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Pink News Wore - Daily Summary | 07.10.2006 17:08 | Gender | Social Struggles

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Campaigners seek to stop homophobic incitement
Gay charity Stonewall has received around £10,000 of donations towards plans for a campaign to stop incitement of anti gay hatred.

The lobby group want homophobic incitement to be included in the next Criminal Justice Bill, which would make it illegal f! or anti gay statements to be made on public platforms such as in musical lyrics or political campaigns.

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Gay animal jibe is Noah joke
It started as a joke but has now become a farce after a Tory councillor was today suspended from an equality panel and has vowed to resign as a Conservative representative after joking that a modern day Noah’s Ark would have to admit gay animals.

David Clutterbuck a 72-year old Conservative councillor at Bournemouth Borough Council infuriated loca! l political opponents this week after replying to an email about the b ureaucracy that the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark would encounter nowadays.

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Help end homelessness (for free)
Eviction is just a game on Big Brot! her, but, sadly, living in the shadow of eviction and homelessness is a daily reality for many families and children.

PinkNews.co.uk readers can help end homelessness simply by signing Shelter's online petition.

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First Slovenian gay partnership branded ‘awful’
A gay couple this Friday became the first to enter into a civil partnership within the Balkan country of Slovenia.

Unfortunately for Mitja Blazic and Niki Kern the partnership hasn’t got off to a great start after the couple branded the ceremony "humiliating" and ‘‘awful’’.


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Edinburgh church backs gay unions
The Edinburgh Presbytery of the Church of Scotland has given its backing to civil partnerships, making it the first part of a major British denomination to support gay unions.

Last May The Church of Scotland's General Assembly considered the issue of civil partnerships and in a controversial vote, which many ministers had threatened to resign over, 372 votes to 240 supported giving individual laymen the freedom to bless civil partnerships.

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Brokeback Mountain opens cowboy wardrobe
Labour Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott will be able to feed his cowboy fetish this weekend when the entire wardrobe of gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain goes on sale.

The film is auctioning outfits warn by Jake Gyl! lenhaal and Heath Ledger to raise money for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).


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BNP join gay animal debate
The British National Party (BNP) know a bandwagon when they see one, and they have been quick to jump onto the political correctness debate regarding Conservative councillor David Clutterbuck’s comments about gay animals on Noah’s Ark.

Their valuable input can be found on their website, but not wanting to miss the internet traffic bandwagon, PinkNews.co.ukhas featured it here…

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