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and privately, with a section of society that the
he Justice Ministry will
church has often either tried, at best, to ignore or
appeal the Ontario
patronize and, at worst, to openly discriminate
Superior Court ruling that
against. Under his leadership homophobia will be
the federal ban on same-sex
challenged and intolerance rooted out.”
marriage
violates
the
Conservative Anglicans and Episcopalians
nation’s Charter of Rights
have denounced Williams’ “liberal,” “left-wing,”
and Freedoms.
“pro-homosexual” positions. “We do have prob-
“There is no consensus,
: lems with his radical agenda.. .so we are arranging
either from the courts or Martin Cauchon ’ an early meeting hopefully to clarify some of these
among
Canadians,
on
fundamental concerns,” Frank Naggs, a member of
whether or how fhe laws require change,” Justice
the church’s evangelical caucus, told the Guardian.
Minister Martin Cauchon said. “The govern
Bruce Mason, spokesman for the conservative
ment believes it is the responsible course to seek J American Anglican Council, told The Associat
further clarity on these issues.”
ed Press, “Some of his past views on issues of
The July 12 ruling came in the case of two cou human sexuality are things we don’t support.”
ples who were married at the gay Metropolitan
Community Church via the process of reading
S O U TH A F R IC A
banns— asking in church on three Sundays if any
full bench of South Africa’s Constitutional
one objects to the marriage, which is a legal way to
Court ruled July 25 that gay couples must
marry in Ontario. Pastor Brent Hawkes gave them
receive the same workplace benefits as married
ordinary marriage certificates, but provincial offi couples.
cials later refused to register the documents.
The decision, which came in a case filed by
The court’s ruling will become law July 12,
a lesbian judge whose partner was denied
2004, if the federal Parliament has not legalized
spousal benefits, cited the nation’s constitution,
same-sex marriage by then.
which bans all discrimination based on sexual
orientation. Another lawsuit is pending that
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activists predict will open up ordinary marriage
bout 80 people marched in the Gay Pride
to South African same-sex couples.
parade July 22 in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Organizers blamed the low turnout on cold
weather. “You can almost be sure that every time
we have this it’s going to be a cold day,” said
Derrick Bishop of the organizing committee.
“There were no feathers and fishnets to be
seen,” noted the local newspaper, the Telegram.
The parade wrapped up a week of Pride events.
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a community confronts MS
Reginald Cawcutt got caught in cyberspace
with his pants down
Alan Duncan is the first Tory to come out
while still in Parliament
U N IT E D K IN G D O M
L
eading British Conservative Member of Par
liament Alan Duncan told London’s the
Times that he is gay July 29, the first time a Tory
has come out while still in office.
“Living in disguise as a politician in the mod
em world simply isn’t an option,” he told the
newspaper. “I think the only realistic way to
behave these days, particularly if you are a politi
cian, is to be absolutely honest and upfront,
however inconvenient that may be at first.”
T
he newly appointed head of the Church of
England is very gay-friendly.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
“for over 20 years...has eloquently advocated
that Christianity and homosexuality should be
viewed as wholly consistent with each other,” the
Rev. Richard Kirker, general secretary of the
United Kingdom’s Lesbian and Gay Christian
Movement, told the British Broadcasting Corp.
“His close personal friendships with gay people
over 30 years marks him out as the first archbish
op of Canterbury who is entirely at ease, publicly
uxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop of Cape
Town Reginald Cawcutt resigned July 17
amid allegations that he outed himself as gay and
homy on a sometimes sexually charged Web site
set up for gay priests. He blamed the scandal on the
conservative U.S. organization Roman Catholic
Faithful, which infiltrated the now-offline St.
Sebastian’s Angels and traced posting addresses.
Cawcutt claimed that he participated in the
discussions only because he ministered to
Catholics who are gay and who have AIDS and
that he always promoted celibacy in his postings
on the site. He resigned, he said, to prevent divi
sion in the church.
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S
esame Street South Africa will add an HIV
positive Muppet in September.
The program airs on the South African
Broadcasting Corp. One in five South African
adults is HIV-positive.
“Women are often stigmatized about HIV, and
we are providing a good role model as to how to
deal with one’s situation and how to interact with
the community," Joel Schneider, Sesame Street
Workshop vice president, told Reuters. The pro
gram’s target audience is kids ages 3 to 7. j n
Compiled by R ex WocKNER, who has reported
for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor's
degree in journalism from Drake University and
started his career as a radio reporter.
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