**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #640, distributed 07/03/00 (hosted by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon) Eagle Scout Dale and attorney Wolfson discuss the Supreme Court BSA ruling; Same gender couples unite in Vermont, while holy wars rage on (this week it was the Presbyterians), Brazil judges uphold pension rights for lesbigay couples, Azerbaijan decriminalizes gay sex, Soho bomber gets 6 life terms, sexual orientation is included in an Australian anti-genocide bill, and other global LGBT news "TWO" FEEDS via the PRSS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET* *===> REMINDER: The PRSS feed this week will be on A73.5, but will then be on A72.3 for the remaining July feeds! -------------------------------------------------------------- and EACH TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band, and mailed on cassette to non-satellite-equipped stations and individual subscribers -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! >>>> RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Theme Music/Intro Continuity [=> no teases this week] . . . :40 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The first civil unions are performed in Vermont at the stroke of midnight July 1st, while less than an hour later the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly narrowly approves a specific ban on gay and lesbian union ceremonies; the United Methodist suspension ends for same-gender union-performing Chicago Reverend Gregory Dell, while a Maine Methodist minister apologizes for officiating at one, and church charges are filed against an Omaha Methodist minister for blessing a gay couple; a 23-judge panel in Brazil upholds the right of gays and lesbians in "stable" relationships to the same public pension benefits as married heterosexuals; Navarro becomes the first of Spain's regional governments to allow unmarried couples to adopt, regardless of sexual orientation; the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly okays the Boy Scouts of America gay ban, and also rules against New Jersey's hate crimes law for not having juries determine a bias motive "beyond a reasonable doubt"; in Britain, Nazi-admirer David Copeland gets 6 life sentences for the Soho nail-bombing deaths at the gay Admiral Duncan pub and 2 previous non-lethal bombings in Black and Bangladeshi neighborhoods; California Governor Gray Davis signs the first law in the U.S. to prohibit exclusion from juries based on sexual orientation; an Australian Senate panel recommends passage of a sexual orientation-inclusive anti-genocide bill; the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly urges member nations to grant asylum to gay and lesbian refugees fleeing homophobic persecution, and to give bi-national same-gender couples the same residency rights as hetero couples; Azerbaijan decriminalizes gay sex as part of its Council of Europe membership bid; and 50,000 celebrate Pride in Vienna by marching "the other way" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, MATT ALSDORF, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & LEO GARCIA] . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:05 SEGMENT #2 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 28th that the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA can exclude gays from serving in leadership roles. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the majority found that the Scouts' First Amendment right to express their "moral" rejection of homosexuality took precedence over New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination in the case of gay Eagle Scout JAMES DALE. In online interviews with PlanetOut's MATT ALSDORF, Dale tells how he went from being a Scout leader to a Scout dissenter, and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund attorney EVAN WOLFSON discusses the impact of the case on public attitudes, and offers a prescription for better movement organizing. Alsforf also attended the original arguments before the Court on April 26th, and shares his impressions with This Way Out's GREG GORDON and CINDY FRIEDMAN [all produced and reported by This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE] . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:05 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:45 [note: different music under closing credits fades out quickly after Lucia says "Stay tuned! " – there is no final musical "thump"] TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:35 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email "TWO" Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", FORMER EAGLE SCOUT JAMES DALE AND HIS ATTORNEY EVAN WOLFSON DISCUSS THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT BOY SCOUTS RULING ... IN OTHER NEWS, SAME GENDER COUPLES UNITE IN VERMONT, WHILE HOLY WARS RAGE ON... SOHO BOMBER GETS 6 LIFE TERMS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS INCLUDED IN AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-GENOCIDE BILL, AND 50,000 MARCH THE OTHER WAY FOR PRIDE IN VIENNA. 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