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Colin Farrell is stunned at the amount of attention his penis has received in his upcoming movie A home at the end of the world - because he's been told it's much smaller than Ewan McGregor's.

The Phone booth star's full-frontal nude shot was recently pulled from the film, after it proved to be too distracting for test screening audiences.

And while reports have deemed Farrell's manhood "big", the Irish heart-throb admits it really isn't anything to get too excited about - especially compared to McGregor, who flashed his manhood most recently in Young Adam.

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All,

Mumbles Menino has set up a bunch of special events and freebies this weekend as a thank you to Boston for hosting the DNC - thought I'd share.

Free tour of Fenway Park, free chowder at Legal, free access to the Colonnade Pool (normally $40), more.

Dave Goulart

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Speakers at the podium of the Democratic National Convention are being gagged when it comes to gay marriage. Top party officials and campaign aides said that not only has gay marriage been yanked from the party's official platform, but speakers will be vetted to make sure they steer clear of pro-gay-marriage rhetoric. "You don't have to have a platform that itemizes issue after issue like a New York telephone book," explained national party secretary Alice Germond. Right. New York Post

No one told this to John Kerry's younger daughter, Vanessa, however. She stood her ground, supporting gay marriage even as the Democrats are trying to sidestep the issue on the convention floor. "To be fair - I've been on the record about it - I personally believe in gay marriage," Vanessa Kerry volunteered at a reporters' breakfast. "And he believes in civil unions, which is still equal rights under the law," said Vanessa, who sat next to her sister, Alexandra. She added: "I respect his opinion enormously ... but if you want to get into the semantics of it, that's it."

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By Anna Nymous

President Bush on Thursday announced the creation of a new alert system that will allow the country to know current risk levels of homosexuality at any given time. The system will coordinate risk factors with current US intelligence to determine the level of risk homosexuals pose to modern civilization as we know it.
Masterminded by Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary, working in collaboration with Newt Gingrich's lesbian sister, and Ronald Reagan's gay son, the program will access the latest cultural trends and factor in the gay agenda, making all Americans aware of the current status of homosexuality within our borders. Also helping with the project were Jenna and Barbara Bush, the President's twin daughters, but only that one time when they were really really drunk

Recent success of television shows like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "The L Word," "Will & Grace," and "Queer as Folk" have put our current risk level at Orange Alert... don't drop the soap. President Bush issued a press release warning the country to keep their boxers on frontwards in the face of this impending danger that threatens the very fabric of our survival as a species.. Also putting America at risk is the stubborn insistence of some big city mayors to uphold the US Constitution by administering gay weddings across the country, despite public outcry from mostly frumpish, oftentimes divorced, disgruntled straight voters who can't bear to see anyone happy.

Last week on an episode of Pat Robertson's The 700 Club, Reverend Jerry Falwell blamed the terrorist bombing in Madrid, Spain on gay weddings happening here, right now, in America. Falwell has endorsed Bush's Homo Alert System because “it will make God loving normal people aware of their sinful c&*# licking and c#$& sucking neighbors.”

"And by the way," Falwell added, "Spain is full of a bunch of fags. The Bible says so."

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A new survey of voters in Florida, the nation's largest swing state, and one of the most important battlegrounds for control of the White House, shows that voters are not rallying to the President's anti-gay campaign.

Only 2 percent of likely Florida voters named same-sex marriage as an important issue in the election, according to a poll for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Florida Times-Union that was released on Sunday.

Bush, who has made a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage a campaign issue, appears to be losing many of the moderate, independent voters of Florida who could make a decisive difference in a close election.

The poll also showed that John Kerry has taken a slight lead in the state.

When asked to name the most important issue determining their vote for president, the largest number, 26 percent, named jobs and the economy. The second most important issue was Iraq, named by 16 percent of eligible voters.


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Conservatives: "Do we really want a man who raised a daughter who dresses like this running the country?"

Liberals: "Wow, Kerry's daughter went to Cannes - do you think she was at the Almodóvar party?"

