , of pneumonia and complications from diabetes, in a hospice in Albuquerque, August 12. |
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