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Organizers pegged the rally’s turnout at 1.5 million. “These atheist, irreligious governments want to make us believe that our life has no meaning,” one of the organizers, Kiko Argiiello, told Reuters. Spain holds a general election March 9. In recent polling, Zapatero’s Socialist party held a 2 percent lead over the conservative Popular Party. In response to the rally, Zapatero said that his policies are supported by the “vast majority” of Spaniards and that the Roman Catholic Church should stop attempting to curtail citizens’ constitu tional rights. McKellen Becomes Companion of Honor Openly gay actor Sir Ian McKellen was made a member of the prestigious Order of Companions of Honor in Queen Elizabeth IPs new year honors. The order, founded by George V, has only 65 members. McKellen, who has been a knight since 1990, was honored “for services to drama and to equality” and now can place the initials “C.H.” after his name. “I am honored to join an order which includes such distinguished practitioners in the arts,” said McKellen, 68. “It is particularly pleasing that ‘equality’ is included in my citation.” Other members of the order include Sir John Major, Dame Judi Dench, Sir David Attenborough and professor Stephen Hawking. Bishop: 13-Year-Olds Provoke Sexual Contact The Roman Catholic bishop of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands is in hot water for saying that 13-year-olds seek sex with adults, according to TypicallySpanish.com. In a Christmas Eve interview with the news paper La Opinión de Tenerife, Bernardo Alvarez said, Gay actor Sir Ian McKellen, who was made a member of the Order of Companions of Honor by Queen Elizabeth II, said he was pleased to be recognized for his commitment to equality. “There are 13-year-old adolescents who are under age and who are perfectly in agreement with, and what’s more, wanting it, and if you are careless, they will e.ven provoke you.” Alvarez added that such activity harms society the same as homosexuality does and said cultures where either takes place will pay a price down the road like “other civilizations” paid. His office later released a statement saying he had not meant to suggest that “an event as condemnahle as the abuse of youngsters” could be justified. The Triangulo Canarias Foundation for the Social Equality of Gays and Lesbians condemned Alvarez’s remarks. Online Homophobes Prosecuted in the Netherlands A Dutch man who was subjected to a barrage of homophobic abuse in an online chat room took a printout of the attack to police and got the offenders prosecuted, Radio Netherlands World wide reported Dec. 31. Franklin Hill, a 32-year-old flight attendant, was bashed with comments such as “Dirty faggot," “Death to fags” and “The Third Reich should be resurrected.” A court determined that such language is ille gal and sentenced one of the bashers to 15 hours of community service and fined another one $1,100. “The fact that they now know they can’t just say what they want in a chat room, and that they didn’t get away with it, gives me satisfaction," Hill told the radie station. “You just have to dQSome- Learn the art of A blowing. Give the gift off glass blowing for the Holidays! 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