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Colin Farrell, Dallas Robers talk about playing lovers
Most of what you've heard about "A Home at the End of the World" is that they had to cut a frontal nude scene because the audience became mesmerized by Colin Farrell's assets. But wait; there's more. Actor Dallas Roberts, who spends a few scenes kissing Farrell, says, "I look forward to a time that it's not an issue anymore and when people can ask me not what it's like to play a gay man, but what it's like to play a great character." Farrell talks about his role: "Bobby could move back to New York and if he met a girl who rocked his world, he'd be with her and if he met a boy who rocked his world, he'd be with him. Again, you can call that bisexual, of course, but ... if you said to him, 'You're bisexual,' he'd think you were talking about purchasing sex. He just exists."

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The H2 is a polluter. Based on G.M.'s optimistic claim that it gets13 mpg, an H2 will produce 3.4 metric tons of carbon emissions in a typical year, nearly double that of G.M.'s Chevrolet Malibu sedan.

The H2 is a death machine. You'd better hope that you don't collide with an H2 in your economy car. You can kiss your ass goodbye thanks to the H2's massive weight and raised bumpers. Too bad you couldn't afford an urban assault vehicle of your own. Or could you...?

The H2 is a tax loophole. [b]Under Bush's new tax plan, business owners can deduct the entire cost of their $55,000 H2. If you are in the highest tax bracket, that's a tax savings of nearly $20,000! [/b]The government rewards you more savings for buying an H2 than you'd get for buying an electric car.

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AIDS Project Rhode Island is conducting a survey of local gay men to better understand the health needs of men who are having sex with men in Rhode Island. Survey accessible at AIDSProjectRI.org (written surveys available by calling 401.831.5522 ext. 115). All survey participants are entered in a raffle to win a three-night stay at the Benchmark Inn in Provincetown, Mass.

Alcohol & Lesbian Couples - Lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other women in intimate relationships with women are invited to take part in a research study about how couples with current or past alcohol problems solve relationship conflicts. Each participant will be reimbursed $40 for a two-hour interview. This study is taking place at Fenway Community Health and McLean Hospital. Information: Monika Kolodziej, Ph.D., Fenway Collaborator and Principal Investigator at 617.855.2226 or mkolodziej@mclean.harvard.edu.

Alzheimer's Association needs volunteers to hang posters and help promote their Greater Boston Memory Walk benefit. Information: Sheila Watnick at 617.868.718 ext. 208, info@memorywalkma.org or MemoryWalkMA.org.

Beyond Binary, a group for those who view gender as having more than two options. Meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m., at the Fenway Community Health Center, 7 Haviland Street, Boston. Information: 617.927.6218 or beyondbinaryhotmail.com.

Boston Prime Timers - A social group for men over forty and their admirers, meets 3rd Sat. monthly at 3:30 p.m., Boston Living Center, 29 Stanhope St., Boston. Contribution: $2. Information: 617.338.5305 or boston@primetimersww.org

Capravirine Study - Have you been on two or more regimens, but they haven't worked for you? Have you tried meds such as protease inhibitors and Sustiva(r)? You may be eligible for a study of an experimental new drug, capravirine, which might work against virus that is resistant to SUSTIVA(r). The study medications will include the protease inhibitor medication KELETRA(r) in addition to different doses of capravirine. Compensation will be provided. Information: FenwayHealth.org.

Forty Plus Brunch Group - A Friendly group of single lesbians (couples welcome) meets monthly on Sunday afternoons (12-3 p.m.) for potluck brunches in southern N.H. and Mass. Information: brunchinfo@yahoo.com

Freeport Cabaret with Brian King, every Thurs at Captain Carlos restaurant/bar, 27 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, Mass. from 9 p.m. through 12:30 a.m. An eclectic evening of musical stylings. Information: 978.283.6342 or CaptainCarlos.com.

Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat services led by Rabbi Liza Stern at Congregation Eitz Chayim, 136 Magazine St., Cambridge. 7-8 p.m. Information: 617-497-7626 or eitzchay@world.std.com.

