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" — IA lb re c ht Tina Schafer, PC , CRI, AHR 503 / 233-3622 2520 East B u rn sid e Associate Broker AIulti-AlUlum Dollar Producer 282-4000 x 122 ^ ii| RE/MAX Signature Properties e-mail: t i nas@remax.net EUROPEAN * W * vfpfcs 1st Onus not rxlide Im st» Othr may not be a m ant*) «»ti n s r a r e nentAs. caupms tararts a ay dhr ¡ihr See * n to detafe f a unique vision care experience Portland Clackamas Town Centre 503 654-8775 • Sprmqlield Gateway Mall 541 988 1454 Salem Lancaster Mail 503 364 9452 • Hermislon Safeway Center 541 567 6812 Vancouver Westlied Shopping 1>wn 360 253 5782 DOCTOR OPTOMETRY IN T ER N A TI O N A L he worldwide Anglican Com m union— 70 million Christians in 164 nations— began disintegrating Nov. 3, the day after the Episco pal Church, the U.S. branch of Anglicanism, consecrated openly gay and openly noncelibate G ene Robinson as the bishop of its New Hamp shire diocese. N ational •Anglican churches in Kenya, Uganda, Egypt and Nigeria either declared themselves no longer in full union with the Dio cese of New Hampshire, no longer in full union with the entire U.S. Episcopal C hurch or unwilling to recognize Robinson’s bishopric. “The devil has clearly entered the church," said Archbishop Benjamin Nzimhi, head of the Angli can Church of Kenya. “GtxJ cannot he mocked.” Archbishop Peter Akinola, head of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), stat ed: “The overwhelming majority of the Primates of the Global South cannot and will not recognize the office or ministry of Canon Gene Robinson as a bishop. We deplore the act of those bishops who have taken part in the consecration, which has now divided the church in violation of their oblig ation to guard the faith and unity of the church.” About 17 million of the world’s 70 million Anglicans live in Nigeria. Bishop Mouneer Hanna Anis, head of the Episcopal Church of Egypt and North Africa, declared: “Those who participated in the conse cration of this gay bishop are considered among the violators of the teachings of the Holy B<x)k, and therefore they have become dissociated with Jesus’ church. Homosexuality is a clear sin." Southern Cone of America Anglican leader Bishop Gregory Venables warned: “T he United States have declared independence. I think the chances of consensus are very slim.” T Members of Parliament from Poland’s ailing parry have proposed legislation recognizing same- sex partnerships, which the church opposes. UNITE D K I N G D O M he first woman appointed to Britain’s highest axirt, a section of the Hcxise of Lords known as the Law Lords, supports extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. “My present view is that there is a strong case for intrcxlucing a legal commitment between people who are unable to marry, principally gay and lesbian partners,” Lady Hale told The hide- pendent. T he 12 law lords are the court of final appeal for the full U nited Kingdom on points of law in civil cases and for England, Wales and N orthern Ireland in criminal cases. ritain’s BSkyR network has postponed a reality series it taped in which six suitors courted a woman they did not know was a pre op transsexual, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Oct. 31. The male contestants, claim ing they were “traumatized” and “devastated” by the experience, threatened to sue to stop broad cast of the series, There's Something About Miriam, which was taped several months ago on Ibiza. T he men allege breach of contract, deceit, personal injury and sexual assault. They kissed and cuddled with Miriam during the taping. “Six of them went onto this reality TV show on the understanding they’d have to do various tasks to win the affection of a very beautiful woman," the contestants’ lawyer told Reuters. “After they’d been encouraged to have sexual contact, they found that she was a he. They all found it extremely traumatic." NEW ZEALAND ew Zealand’s Advertising Standards C om plaints Roard has dismissed complaints against a billboard for Fagg’s coffee that called it “the great straight coffee” and said it is “not as Ponsonhy as the name suggests." Ponsonhy is Auckland’s gay district. The hoard said the billboard did not cause serious or widespread offense. According to a Fagg’s spokesman, the ad is not contrasting I “straight" with “gay" hut rather “straight" with tk * “pretentious.” - * » “T h e tagline for Fagg’s, ‘the great straight coffee,’ is simply th a t— we are a straight L Ê forward, straight-up-and-dow n coffee— a cof Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp (right) believes fee consum ers know they can trust for its qual homosexuality is “ incompatible with human ity hut also for its simplicity and dow n-to- nature.” At left is M onsignor Juliusz Paetz, earth approach,” m arketing m anager James who was outed in February 2002 and Ford told G ayNZ.com . "T he Ponsonhy head resigned a month later for sexually harassing line is also a reflection of the above logic. Pon seminarians and priests. sonhy is well-known as being th e cafe capital POLAND of NZ hut is also know n for being sometimes a ardinal Jozef Glemp, head of the Roman hit pretentious. We are suggesting th at Fagg’s Catholic church in Poland, is grossed exit by coffee is certainly of a quality th a t you would gays, he said Oct. 21. expect to get at a Ponsonhy cafe, yet you can “It is something very depressing tor me, as it enjoy it in a more relaxed setting— at hom e or is something incompatible with human nature,” somewhere o th er th an Ponsonhy." he told reporters. “I just can’t stand men kissing. NZGay.com writer Chris Banks commented: Maybe I’m old-fashioned." "But Ponsonhy is well-known among people— coffee drinkers or n o t— to have very gay connotations. Linking Pon sonhy with a coffee called Fagg’s, and then labeling it a ‘straight’ c o f f e e ... a re we expected ACC to believe this is all just some strange Fagg’s coffee claims this billboard refers to “pretentious” people, not queers coincidence T*
