Nuggets & bites."More than 100 people tried to cram into a small auditorium at the Keene [N.H.] Public Library last night to give their views on gay marriage.... Massachusetts now legally recognizes same-sex marriages ... and one of that state's representatives, Philip Travis, attended the meeting to urge New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). not to do the same.... 'Homosexuality,' [said] Travis, 'is a choice that's made over time. We read hundreds of studies on this in Massachusetts. You never heard of an interracial marriage Interracial marriage occurs when two people of differing races marry. This is a form of exogamy (marrying outside of one's social group) and can be seen in the broader context of miscegenation (mixing of different races in marriage, cohabitation, or sexual relations). involving two black men.'" --From the New Hampshire Union Leader The New Hampshire Union Leader is the daily newspaper of Manchester, the largest city in the state of New Hampshire. As of 2003 it has a daily circulation of 61,548; as of 2006, the circulation of its Sunday paper, the New Hampshire Sunday News , July 26 "I grew up in Mechanicsville, Va., and once a week I'd hear 'faggot' in the cafeteria. It could have been drama class, could have been the patent-leather shoes. It confused me, because I thought I was hanging out with the hottest girls." --Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz Jason Thomas Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond.[1] His last name is from the Slavic word mraz, meaning "frost". , as quoted in the August issue of Blender "Barry Levy, a Christian counselor and licensed clinical social worker, is explaining to me what causes homosexuality. 'Take the young boy who is more sensitive, more delicate, who doesn't like rough-and-tumble, who is artistic,' he says. 'He can't hit the ball, fire the gun, or shoot the arrow. There is a high correlation between poor hand-eye coordination hand-eye coordination Eye-hand coordination Surgery Oculomanual synchronization, required by surgeons, especially for laparoscopic surgery. See Laparoscopic surgery, Paradoxical movement. and same-sex attraction.'" --Mark Benjamin, in Salon.com's four-part series on "ex-gay" ministries and "conversion therapy," July 19 "You learn to control your anxiety about riding that bronc [in the gay rodeo] the same way you learn to control your anxiety about being something that a lot of people are against, I learn to be calm about something that I'm very, very scared about." --FTM rodeo competitor Bailey Kier n. 1. (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; - also called keeve ltname>. , as quoted in the August issue of Details |
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