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Sports, Luxury, Exotic and Classics—Foreign & Domestic Convertible Tops—A Specialty k 503/224-8657 hk4^^N^^thAvenu^^ortland^^^720^ AMERICAS Rio G ays P rotest F unding for E x -G ay P rograms ing tree which, by way of progressive interpreta tion, accommodates and addresses the realities of modem life.” In response to the ruling, the government said it will intnxJuce a same-sex marriage bill in Parliament promptly. It is expected that the measure will pass. As the Canadian government prepares to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, court cases continue in some of the three provinces and two territories where same-sex couples still cannot marry. Hundreds of queers protested Dec. 7 outside the Rio de Janeiro state Legislative Assembly against a proposal to fund programs designed to turn gays straight, Britain’s The lnde[>enilent reported. The plan was drafted hy legislator Edino Fonseca, a fundamentalist Christian. “There exist people who want a new direc tion—an exit from homosexuality to hetero sexuality,” he said. “Those who opt for this don’t have any support.” Rio is considered to be one of South Ameri ca’s gay-friendliest cities, but activists say funda- ; N orth K orea R eports Z ero HIV mentalist Christians have increased their num C ases , C laims I t H as N o G ays North Korea said in December that it still bers and strength in recent years. The city bans anti-gay discrimination and recognizes same-sex has no HIV or AIDS cases—and doesn’t have any homosexuals, either. partnerships, The Independent reported. But the secretive, isolated nation did say N ewfoundland L egalizes that 27 foreign workers who tested HIV-positive were sent home at their own requests. S ame -S ex M arriage Another Canadian province legalized “The DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic same-sex marriage Dec. 21. The province of of Korea] is rhe sole country on the earth that Newfoundland and Labrador joins British has no AIDS-related patient so far,” said Han Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Kyong Ho, director of the Ministry of Health’s Quebec, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territo Central Hygienic and Anti-Epizixttic Center, ry in granting gay couples full access to the in an interview with the Pyongyang Times newspaper. institution. Two lesbian “As a medical worker I feel sure that there couples had sued will not (xzcur a case in the DPRK in the future, for the right to either,” Han said. “The DPRK...encourages the population to have a noble viewpoint towards marry, and the Newfoundland love, marriage and family, and observe a sound Supreme Court lifestyle. The country has neither licensed and declared, as private prostitutes nor homosexuals and drug addicts.” Han said “socialist morality” will keep courts had else where, that the AIDS at bay. federal man- “The socialist system in the country has Newfoundland newlyweds woman defini nothing to do with any socioeconomic back tion of marriage Pottle and French ground giving rise to all descriptions of violates Canada’s immorality and depravity,” he told the Times. Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “The sound lifestyle prevailing in the society Plaintiffs Jacqueline Pottle and Noelle will be upgraded more and more as the people’s French wasted no time in tying the knot. They standard of ideology and culture is on the rise walked from the courthouse to the vital statis and education on the socialist morality devel tics office in the Government Services Center, ops. It is crystal clear that AIDS can never pen acquired their marriage license and got hitched etrate into this environment.” two days later. It is not possible to independently verify “I’m sure there will be some legal and social “news" from North Korea. The nation is notori benefits. But for us, it’s about that next level of ous for its inadvertently humorous propaganda, commitment—that lifetime commitment we and it maintains strict controls on the move can now make in front of our families and our ment of foreigners within its territory, journal friends,” Pottle told a group of journalists. ists included. The mayor of Gander, Newfoundland, refus es to be part of this historical occasion. S ingapore B ans G ay P arty “It’s not right for two people of the same sex Singapore’s police department and Home to be married, and I will refuse to do any same- Affairs Ministry banned a gay circuit party sex marriages,” Mayor Claude Elliott told the called SnowBall.04, saying it would be “un Canadian Broadcasting Corp. acceptable to the large majority of Singapore- The federal government plans to pass legis lation this month to extend same-sex marriage to the jurisdictions where it is not yet allowed: Alberta, New Bmnswick, the Northwest Terri tories, Nunavut and Prince Edward Island. Canada has no residency requirements for marriage, and foreign couples can buy a license and marry the same day—except in Quebec, where there is a 20-day waiting period. ASI A/PACIFIC C ourt C lears P ath for N ationwide L egislation Asked for its thoughts on the matter by the federal government, Canada’s Supreme Court declared unanimously [Tec. 9 that there are no obstacles to nationwide legalization of full same-sex civil marriage. “Several centuries ago it would have been understixxl that marriage should he available only to opposite-sex couples,” the court wrote. “The recognition of same-sex marriage in sever al Canadian jurisdictions as well as two Euro pean countries belies the assertion that the same is true today.... Our constitution is a liv- ! Revelers at SnowBall.03