Gay Fathers of Greater Boston will meet 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 8-10 p.m. at First Parish Church, Waltham. Donation: $2. Info: 617-742-7897, www.gayfathersboston.org

HIV and Depression Study - Do you take an antidepressant, but feel you still have signs of depression? Do you have trouble taking all your doses of anti-HIV medications? If so, and if your viral load is detectable (greater than 50), you may be eligible for a new study of depression and medication adherence in people living with HIV. If eligible, you'll receive free therapy sessions and $100 over the course of the study. Information: FenwayHealth.org.

HIV Newly Diagnosed Workshop - Whether you are newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or just beginning meds, this workshop will give you support and information regarding all aspects of living and coping. Meetings Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at Boston Medical Center. Meals provided. Information: Heidi Bright 617.414.7834.

HIV positive heterosexual couples sought - as a member of the HIV Prevention Trials Unit with Fenway Community Health, The Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI is now seeking heterosexual, HIV positive couples for a groundbreaking research study. The study tests the safety of a vaginal gel that could lessen the risk of sexual transmission of HIV. If proven effective, the gel could offer HIV negative women protection from HIV during sex. It could also offer HIV positive women and their partners a way to reduce the risk of infection from more dangerous or resistant strains of HIV. You may be eligible for this study if you are an HIV positive heterosexual couple that has been together at least three months. In addition to assisting in the advancement of HIV research, participants will be compensated for their time. Transportation to Providence, RI is available. Information or to participate: 1.800.363.6674.

HLA Study - Are you interested in helping to design a future HIV vaccine? Are you a person of color or of Latino/Hispanic origin? If so, you may be eligible for a study of your HLA type (similar to a blood type). We are looking for HIV positive participants of non-Caucasian origin. Vaccine injections are not given as part of this study. Eligible participants will be compensated $25 per visit. Information: 617.927.6450 and inquire about the "HLA study."

Hope Church. Open Minds - Open Hands - Open Hearts. Join us for Sunday evening worship 5:30pm or Taize Prayer, first Friday of each month 7:30 p.m. 85 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain. Information: Rev. Elizabeth Myer Boulton 617.522.0600, ejmyer@yahoo.com or hopeboston.com.

"Immigration Equality-Boston Chapter" - group dedicated to gaining immigration rights for Gay/Lesbian international partners of American citizens. Information: Rickie 781.596.3136, Rickie331@yahoo.com or ImmigrationEquality.org

Investigational Preventive HIV Vaccine Research - Register today for the latest HIV Vaccine Research Studies. These investigational, preventive trials enroll HIV-negative volunteers. All participants receive free HIV counseling and testing, and receive compensation. Call and volunteer today or register online through Fenway Community Health at 617.927.6450, FenwayHealth.org or achieve@fenwayhealth.org; through Brigham and Women's Hospital at 617.732.5996 or vaccine@partners.org or through Miriam Hospital in Providence at 800.972.4311.

The Latin American Institute, 95 Berkeley St., Boston, offers many free services to the growing Latino population: Substance abuse counseling, home based services for families with DSS involvement , case management, Mental health, housing advocacy for people with HIV/AIDS issues and on-site immigration services . Information: 617.350.6900

LGBT Veg-Out - On the first Saturday of the month at 6 p.m., this group meets for fun, conversation and gourmet all-vegetarian family style dining. Information: Clarisse 617.323.6528.

Lunch at Emmanuel's (LGBT 60+ lunch and social) Thursdays from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston. Information: Diane at Ethos 617.522.6700 ext. 306.

Rapid HIV Testing Study - As part of a select group, you can help to test the effectiveness of an experimental Rapid HIV test compared to the standard blood test. If proven reliable, Rapid HIV testing will soon be available for all, producing accurate results within 15 minutes - as opposed to the two-week waiting period that currently exists. We need your help to assess the accuracy of the rapid test. We are seeking people who are HIV positive OR are willing to be tested and are one of the following: men who have sex with men, people who have injected drugs, or women having sex with either men who have sex with men or someone who has injected drugs. This study involves taking the experimental test and getting a standard HIV test. All participants receive $25 for their time. Information and appointments: 617.927.6450.

