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20 JUSt OUt ’ October 7.2005 JhUhlJMInews 1994 “Contract with America” agenda to curb uncontrolled spending. C alifornia S chool E xpels G irl for H aving G ay P arents A Christian school in Ontario, Calif., expelled a 14-year-old student because her par ents are lesbians, according to a letter from the superintendent. The Los Angeles Times reported Sept. 23 that Ontario Christian School policy requires that at least one parent may not engage in practices “immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christ ian lifestyle, such as cohabitating without mar riage or in a homosexual relationship.” The girl’s parents have been together for 22 years and have two other daughters. XOZCH www.Dharma-Rain.Org D avid W. 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They amending the state constitution to ban both were unable to reach a verdict on Jason Cazeras. civil unions and marriage for gays and lesbians, The verdict followed a retrial thaj starkly according to a new poll. Supporters of the mea contrasted with the 2004 trial. As attorneys for sure are gathering signatures now to put the the three defendants moved away from the question on a statewide ballot in November. unified front used last year, their overall reliance ■ on “transgender panic” tactics subsided as well. The Transgender Law Center applauded the P ennsylvania convictions and called on Alameda County’s C ourt R ules for N onbiological district attorney to continue efforts to convict L esbian M other Cazeras. “These verdicts have been a long time The superior court of Pennsylvania agreed coming,” deputy director Cecilia Chung said. Sept. 2 that the nonbiological mother of twins from a dissolved lesbian couple is due full cus NATIONAL tody of the children because the biological mother was unfit. A Lambda Legal staff attor N ational C oming O ut D ay I s O ct . 11 ney, who successfully argued the case along with National Coming Out Day is a day for every the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the single person who supports queer equality to Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, said, speak openly about it. Maybe you’re coming out “This means that even though there is often just for the first time ever, or maybe you’re just talk one biological parent in families headed by ing with a neighbor, co-worker, friend or same-sex couples, biology alone does not tnimp acquaintance about queer issues for the first the best interests of the child.” time. 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To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 849 without my signature because I do not believe the Legislature can reverse an initiative approved by the people of California. 1 am proud California is a leader in recognizing and respecting domestic partnerships and the equal rights of domestic partners. I believe that lesbian and gay couples are entitled to full protection under the law and should not be discriminated against based upon their relationships. I support current domestic partnership rights and will continue to vigorously defend and enforce these rights and as such will not support any rollback. California Family Code Section 308.5 was enacted by an initiative statute passed by the voters as Proposition 22 in 2000. Article II, Section 10 of the California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from amending this initiative statute without a vote of the people. This bill does not provide for such a vote. The ultimate issue regarding the constitutionality of Section 308.5 and its prohibition against same-sex marriage is currently before the Court of Appeal in San Francisco and will likely be decided by the Supreme Court. This bill simply adds confusion to a constitutional issue. If the ban of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, this bill is not necessary. If the ban is constitutional, this bill is ineffective. N ew Y ork F ormer L og C abin O fficial M ulls C ongressional B id Jeff Cook, a former field director with the Dig Cabin Republicans, is exploring a primary challenge to incum bent U.S. Rep. Sue Kelly, R-N.Y., in 2006. Cook said that special interests have invaded private family deci sion-making and that Kelly and other members of the Republican Congress have failed to uphold former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger . • • ,