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AUGUST 1. 2008 R ealty 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 JUStOUt 19 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 yuur future. • IL ill TM • digital excellence • delivery included 1 single sourc« | 1 solutions printing services tel 503.281.8666 www.impress-usa.com Openly gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit welcomed U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama to Berlin. said that we were protesting against executions of minors, and this time we said that we will protest against executions of minors and homosexuals.” Alekseev vowed to take the matter to the European Court of Human Rights, adding it to four other pending cases there concerning Moscow’s apparent blanket han on public dem onstrations by gay people. Gay Pride has been banned for three years running. “This is just another example that Moscow au thorities actually banned all public events of sexual minorities in the city, depriving this social group of their constitutional right, which is guaranteed by Article 31 of the constitution,” he said. Lambda Istanbul Eradicated by Court Istanbul’s Beyoglu Court of First Instance has formally eradicated the gay group Lambda Istanbul, saying its existence contravened societal norms of morality and decency. Issuing its opinion last month in a case it de cided in May, the court declared: “While members of the association are, as men and women, subject to Article 10 of the constitution, which states that all persons are equal before the law, since there are no constitutional regulations regarding any other gender identity besides man and woman, forming an association based solely on sexual orientation and gender identity is against the essence and the spirit of this article, and the concept of equality aimed by it.” The court continued: “It is observed that en couragement and propaganda, in all levels of the society, of the sexual orientation of the members of the association through organizing instructive programs are predominant in the association’s aims, and that these activities are likely to bring about a tyranny of a minority over the majority, which is against legal and constitutional regula tions, and that this would jeopardize the rights and freedom of the family and children, as men tioned in Article 41 of the constitution, and the rights and the freedom of the youth, as mentioned in Article 58 of the constitution.” The court proceeded to “dissolve” Lambda Istanbul, saying the European Convention on Human Rights allows obstruction of the right to association “to protect public morality and others’ freedom.” The court also found that Lambda’s bylaws contravened a Turkish law that states, “No asso ciation may be founded for unlawful or immoral purposes.” Lambda Istanbul has been in existence since 1993 and had been officially registered for two years. 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Doctors later relayed his coming-out to driver’s license officials, who then accused him of having a sexual identity distur bance, told him to retake his driving test and, when he passed it, gave him a one-year disabled person’s license instead of the normal 10-year license. A court determined the events amounted to “sexual discrimination” and were unconstitutional. It is likely the first niling of its sort in Italian history. British Army Joins Gay Equality Program The British Army has joined the gay group Stonewall’s Diversity Champions program to work toward increased equality for gay and bi sexual soldiers. “Discrimination against those in the army who are lesbian, gay and bisexual does not give them a chance to contribute or to play a full part in the teams that are vital for our success on op erations,” said Gen. 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