Researchers at Boston University and the AIDS Care Project are investigating the effects of relaxation in assisting HIV/AIDS patients reduce symptoms and improve quality of life. You will be compensated for your time and effort. Information and eligibility inquiries: Renee Hahn or Cristi Canali, 617.859.3036 ext. 28.

Smoking Cessation Group - If you are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender, want to quit smoking and have GLBT friends who also want to quit; our Smoking Cessation Group is perfect for you. This one-of-a-kind GLBT group program is also a study that will evaluate the effectiveness of peer support in relation to quitting smoking. The group offers a friendly, supportive environment for GLBT smokers-complete with counseling, and a stipend for each individual's participation. Information: Fenway Community Health at 617-927-6450 or achieve@fenwayhealth.org.

Southern Women's Network-new singles social network group forming for single Southern lesbians living in area. (Couples welcome ONLY if you wish to mingle with singles for non-sexual fun.) Information: Rickie 781.596.3136 or Rickie331@yahoo.com

Sundays at Jacques Cabaret - where Diamond Dunhill, Miss Gay Pride Boston 2003-2004, hosts the weekly 2-hour Drag-on Showgirl Showcase at Jacques Cabaret, Boston's drag headquarters for over 65 years. Performances by Destiny, Ivory and Trinity Satine plus special guest "divettes." Showtime: 10 p.m.-midnight. Admission: $6. Limited table reservations. Jacques Cabaret is located at 79 Broadway in Boston's Bay Village. Information: 617.426.8902 or JacquesCabaret.com.

Untreated HIV Immune Response Study - Have you been living with HIV for more than two years? If you have never taken anti-HIV medications, or if it has been more than six months since your last took them, you may be eligible for a study of the immune system of HIV-infected, untreated individuals. Eligible participants will be compensated $25 per visit. For more information, please speak to your medical provider at Fenway or call 617.927.6450 and inquire about the "Untreated HIV Immune Response Study."

VEST-QD - Are you doing well on a protease inhibitor but looking for something easier to take? If your viral load is undetectable you may be eligible for a trial evaluating a once-daily regimen using currently FDA-approved medications. Everyone who is eligible will have their protease inhibitor replaced with SUSTIVA(r), and half of the participants will be switched to a completely once-a-day regimen. Compensation will be provided. Information: Ronn at 617.927.6450.

Volunteers needed to play with homeless children - Horizons for Homeless Children seeks volunteers to interact and play with children living in family and domestic violence shelters in your neighborhood. A commentment of two hours a week for six months is required. We offer daytime and evening shifts. With over 52 shelters in our network, there is likely to be one that fits your schedules. It's a rewarding and fun experience for everyone involved. Next training: August 2 and 3 from 6-9 p.m. Information: Karin at 617.287.1900 ext. 306 or HorizonsForHomelessChildr en.org

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There's a Republican crashing the Democratic party in Massachusetts:[b] Gov. Mitt Romney.[/b]

From his statehouse office just a half-mile from the sports arena where Democrats will nominate John Kerry, Romney is doing what he can to help President Bush -- from calling for Kerry to resign from the Senate while he seeks the presidency to campaigning for Bush across the country.

"In contrast to other Massachusetts Republicans,'' says Democratic state Sen. Jarrett Barrios, "Governor Romney is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative.''

Romney isn't the typical Bay State Republican, a fiscal conservative and social moderate or liberal. For example, he supported abolishing bilingual education and appointed a commission to draft a "scientific'' death penalty plan. He is practically the GOP's national spokesman against gay marriage, an issue that riles conservatives everywhere.

Much to his consternation, thousands of same-sex couples have taken out marriage licenses in Massachusetts since May. He testified in June before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, supporting a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

"It is not possible for the issue to remain solely a Massachusetts issue, it must now be confronted on a national basis,'' Romney told senators, and contended that same-sex marriage "may affect the development of children and thereby future society as a whole.''

