TOP6NEWS - Date 12.3.04

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1-NEWS:  Lesbian minister defrocked

2-NEWS:  WashBlade reports on amendments and 'legal limbo'

3-NEWS:  Reaction to MI dp benefits

4-NEWS:  Gays are afraid after the election

5-NEWS:  NZ set to give everything but name

6-NEWS:  Portland, OR looking at banning Boy Scouts from schools

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1-NEWS: Lesbian minister defrocked

By Jim Remsen

Philly Inquirer Faith Life Editor

She's just Beth Stroud now.

The Rev. Irene Elizabeth "Beth" Stroud was ordered to surrender her ministry license late yesterday afternoon, hours after a Methodist Church jury convicted her of "engaging in practices declared by the United Methodist Church to be incompatible with Christian teachings" because she is a practicing lesbian.

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2-NEWS: WashBlade reports on amendments and 'legal limbo'

By DYANA BAGBY Wash Blade

In the aftermath of Nov. 2, when 11 states overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, activists on both sides expect countless court challenges to interpret what the measures actually mean.

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3-NEWS: Reaction to MI dp benefits

By Elizabeth Shaw

Local gay rights advocates voiced shock and dismay after hearing that about 30,000 state workers will be denied same-sex benefits that had been agreed upon in new union contracts.

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4-NEWS: Gays are afraid after the election

MSNBC.com

Here in America's heartland, LeAnne, a stay-at-home mom, has taken down the colorful gay-pride windsock that once flew from her front stoop. Elsewhere in Kansas, a public school administrator has fresh worries about being fired despite 19 years of tenure.
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5-NEWS: NZ set to give everything but name

Unions by Peter Hacker 365Gay.com

Wellington) New Zealand is set to enact legislation giving same-sex couples all of the rights of marriage except the name.

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6-OP-ED: Portland, OR looking at banning Boy Scouts from schools

by Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press

Under pressure from gay and atheist parents, Portland school officials are considering a policy that would ban the Boy Scouts of America from recruiting students during school hours.

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