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It, justput FEBRUARY 16. 2007 LINNTON FEED & SEED national 10920 NW St. Helens Rd • Portland, OR 97231 • Phone: (503)286-1291 DAY OLD CHICKS GARDENING SUPPLIES HARDWARE POULTRY SUPPLIES ORGANIC FERTILIZERS FENCING ORGANIC FEED BEDDING PLANTS PLUMBING NATIONAL Ex-NBA Player Comes Out The unique shopping experience COMMUNICATE business cards • newsletters • brochures • rack cards q full *«rvico printing Tel 503.281.8688 • Fax 503.249.1440 • www.impress-usa.com Your #1 choice 24/7/365 CAB 503.227.1212 B FA i.TY T rust H. D wayne D avis , Broker AS YOUR AGENT I WILL: • Listen to you • Communicate throughout the process • Be present through closing and beyond « GROUP Cell 503/319-4057 Office 5O3/294-IIOI Email hddavis@realtytrust.com www.realtytrust.com/hdwaynedavis Let’s talk about your needs and create a strategy for your future. ••PINS AND NEEDLES” DR BURNING SENSATIONS IN BOTH FEET? If so, you may be eligible to participate in a research study of an investigational patch for the treatment of HIV-associated neuropathy. The patch is applied only once for 30 or 60 minutes, then removed. • • • * Former NBA center John Amaechi followed a small class of professional athletes that came out before him when he announced he is gay in his autobiog raphy, Man in the Middle, which was released Feb. 14- Amaechi, who spent five seasons on four teams, is the first NBA player ever to come out and the sixth male professional athlete from a major sport to openly dis cuss his sexuality. Out lesbian tennis star Martina Navratilova supported Amaechi’s deci John Amaechi, a former NBA center, came out in his sion and encouraged all gay athletes to autobiography, Man in the Middle. come out as role models for queer youth. A statement from the NBA commissioner The organization has set up a “story center” to indicated that sexuality is not an issue with the read the stories of real people affected by marriage organization. equality. In his hx)k, Amaechi wrote about the anti-gay The group encourages participants to write to culture and language fostered in locker room family and friends, telling them why marriage environments. equality is important and asking them to care about Other out athletes include former NFL running it, too. Sample letters, a resolution and details back David Kopay, who came out in 1977; offensive about photo and video contests are available at lineman Roy Simmons; and defensive lineman Esera www.freedomtomarry.org. Tuaolo, who graduated from Oregon State University. Former Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland COLORADO A’s player Glenn Burke and Billy Bean, a utility Self-Hating Reverend 'Cured' player, have also come out, both after retiring. The Rev. Ted Haggard, the disgraced former head Amaechi, who was raised in England, compet of the National Evangelical Association and leader ed for Penn State, then played in 301 NBA games of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado during five seasons beginning with the Cleveland Springs, Colo., broke his silence from rehabilitation Cavaliers from 1995 to 1996. He continued to play Feb. 6 and said that “Jesus is putting me back togeth for the Orlando Magic from 1999 to 2001 and the er again” and that he was “sorry for the things I’ve Utah Jazz for two seasons, until he was traded to the done." He also said he is convinced that he is Houston Rockets and then to the New York “completely heterosexual,” according to the Rev. Tim Knicks. He retired in 2004 but came out of retire Ralph, one of the ministers who oversaw three weeks ment to help England’s men’s basketball team win of intensive counseling with Haggard. the bronze medal in the 2006 Commonwealth “Haggard should be seeking forgiveness for the Games in Melbourne, Australia. way he used the Bible to bash gay people, the way he warped and damaged young people in his ‘Jesus Freedom to Marry Observed Camps,’ the way he shamelessly mixed religion and Freedom to Marry, the national organization politics for personal and partisan gain, and for working for marriage equality, is celebrating the defaming Mike Jones,” said Matt Foreman, executive 10th anniversary of Freedom to Marry Week director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. through Feb. 17. “Instead, he’s doing what all these preachers do when According to (he organization, Freedom to Marry they get caught with their pants down—they make Week offers an opportunity to engage family themselves the victims of a personal failing.” members, friends and neighbors in the movement Jones, who exposed Haggard, said his recovery for fairness and equality for all. was hard to believe. “It’s hard for me to believe that he’s recovered in three weeks Shen he’d been hav ing oral sex with me for over three years,” said Jones, the man who stepped forward to expose Haggard’s hypocrisy in being a vehement supporter of a Colorado constitutional amendment prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriage. To be eligible you must: Be a male or female 18 years of age or older Have documented diagnosis of HIV infection Have experienced mild to severe pain, burning or discomfort in both feet for at least 2 months NEW MEXICO Retirement Benefits Lawsuit Filed Qualified participants will receive study medication and examinations at no cost. Fanno Creek Clinic 2400 SW Vermont St. • Portland. OR 97219 Lisa Zeigler 503-452-0915 ext. 30 The disgraced Rev. Ted Haggard claims he is now heterosexual. A lawsuit was filed Feb. 5 against the state of New Mexico on behalf of three lesbian couples seeking retirement health