His high-profile stand against gay marriage not only fosters his conservative credentials, it appears to be part of a carefully crafted national profile that leads some to wonder whether he is looking beyond the governor's office he has occupied only since 2002.

Romney, 57, grew up with maids, a cook and a laundress in the family home in Bloomfield Hills, an exclusive Michigan suburb outside Detroit. His father, George Romney, was chairman of American Motors Corp. and later a three-term governor of Michigan.

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[b]July 16, 2004 -- [/b]

THE gay-marriage amend ment that failed Wednesday was never meant to win votes in the Senate — its target was always swing states with large Catholic populations such as Ohio and Michigan.

Perhaps, however, the Republican Party should be thinking a bit harder about swing voters. By again racing ahead to claim the mantle of the Party of Bigotry (it almost got away from them there for a bit), the GOP is doing permanent damage to itself among the gay-friendly, socially liberal younger generation.

This may all seem very clever to Karl Rove: Anti-gay marriage amendments (meant to boost anti-gay turnout) are on the fall ballot in about a dozen states, including battlegrounds such as Michigan and Oregon.

And it may even work for Bush in November.

But the Republican Party is up against an identity crisis, and independent-minded younger voters are going to be quite interested to see which is the GOP's true face:

* Is it Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), who has publicly stated that the government should be able to regulate all forms of consensual sex?

* Is it Sen. Wayne Allard (Colo.), the lead sponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, who claims that homosexuals have a "master plan" to "destroy the institution of marriage"?

* Or is it the more tolerant George Bush of 2000, when he introduced the phrase "compassionate conservatism"?

The Republican Party plainly wants people to believe that it is the last. At the convention, it's trotting out such friendly faces as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rudy Giuliani for the prime-time speaking spots.

But the Santorums and the Allards will be skulking in the shadows.

While the GOP tries to swing both ways in this election, its leadership may well come to realize that gay marriage was the wrong territory on which to plant their flag.

Polling clearly shows a generation gap here. While 75 percent of Americans over the age of 64 oppose gay marriage, according to a poll NPR commissioned from a bipartisan team, only 45 percent of those aged 18 to 29 oppose it.

And civil unions — opposed 49 percent to 42 percent in the country as a whole — enjoy solid support from those under 40.

The Republicans have put themselves on the wrong side of a generation gap. And it won't be easily papered over as today's young voters age into older voters — who are more likely to show up at the polls.

When it's one of your first presidential elections — as it is for me — it's no trivial matter that voting Republican means a vote for a party catering to the worst prejudices about our brothers, sisters, friends from high school, college roommates, co-workers, bosses, drinking buddies and the like.

I'm not sure I can do it. And, if it weren't for the War on Terror, I know few for whom it would even be a question.

The Republican Party, under Bush, has stopped standing for fiscal responsibility and small government (see "Medicare bill"), it has stopped standing for free trade (see "steel tariffs") and it has stopped standing for free speech (see "campaign-finance reform").

So, what's left?

The War on Terror might cut it this time around. But if the GOP wants to attract members of the younger generation in years to come, it will have to realize that the new millennium is here, it's queer, and, well . . . we're used to it.

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Five years ago, a picture of Britney Spears grabbing some guy's crotch would elicit fantasies suitable only for the most depraved of horny teenagers. Nowadays though, all it does is remind everybody of just how far Britney Spears has fallen. I'm just waiting for her to pull a Courtney Love and start walking around public topless, drink in one hand, cigarette in the other. She's got the skank whore part down, all she needs now is to get hooked on some drugs.



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The Senate handed President George W. Bush a humiliating defeat Wednesday by rejecting a bid to amend the US Constitution to ban gay marriage.

But, the issue may not be entirely dead. The House is moving towards a fall vote on its own version of an amendment.

Today's vote was not on the proposed amendment itself but on a procedural motion called cloture. When Republicans earlier this week realized they did not have the two-thirds vote needed to pass the amendment they submitted a second amendment which supporters said would leave the door open to giving some rights to gay couples.

Democrats balked saying Republicans could not have it both ways and refused to allow the second measure to be considered.

