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est court,” said David Bucket, Marriage Project
director at Lambda and lead attorney on the
case. “Since filing this lawsuit, our clients have
welcomed new children into their families and
mourned the loss of loved ones—tragically
including the death of one of our plaintiffs, Mar
ilyn Maneely, who passed away earlier this fall.
With these life-changing events come difficult
and painful challenges our clients shouldn’t
have to face but do because they are not allowed
to marry.”
Lambda’s brief states, “Plaintiffs cannot
enjoy dignity, security and first-class status as cit
izens when the government denies them access
to one of society’s most esteemed institutions,
marriage, with the person each loves.”
KANSAS
C ourt O utlaws H arsher
P unishment for U nderage G ay S ex
CALIFORNIA
D emocrats U nlikely to R evisit
M arriage B ill N ext Y ear
Gays and lesbians in California will proba
bly have to wait until 2007 before the state
Legislature takes up the Religious Freedom
and Civil Marriage Protection Act again. The
bill, which passed both the Assembly and the
Senate this year, was vetoed by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
FLORIDA
A ctivist S ues F lorida C ounty
O ver G ay P ride B an
A Hillsborough County Commission vote to
ban official recognition of Gay Pride events is
unconstitutional, according to a lawsuit filed
Oct. 19 by business owner and activist Joe Red-
ner. The installation of a Gay Pride display in a
public library prompted the commission vote,
but he said the ban unlawfully targets gays and
lesbians and restricts his access to information at
public libraries.
The Kansas Supreme Court overturned
Oct. 24 the sentence of Matthew R. Limon, who
was originally set to serve 17 years in prison for
engaging in sex at age 18 with a 14-year-old boy.
“Moral disapproval of a
group cannot be a legiti
mate state interest,” the
-HILLSBOROUGH-
court wrote, striking down
a state law that treated
same-sex cases differently
from heterosexual ones.
Limon would likely have
received a 15-month sen
tence if his case had
involved sex with an
underage girl.
In February 2000,
Limon and another male
IS BACK!
teen-ager were students at
a residential school for
developmentally disabled
youth in Miami County,
Kan. A week after Limon’s
18th birthday, he per
We are proud to stand up for rhe gay
formed consensual oral sex
on the other teen-ager,
community and we will not participate in
who was nearly 15—three
county sanctioned discrimination.
years, one month and a few
days younger.
Equality Florida has created this downloadable message for
“As of today, Matthew residents of Hillsborough County, which has banned Gay Pride
Limon has already served displays in local libraries.
four years and five months
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longer than a heterosexual teen-ager would
NEW YORK
have received for the same act. He has long
since paid his debt to society, and we’re thrilled N ew Y orkers S ue to M arry
that he will be going home to his family soon,”
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a
said Lisa Brunner of the American Civil Liber New York appeals court Oct. 17 to strike down
ties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri’s a state law that bars same-sex couples from mar
LGBT Task Force. “Justice has been a long time riage and the hundreds of family protections
coming in this case.”
afforded to married couples.
The case was argued before the Third judi
cial Department of rhe New York Supreme
MARYLAND
Court’s Appellate Division on behalf of 12
P arents P rotest S chool ’ s
same-sex couples. Several of the plaintiffs,
who hope to be married in the state of New
“C oming O ut W eek ” A ctivities
In honor of “Coming Out Week,” the Gay York and had been on the waiting list to get
Straight Alliance at Pikesville High School in married by Mayor jason West in New Paltz,
Maryland asked students to wear pink to show were present in court.
“It was a great relief to be in court and hear
their support for openly gay students Oct. 10 to
14. The request riled some parents, one of whom our lawyers explain to the court the very real
commented, “It’s safe to say that I’m against consequences we deal with when we’re treated
as legal strangers to our partners,” said Tonja
what they believe in.”
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Alvis of Schenectady, who is raising two chil
dren with her partner of six years, Kathy Burke.
N aval A cademy W arns P rotesters
Soulforce’s “Equality Ride" was set to protest “We’re looking forward to the day when we can
the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy finally dance with our sons at our wedding and
Oct. 21 at the U.S. Naval Academy ip Annapo are no longer denied the legal protections that
lis, Md., but officials warned members that they other couples enjoy*
Alvis has no health insurance because she
could be arrested if they tried “accessing the
academy grounds for the purpose of protesting or can’t afford the plan offered by her employer,
engaging midshipmen, faculty and staff.” Soul and Burke’s employer doesn’t offer domestic
force promotes freedom for queers from religious partner health benefits. JH
and political oppression through the practice of
Compiled by S arah D ougher
relentless nonviolent resistance.
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