************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #454 12-09-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - Introductory coverage of the December 3rd landmark Hawai'i court decision ordering the state to issue marriage licenses to same-gender couples, and the judge's stay of his own order the next day [from reports by FRANK STOLTZE/KPFK-FM/Los Angeles and VERNA AVERY BROWN/Pacifica Network News] .................................................... 1:10 SEGMENT #2 - NewsWrap: South Africa's new constitution -- with the world's first explicit anti-discrimination protections for gays and lesbians -- is slated to be formally signed by President Nelson Mandela on December 10th; Swiss lesbigay activists are fighting for similar anti-discrimination protections in their country's proposed new constitution; legal same-gender partnerships nearly equal to heterosexual marriage are predicted in The Netherlands by January 1998; London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International says many questions remain unanswered concerning its recent report of the arrests and whippings for "homosexual behavior" of two dozen Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia; on the Muslim-dominated island of Penang in Malaysia, caning is the proposed penalty for several sex-related offenses, including homosexual acts; Sheila Kuehl becomes the first lesbian -- and first woman -- to preside over floor sessions of the California State Assembly after her appointment as Speaker Pro Tempore [with brief comments by Kuehl about the respect she enjoys from her colleagues, regardless of party affiliation]; the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the Clinton administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down, on free speech grounds, the internet-censoring "Communications Decency Act"; and if you were one of the first 50,000 to purchase the new "SimCopter" computer game from Maxis, you might discover hunky muscular men in swim trunks cavorting among the standard "bimbo" female characters at higher levels of the game, thanks to now-fired openly-gay Maxis programmer Jacques Servin [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, RON BUCKMIRE, JOSY CATOGGIO, MARCEL RYSER, BJOERN SKOLANDER, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and BRIAN NUNES] .............................................................................. .. 11:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. w/announcement that the conclusion of Karen Bauman's 3-part series, "Lesbians On The Land", will air next time in order to devote the rest of this week's program to the historic Hawai'i marriage court decision ... :15 SEGMENT #4 - Expanded reports and analysis of the December 3rd ruling by Honolulu Circuit Court Judge Kevin Chang that the state of Hawai'i failed to demonstrate a "compelling interest" in denying marriage licenses to same-gender couples: includes coverage by FRANK STOLTZE, JEAN FREER, DR. BETTY BROOKS [KPFK-FM/Los Angeles] and VERNA AVERY BROWN [Pacifica Network News], and comments by the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund's EVAN WOLFSON, co-counsel for the gay and lesbian plaintiffs in the case; SKY JOHNSON and HEATHER KERRIGAN of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center's Freedom To Marry Coalition; and TAYLOR FLYNN of the American Civil Liberties Union. The court's ruling is discussed in detail, including the unexpected issue of lesbigay parenting raised by the state in its failed arguments against same-gender marriage ... what role DOMA, the federally-passed so-called "Defense Of Marriage Act" will have in the ultimate outcome ... and the considerable obstacles that still lie ahead in the U.S. for lesbigay marriage equality (outro music from "Love & Marriage" by FRANK SINATRA) ....................................................... 12:15 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 27:25 ----------------------Please note------------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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