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may 5. 2000 * jMSt mat 21 FTiUTHTTiTl news Defense and Education Fund, said the Boy Scouts is not an essentially anti-gay organization and therefore Dale’s presence did not burden the group’s message. Wolfson added that Dale did not seek to use his position as a Scouts leader to advocate homosexuality. The justices will decide by July whether the Scouts had the right to oust Dale. -x- were members of a social network known as a “house,” or who had contact with house mem bers. Researchers are concerned that house members—who frequently travel to take part in fashion and dance competitions—may spread TB to other cities. ov. Howard Dean signed a bill into law April 26 that makes Vermont the first state to give same-sex couples the rights and benefits of marriage. “I think it is a courageous and powerful state and ment about who we are in the state of Ver mont,” Dean told reporters. “I also believe that this legislation speaks to the heart of this state, and certainly to my heart.” Dean signed the bill privately, because he did not want the ceremony to be a triumphal party for supporters of the law. Instead, he said, it was time for the state to begin healing. A day earlier, the state House took a final vote on accepting Senate amendments to the civil unions bill. In a last-ditch attempt to derail the historic legislation, a Republican representative pro posed delaying the vote on the measure until after the November elections. That move was defeated 84-63. Passage of the bill creates civil unions as a legal framework parallel to marriage. Marriage itself can only occur between a man and a woman. Civil union partners would gain all the benefits the state confers through marriage, including medical decision-making power and inheritance rights. The law takes effect July 1. Blowout Sale! ALL Are On Sale! Not Just 1 or 2! Take Advantage Of These Prices and 5.9% APR VERMONT ccording to the Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention, a strain of AIDS- related tuberculosis identified in Baltimore New York City may be spreading among trans sexuals and transvestites. In an April 20 story, Reuters reports that experts have identi fied 26 cases of active TB and 37 cases of dormant or latent TB since 1998 in the trans sexual and transves tite communities of the two cities. Although any- . one can become infected with the bacterium that caus es TB, CDC offi cials say 62 percent of the patients identified as part of this outbreak are HIV-positive. People who are infected with both HIV and tubercle bacillus bacteria are at very high risk of developing TB. In most cases, TB is easily cured with a course of drugs. If it is not diagnosed and treated, it can be fatal. ■ Compiled by K ristine C hatwood , a longtime According to Reuters, the cases identified in Just Out contributor. the outbreak were among men and women who A A CHINESE, JAPANESE or SPANISH SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD 2000 V-6 GRAND VITARAS ST0049, ST0061 ST0062, ST0064 ............ $19,749 MSRP..... Suburban Discount.. THE 7 in Stock 3 at This Price $2,754 SIÆQQÊ IU OCIU j INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL offers an excellent education in total immersion Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish language programs. SK # ST0006, ST0011, ST0035, ST0036. ST0048, ST0068. ST0063. ST0065 MSRP........................ $20,749 Suburban $0 77 ¡2 A Discount...... Chinese: Pre-school and Kindergarten Japanese: Pre-school through Fourth Grade 13 in Stock 8 at this price Spanish: Pre-school through Fifth Grade , f QCm I "7 f j¿7¿7v7 2000 V-6 GRAND 025 S.W. Sherman Street Portland, Oregon 97201 (503) 226-2496 admin@intlschool.org AUTOMATIC SK # ST0025, ST0042, ST0043 MSRP..... ................. $23,149 Suburban Discount.. Plaintiff James Dale (center) and Evan Wolfson, of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, at the U.S. Supreme Court 23,154 $19,995 3 at This Price 1, SC0050. SC0056. SC0057 MSRP........................ $13,849 Suburban $Q Q Discount..... Z. , O vJM' 16 in Stock 4 in Stock $>l IU, r\ QQC 7 7<7 v k 2000 Lwfbtinci up Portland's Broadway Featuring unique candles & accessories ...something for 'all occasions SK # SC0049. SC0051, SC0053 MSRP........................ $13,349 Suburban $Q Q Discount..... O , O U t 9 in Stock 3 at This Pnce $Q ¿7 QQC ¿7 <7 \J j Don’t Pay More! SUBURBAN SUZUKI 503-668-5515 Special Incentives Make This Sale Possible 5 9% APR on approved credit Pnces Good Through April 17. 2000 Gresham On Hwy 26 In Sandy, Oregon 1902 XL Broad wav 503.281.24 38 See us at/www getauto com/suburbansuzuki