In an effort to get a vote on both versions of the amendment the GOP invoked cloture to limit debate, in essence removing the possibility of a filibuster.

The Republican Party was deeply divided on the amendment and the Senate leadership was unable to muster the simple majority needed for cloture. The vote kills the amendment effort in the Senate which would have required a two thirds majority to pass.

The hours leading to the vote were filled with emotional and at times angry debate.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) said Republicans were trying to "change the subject" of the election away from the war in Iraq and the economy.

"Gay bashing, plain and simple," charged Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
But Republicans pressing for the amendment were adamant.

"I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the balance because the future of marriage hangs in the balance," said Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) "Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?"

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New England's 12 senators span the political spectrum, from Massachusetts´ liberal lion to the more conservative thinkers in New Hampshire, but they are finding a common ground on one of the political season's most contentious issues: gay marriage.

At least four of the region's five Republicans will join the six Democrats and one Independent and vote against the proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage this week. Only one, Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.), was still undecided, and calls to his office Monday were not returned.

Bonding the New England legislators is a sense that while most don't support gay marriage, they say it does not belong in the U.S. Constitution and is an issue for the states, not the federal government, to decide.






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Congress is about to vote on amending the U.S. Constitution to deny marriage equality to same-sex couples.

Never before has our Constitution been amended to take away anyone's rights. Yet our Senators will vote on this amendment in the next 48 hours.

It's urgent that we speak up now. This hateful divisiveness has no place in America. Please join me in saying so, at:

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Equality in marriage is the civil rights issue of our generation. We can't let anyone, or any group, be singled out for discrimination based on who they are or who they love.

Thank you.

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(Washington) [b]The wife of Vice President Dick Cheney [/b]Sunday said she believes that the issue of gay marriage should be left up to the states. Her remarks Sunday, on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, put her at odds with her husband and the Bush administration and exemplifies the fractures within the GOP over amending the Constitution.

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A 67-year-old retired janitor from Lowell who has spent much of her working life picking up after others walked away yesterday with the largest lottery jackpot in state history.

Dressed in a peach and yellow shirt bought especially for the occasion, Geraldine "Gerry" Williams burst into tears after lottery officials handed her a ceremonial oversized check for $294 million at Massachusetts Lottery headquarters in Braintree.

"I don't know what it is to have money," Williams said, biting her lip nervously before a phalanx of media. "I hope I don't change."

Lottery win caps a life spent serving others. B4.

Williams took away a check for $117,600,088, a lump-sum payment after federal and state taxes on her Mega Millions jackpot. She chose the lump sum of $168 million instead of annual payments of $11.3 million for 26 years.

Flanked by two lawyers, the divorced mother of three and grandmother of eight said she planned to spend the money on her family, golf lessons, and travel. Where she would go first, a breathless and apparently stunned Williams said, she didn't know.

[b]GayNewEngland.net Response: [/b] Aunti Jerry you lost weight didn't you? You remember me, your nephew David?



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[b]Correspondence suggests chummy President-Enron boss relationship [/b]

JULY 8--With the FBI slapping handcuffs on Kenneth Lay this morning, let's take a stroll down memory lane, when the disgraced former Enron boss wasn't under indictment and had a cozy pen pal relationship with George W. Bush. Below you'll find an assortment of correspondence exchanged during the years Bush was governor of Texas and Lay ran the Houston-based energy giant. The letters, released by the Texas state archives in response to Freedom of Information requests, touch on personal matters like Bush's knee surgery, Christmas gifts, birthday greetings, and even a Lay heads-up regarding a Thomas Friedman story about globalization. Enron, in case anyone forgot, was Bush's biggest Lone Star political contributor.


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Twenty years after three teenagers gay-bashed and murdered Charles O. Howard in Bangor, Maine, gays and lesbians say they feel safer in Bangor. Kind of. "I think I'm safe 99 percent of the time," said Dan Williams, a gay man who lives in Bangor. "Do I still look for an escape route when I'm about to walk through a group of people on the sidewalk? Of course." Hmm, yes. Perfectly safe.

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