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Top floor end unit w/ elevator $159,950 debmathewsia hotmail.com Realtor/Sales Associate Rose City ft® listened as the outgoing presiding officer urged them to consider current problems to be oppor tunities. Outside, Soulforce activist Rev. Jane Spahr told the crowd: “We are here to demand that the church think of us as whole people rather than sexual acts.... We are here not only to claim our civil rights, hut our baptismal rights.” Spahr, who was intnxJuced as a "lesbian evangelist,” was ordained by the church before homosexuality became such a hot-button issue. Her San Rafael-based ministry is called “That All May Freely Serve.” Back inside, the General Assembly of the 2.6 million-member denomination voted to continue a two-year moratorium on discussion of ordination of gay men and lesbians as ministers and elders. The group was expected to discuss the issue of same-sex unions before the con ventions end. Current policy forbids per forming same-sex unions in such a way that they are understood to he “the same as a marriage ceremony.” In May, however, the church’s highest court, the Permanent Judicial Commission, ruled that the church’s constitution, or Book of Order, does not prohibit all such unions. While some would like to see the pro hibition against same-sex unions strength ened, others, including Soulforce, want to see it removed entirely. CALIFORNIA S t ! irr i s i m a ’ j S m S idV5 Mortijaqe Specialists Call 503.768.4248 fo r a free consultation o r visit us a t www. Rose( ItyMtij.cc COLORADO coalition of Denver police, gay and lesbian activists and neighborhood residents has come together to combat problems such as after- hours cruising, loud noise and public sex at Cheesman Park. Once so prevalent that it prevented the reporting of hate crimes and same-sex domestic violence, mistrust of police by lesbians and gay men in the area has decreased due, at least in part, to the new cooperation. A June 25 story in the Rocky Mountain News reports that police, gay-rights activists from Equality Colorado and people who live near the park have joined together to hand out fliers to motorists in Cheesman and nearby neighbor hoods. The fliers inform people that the police are increasing enforcement of traffic problems, park curfew violations and inappropriate activity on nearby streets. According to Lt. Jimmy Martinez, head of the community policing team in District 6, the joint efforts have resulted in a dramatic decline in complaints from neighbors about after-hours activities around the park. Cheesman Park is a well-known gathering place for lesbians and gay men from throughout the Denver metro area. There was at one time a great deal of friction between park users and nearby residents. According to Martinez, positive results occurred when the police brought together the neighborhood association and Equality Col orado, a statewide gay-rights organization. Others agree with him. “For one thing, our work with the Denver police has become a model for how an organiza tion like ours can work with law enforcement,” said Lori Girvan, director of Equality Colorado. Dede DePercin, head of Equality’s Anti-Vio lence Project, said that cooperation with the police has “built bridges” over the gay and les bian community’s fear and mistrust of law enforcement. “Not everyone in our community is at that place of having a gtxxJ relationship with law enforcement," she said. “It’s a process. And not everyone in law enforcement has a g(xxl rela tionship with our community. Each year things get better, we take different steps." Assem 2.6 million-member denomination voted to continue a two-year moratorium on dlSCU of ordination of gay story from Cox News Service. As at recent d e m o n s tra tio n s targeting the United Methodist General Confer ence and the Southern Baptist C o n v e n t ion, members of Soul force were arrested _____ j i i. June 25. Roughly tTIBfl 0 0 0 IBSulOilS OS so protesters were ministers and charged by police with blocking a roadway, a misdemeanor, said Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Tahing. More than 120 members and friends of Soul- force gathered outside the Long Beach arena where the Presbyterians were meeting. Inside the arena, thousands of Presbyterians A