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An Indianapolis federal judge saw things a cisco Examiner. little differently and ruled that Stewart’s deci Blue Shield health, dental and vision care sion to wear a dress is a form of speech protect coverage is now available to unmarried couples who live at the same address and who are “in a ed by the First Amendment. The ruling was close and exclusive relationship in which each is handed down just in time for Stewart to attend responsible for their common welfare." The new the prom his way. policy applies to same-sex and opposite-sex cou NATIONAL ples. Costs are projected to range from $170 to teven Dunlap has a dream. It involves the $340 for each covered partner and dependents. Internet, banking, and gay men and lesbians. More specifically, his dream involves combining those three elements to create the Gay and Les bian Bank, a virtual bank that would offer every thing from joint checking accounts to mort gages. All business would be conducted online. The target market? Gay men and lesbians. Accordion to Reuters, Dunlap hopes to win regulatory approval for the bank in time to open by National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. Dunlap thought about creating the virtual bank after a frustrating effort to raise money to build a gay and lesbian resort in Florida. “Lenders snubbed their noses at it. No mat ter how strong the business plan was, they just The decision to implement the new policy didn’t want anything to do with it,” he said. was made by the Assembly Rules Committee, which functions like a board of directors and NEW HAMPSHIRE personnel department for Capitol employees. t is no longer illegal for gay men and lesbians Democratic leaders on the committee sent a to serve as foster and adoptive parents in New memo to the members of the Senate and Hampshire. Earlier this month, Gov. Jeanne Assembly rules committees requesting that each Shaheen signed a law repealing the ban. member vote by checking “aye” or “nay” on the New Hampshire’s action leaves Florida as the memo. The policy was approved on a party-line only state in the nation with such a ban in place, vote. Republicans are upset with the method by states a May 3 United Press International story. which the policy was approved and implement ed. No formal hearings were held, and there was little public notice. Although there have been demands for a public hearing before the Joint Assembly-Senate Rules Committee, no hearing date has been set. It seems the new policy is something of a fait accompli. Having all the right people in the right places at the right time appears to be a major reason domestic partner benefits were finally offered to employees of the Legislature. Both Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa, D-Los Angeles, and Senate President pro tern John Burton, D-San Francisco, support domestic partner benefits. Additionally, California’s new governor, Gray Davis, supports the expansion of domestic partner benefits. The old law, enacted in 1988, prohibited gay men and lesbians from serving as foster or adop <* tive parents. Additionally, foster and adoptive new mural on display at San Franciscos parents were not allowed to have gay men or les Mission High School features gay and les bians as either members of their households or bian figures both past and present. as long-term visitors to their homes. The mural measures approximately 15 feet When signing the bill, Shaheen said: "For by 8 feet. It features 20 people, including poet too long, too many qualified families have been Langston Hughes, assassinated San Francisco denied the opportunity to provide a child in Supervisor Harvey Milk, need with a healthy, loving environment. This singer Elton John, and law will allow more children to be with support author Truman Capote. ive and nurturing families. That’s good for New “This mural is the first Hampshire and good for our children.” of its kind at any school in the nation and its about NEW YORK time,” school board presi ohn Pickett, a gay man accused of killing his dent Juanita Owen told lover, can use “battered-wife syndrome" as a The Associated Press. “With hate crimes con defense at his trial, a Brix)klyn judge ruled in tinuing across the country, and even here in San April. Francisco, what better way to educate all our The landmark ruling by state Supreme Court youth than to honor this wide array of meaning Justice John Leventhal marks the first time a ful figures from history who just happen to be man has used the defense strategy, which previ gay or lesbian ?” ously has been applied in cases involving beaten and abused women. 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