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MWW.t 1 (5 0 3 ) 232-3600 • • • • • • • • Protesters demonstrate Jan. 6 at the Vatican ■ ■ W THE NETHERLANDS Collision Repair Problems Solved Wheel Alignment Tires Qil Changes Service Work State Farm Service First Provider Specializing in Foreign & European Cars Mini-Vans & Sport Utility Vehicles I "\ u tch gays are planning a mass wedding y April 1, when the Netherlands becomes the first nation in the world to allow gay cou ples to marry under regular marriage laws. Several countries have gay registered partner ship laws that give couples almost all rights of marriage, but the Netherlands is the first nation to grant gays access to plain old mar riage itself. So far, 14 couples have confirmed partici pation in the event, says Henk Krol, publisher of De Gay Krant magazine and ch ief organizer o f the ceremony. Couples from other nations— gay or straight— cannot marry in the Netherlands. Marriagelike gay partnership laws have been passed in Denmark, Greenland, France, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Vermont. A few other nations, including Canada, grant gays many rights of marriage under common- law marriage statutes. 2454 E. BU RN SID E • PORTLAN D, O R 97214 w w w.fergusonauto.com Family Owned & Operated Since 1952 UNITED KINGDOM B ritain’s Advertising Standards Authority has opened an investigation into Queer- company.com billboards showing an underwear- chVl lesbian couple kissing on a bed with the tagline “Thank God for Women." T h e campaign, which also will include a male version of the poster, is scheduled to appear all around London and in subway cars. It is thought to be Britain’s first mainstream gay ad campaign. T h e authority said it has received 10 complaints. “It is very sad that people should co m plain about a very ten der, rom antic image which is not porno graphic,” a Queercompany spokesman told the Guardian. “T h e A SA has rejected com plaints against our adverts in the past, and we expect the same reaction this tim e.” M r tf ie r ¿jw se Thirtieth • i 9 7 i - 2 0 0 i • Anniversary Downtown Portland Portland Airport 503.284.9929 901 S.W. Yamhill 503.223.9510 ritain forced legalization of gay sex in five of its Caribbean territories Jan. 5 after the islands’ parliaments refused to do so for almost two years. The order from the British Privy Council decriminalized gay sex between consenting adults in Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Britain said the islands’ sodomy bans violated international human rights agreements to which the United King dom is a signatory. B i Washington Square 503.620.2243 ik M M Some religious leaders on the islands denounced London’s move. “This is totally unacceptable to the minds of the Christian community here,” said Nicholas Sykes, Cayman Islands Church of England chief pastor. VATICAN A bout 20 U .S. homosexuals demonstrated Jan. 3 to 7 outside the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. T h e members of Soulforce and Dignity/USA said they were protesting C a th o lic C hurch teaching on homosexuality. The church considers any sexual act that is not open to the possibility of procreation to be a mortal sin. (A mortal sin, which is more serious than a venial sin, that has not been absolved in confession prior to one’s death condemns one’s soul to hell.) The procreation stance also leads the church to categorize birth control, masturbation and oral sex as mortal sins. “I don’t think they love God’s gay children like they love God’s straight children,” Soulforce executive director Mel W hite told reporters. SPAIN nonprofit agency to facilitate dating between HIV-positive people opened Dec. 26 in Barcelona. For $6 0 a year, Sero- Pos promises members a minimum o f three dates with HIV-positive people who match their stated tastes. "T h e virus doesn’t damage only the immune system o f affected people but also their self-esteem ,” founder W erner T honi said. “They feel less attractive and consider themselves a danger to others." A MONGOLIA ongolia has its first gay help line, funded by the National A ID S Foundation. The money was provided based on results of a needs- assessment study carried out by the Mongolian gay organization Tavilan. The hot line number is 011-976-9515-6075. T h e group’s e-m ail address is tavilan_org ©hotmail.com. M SLOVAKIA T he respected weekly magazine Slovak Spectator named Peter Kralik, head of a national coalition o f gay groups known as Difference, its man o f the year. T h e activist told the publication, “I’m trying to help change society so that more Slovaks can come out and so that others accept the natur al fact that homosexuals exist in Slovakia and that we have always been here and will always be here."
