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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 2002)
may a t t X g . J— i'iijM j'in e 'U /s **£ sW - tent with church teachings and our values as a Catholic school system.” Board chairwoman Mary A nn Martin added: “The catechism ac cepts homosexuals as persons who should he treated like any other per son.... However, the catechism notes that homosexual behavior is unac ceptable and cannot be approved.” The archdiocese voiced support for the board s decision. “People have a choice as to w hether they attend a C atholic school or n o t,” spokeswoman Cheryl G allant stuck her foot in her mouth during an Suzanne Scorsone told the National argument in Canada’s H ouse of Commons Post. “For people to choose to be prac- Health Network and Sigma UK. It received ! ticing Catholics [is to] acknowledge the right- 1,290 valid responses. j ness of the teachings.” Among other findings: 41.5 percent of those A nnouncing his lawsuit, Hall said: “My surveyed had unprotected sex in the past year, school board said that they cannot condone a homosexual lifestyle. I am sorry, but I don’t have and 10 percent wished they were not gay. A total of 60 percent had taken an HIV test; 5 per a lifestyle, I have a life. “I do not believe that religious belief is a jus cent of that group had tested positive and 93 tification for discriminating against me, and I do percent negative. not agree th at my religion, the C atholic Church, has a policy against gay people going to CANADA dance. But it’s not a matter of what I believe. It / anadian Alliance party Member of Parlia ^ > ment Cheryl G allant, who represents the is a question of rights. O ntario riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, CH IN A made a remark April 10 in the House of C om ore than 1,000 sex-change operations mons that is being called anti-gay. have been performed in China since the During an argument among former alliance first one in 1986, according to the Xinhua news leader Stockwell Day, Foreign Affairs Minister agency. “The fact is, nowadays Chinese people Bill Graham and others, she reportedly shouted to Graham, “Ask your boyfriend!” Party chief have become more tolerant of transsexuals,” the Stephen Harper later ordered G allant to apolo April 7 report said. Official estimates place the transsexual pop gize, according to news reports. ulation at 400,000. Xinhua said having a sex- Speaking on the Commons floor April 16, change operation means transsexuals have she said: “Last Wednesday in this house, I made “realized their lifetime dream to live as their real a remark that, on reflection, was inappropriate and that I regret making. 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Catholic student in Oshawa, O ntario— denied the opportunity to take his boyfriend to the prom because the church con siders gay sex sinful— has filed suit at the O ntario Superior Court of Justice, claiming vio lations of Canada’s C harter of Rights and Free doms and O ntario’s Education Act. Marc Hall, a 17-year-old senior at Monsign or John Pereyma Catholic Secondary School, pleaded his case April 8 before the Durham Catholic District School Board, to no avail. A spokesman told reporters, “T he behavior associ ated with a homosexual lifestyle is not consis SO UTH A F R IC A ay U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., denounced South Africa’s AIDS policies April 8 in Cape Town. The nation refuses to provide anti-HIV med ication, alleging it is toxic, and President Thabo Mbeki has said he doubts HIV is the cause of AIDS. A court recently ordered the government to provide one dmg, nevirapine, to HIV-positive mothers and their newborn children to prevent transmission of the virus to the babies. 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