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18 JUSt|OUt JULY 21.2006 world EVERETT STREET o AUTOWORKS EUROPE 6,800 Couples Marry in U.K. DOWNTOWN PORTLAND 10% OFF ANY LABOR ’ or $19.95 LUBE, OIL AND FILTER with this coupon Expires October 2006 • Applies to most vehicles • up to 5 quarts of oil 503-221-2411 509 NW EVERETT NW 5TH AND EVERETT PORTLAND OR 97209 WWW.ESAUTOWORKS.BIZ ft. T. TAVEY INC. More than 6,800 same-sex couples have gotten married under the United Kingdom’s Civil Partner ship Act since it took effect in December. The law grants civil partners all the rights and obligations of traditional marriage. In England and Wales, male couples tying the knot have vastly outnumbered female couples— 4.311 to 2.205. In Scotland, 345 ceremonies have taken place. Male couples lead there also—220 to 123. “Local registrars have been exemplary in intro ducing this new legislation, helping same-sex partners to have a relaxed and happy experience on their important day,” said Scottish Registrar General Duncan Macniven. 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Now we are sure of not losing it if one of us passes away,” Karel, who married Josef in Ostrava, told the Czech News Agency (CTK). Vendulka and Stepanka, also married in Ostrava, told CTK they were happy to be registered but hope lawmakers now will move on to approval of same-sex adoption. The registered partnership law was approved only after the Chamber of Deputies overrode President Vaclav Klaus’s veto of it. While it extends to registered couples many of the rights and obliga tions of traditional marriage, it withholds equality in the areas of adoption, pensions, taxation and joint ownership of property, CTK said. MIDEAST/AFRICA Gay Prince Disowned Member of Parliament Ben Bradshaw married his longtime partner, BBC journalist Neal Dalgleish, June 24 in Exeter, England. hristine! In Exeter, England, Member of Parliament Ben Bradshaw married his longtime partner, British Broadcasting Corp, journalist Neal Dalgleish, June 24. Bradshaw told the BBC: “The sort of things I worried about were things like being able to visit my partner in hospital, being treated as next of kin, not being clobbered for inheritance tax, which were some of the things that were inflicted on same-sex couples before we had civil partnership.” EuroPride Numbers Disputed "Prom strudels to noodles, leorkii.ig’s a dream in my newly remodeled kitchen.... I needed more room to add cooking classes to my catering business but I dreaded the thought of refinancing to do it. l uckily, I was referred to Christine. She came to our house with all the paperieork, smoothed out the bumps with solutions and made the whole refinancing process genuinely friendly. Bon appetit!" -Sasha 503-481-0574 hallcfn’eaglehomemortgage.com Christine Hall Senior Loan Consultant President's Club EuroPride, held July 1 in London, was either somewhat of a flop or a smashing success— depending on whose numbers you trust. Organizers were hoping for a turnout of 500,000 and say they got 750,000. But police said only 40,000 people were present. The march went down Oxford and Regent streets, to Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square, then on to the Houses of Parliament and Victoria Embankment. Royal Navy sailors marched for the first time—about 40 of them, in uniform. Mayor Ken Livingstone told the British Broadcasting Corp., “What this shows as we march through the city of London—one of the greatest cities on earth—is a city can be a wonderful place to live in with people of every race, religion and sexuality." Well-known activist Peter Tatchell carried a poster depicting the pope in drag that said, “Pope ‘Betty’ Benedict XVI—Queen of Homophobia.” He explained: “The pope talks like a gay man, walks like a gay man and dresses like a gay man. If the pope is gay, his hypocrisy is breathtaking.... A gay prince in India has been disowned by his parents for coming out in a news article. Prince Manvendrasinh Gohil’s wealthy royal family once ruled the princely state of Rajpipla in what is now eastern Gujarat state. The 40-year-old said that he previously came out to his parents privately and that they sent him to doctors in an effort to set him straight. Coming out in the media, he said, was the last straw for them. In a newspaper ad disinheriting him, Gohil’s mother, Rukminidevi, declared: “Manvendra ceas es to have rights as a son over the family property, and the power of attorney issued to him also stands canceled. Henceforth, no one must refer to my name as mother of Manvendra. If any individual or organization dares to do so, it will invite contempt proceedings against him.” Gohil works as the director of a Gujarat HIV organization. “I have no regrets, since 1 have found family in the [gay] community,” he said. Actions Against Iran Planned Activists in 20 cities in 12 nations planned to take part in an International Day of Action Against Homophobic Persecution in Iran on July 19. “It is shaping up as the biggest-ever event of international solidarity with gay Iranians,” said blogger Doug Ireland, who is helping organize the events. The date is the first anniversary of the public hanging of teenage boys Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni in the Iranian city of Mashad— either because they were lovers (according to local gays and some international activists) or for the crime of raping a 13-year-old hoy (according to the government). In either case, "men and women suspected of homosexual conduct in Iran face the threat of execution,” affirmed Scott Ling of Human Rights Watch’s gay rights program. "We have d<x:umented
