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18 JUStpUt JANUARY 6. 2006 For Sinners and Republicans world U.K. Gays Tie the Knot B roadway F loral HOME and GARDEN ,630 NE Bioadwav Po<«af<d. OR 5C3 SB8 »537 <W O»V» » *««* Every Phihp Stein* timepiece has mtey-aied act-ve which grants registered couples all the rights and was murdered Nov. 30 in Kingston. According to police, al least four assailants forced obligations of marriage. their way into his home when he returned from work "This landmark measure ends the situation where around I a.m. They tied up Harvey and two people same-sex relationships were invisible in the eyes of the of their possessions, then of their commitment," said his Prime Minister Tony Blair. Jamaica AIDS Support com “It gives gay and lesbian pany car. His body was found couples who register their JUDITH ARNELL JEWELERS in a rural area miles from his relationship the same safe wvzw. JudithArneliJeweiera.aom home with gunshot wounds guards over inheritance, to the back and head. insurance and employment 320 NW 10th Avenue philip sttkin - 503.227.3437 under the United Kingdom's new Civil Partnership Act, law, denied any recognition relaxation, and extended performance. Try it. Wear It. Live it. Foci it. Portland, OR 97209 Leading Jamaican AIDS activist Steve Harvey, 30, Same-sex couples started tying the knot Dec. 19 staying with him, stole some Tesiar* technoiogy designed to reinforce the human body's electromagnetic field with a natural earth signa! associated with calm, meditation, JUDITH ÂRNELL JEWELERS Jamaican AIDS Activist Murdered abducted As coordinator of tar and pension benefits as for married couples. No longer geted Jamaica It’s a you parade. in Harvey interventions AIDS Support, Harvey was responsible for ensuring that sexual minori ties, sex workers and pris Steve Harvey (left), targeted interventions coordinator for Jamaica AIDS Support in Kingston, conducts a one-on-one counseling session. oners had access to HIV D. Fulps/George Kettner rA, Herzog-Meier 503-644-9121 ‘cars @ herzogmeier.com have decided to share their lives fear they will be denied a say over the partner’s medical treatment or find information and services. He also served as Jamaica's Drivers wanted. (Ml will same-sex couples who representative to the Latin American and the Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations. “Steve Harvey was a person of extraordinary bravery and integrity who worked tirelessly to ensure themselves denied a home if their partner dies.” (irainne Close and Shannon Sickels were the first to do the deed as regular registrations kicked off. (One couple with a gravely ill partner were allowed to “wed" before the act’s start date.) that some of Jamaica's most marginalized people had Close and Sickels, who is American, got “married” the tools and information to protect themselves from at City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as fundamen HIV/AIDS,” said Rebecca Schieifer of Human Rights talist Christians and gay rights supporters yelled at Watch's HIV/AIDS program. each other outside. “This is about making a EUROPE Gov't: The U.K. Is 6 Percent Gay choice to have our civil rights acknowledged and respected and protected, The government has deter and we could not be here mined that 6 percent of United without the hard work of Kingdom residents are gay or many queer activists and lesbian. The Telegraph newspaper many individuals from the reported Dec. 11. That’s about 3.6 queer community,” Sickels million people. told reporters. Government actuaries calcu lated the figure to help in estimat ing the financial impact of the Civil Partnership Act, which took effect last month. The act grants regis tered same-sex couples all the rights and obligations of marriage. LAURELHURST “It is, to my knowledge, the DENTISTRY C larice J ohnston dm d . & ASSOCIATES • Treatment explained and discussed Mechanics that fix everything. Including your conscience. • Teeth whitening The Czech Republic's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, voted 86-54 in favor of a same-sex first time the government has released a figure of this registered partnership law Dec. 16. Seven deputies sort, but it does come with caveats," a Department of abstained, and 53 were not present for the vote. Trade and Industry spokesman told the newspaper. “It The measure now moves to the possibly less- is based on a number of studies by different interest friendly Senate. If it passes there, it would advance to groups, but fundamentally there is very little reliable President Vaclav Klaus for his signature. information about the size of the lesbian, gay and bisexual group.” If the Senate rejects the bill, the deputies could override the Senate with an absolute majority of 101 votes in the 200-member chamber. The legislation was Four Guilty in London Killing favored by Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek's Social Four youths were convicted of manslaughter Democrats and many Communists but opposed by the Dec. 14 in the 2004 killing of a gay man near the Christian Democrats, who are part of the three-party London gay nightclub Heaven. governing coalition. David Morley, 37, died in a hospital after the • New patients welcome Domestic & Import 5934 NE Halsey • Portland, OR 97213 503.282.3315 • www.pdxauto.com attack by Reece Sargeant, 21; Darren Case, 18; and a 17-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl who were not identified because of their age. Prosecutors said the four also beat and kicked several other people the same evening. They will be sentenced Jan. 23. 503/233-3622 2520 East Burnside Singer Elton John and partner David Furnish tied the knot, along with about 700 other Britons, under the United Kingdom's Civil Partnership Act, which went into effect Dec. 19. Czech Lower House Passes Partnership Bill PDX Automotive PÀHA is a proud member of the Ecological Business e MASTERTECHS Association since 1998. Latvia Bans Same-Sex Marriage Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga signed legislation amending the nation’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage Dec. 21. The measure passed Parliament 65-6 with nine abstentions Dec. 15. latvia already had a law prohibiting gays from Morley was a survivor of the 1999 nail-bomb marrying, but conservative politicians feared it might attack on the gay Admiral Duncan pub, where he not stand up to challenges from the European Union. worked. Three people died and 73 were injured in The European branch of the International Lesbian and that explosion. Gay Association denounced the amendment.
