Nuggets & bites."Kenneth Blackwell spoke to an energized crowd at the Cathedral of Praise [in October 2004]. Blackwell ... drew a comparison between same-sex couples and farm animals. 'I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how many of you have a farming background, but I can tell you right now that notion [of 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 ] even defies barnyard logic ... the barnyard knows better." --From a 2004 report by Toledo, Ohio's WTOL TV. Currently the Ohio secretary of state The Ohio Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the elections in the state of Ohio. The secretary of state also is responsible for registering business entities (corporations, etc. , Blackwell was expected to win the May 2, 2006, primary election for the Republican nomination for governor. 'There is nothing for homosexuals here. They should stay in Europe or the United States. We don't need that social vice, we don't need them. I understand that this country should make a show of taking them all out of here .... We cannot allow this place, the historical center of Santo Domingo [in the Dominican Republic], to be taken over by foreign and Dominican degenerates." --Roman Catholic cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez, as quoted by Dominican newspaper Listin Diario and reprinted by www.drl.com, April 7 "His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] is greatly concerned by reports of violence and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. His Holiness opposes violence and discrimination based on 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. and gender identity and urges respect, tolerance, and the full recognition of human rights for all." --From an official Dalai Lama press-release in support of the XXIII World Conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) is an international organization bringing together more than 400 lesbian and gay groups from around the world. It continues to be active in campaigning for gay rights on the international human rights and civil rights , March 27-April 3 in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. |
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