THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #794, distributed 06/16/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Ontario's landmark marriage ruling launches a Canadian wedding rush; Canada's Justice Minister ponders his government's next marriage move, while Surrey's School Board finds new excuses to ban queer kids books, U.S. Anglicans "greet" their first nominated non-celibate openly gay bishop, Tutu and John Paul are at odds again over same gender couples, Tasmanian activists garner Queen's Birthday honors, and other global GLBT news => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: A ruling by Ontario's Court of Appeal maakes same gender marriage legal in Canada -- at least for now -- and queer couples from inside and outside the country begin flocking to city clerks' offices throughout the province to get hitched; meanwhile, a Parliamentary committee charged with making recommendations to the Canadian federal government narrowly votes to recommend no appeal of the Ontario ruling, but Justice Minister Martin Cauchon has until the end of June to decide; in British Columbia, the Surrey School Board defies a 2002 Canadian Supreme Court ruling and again bans three books featuring gay & lesbian families from its elementary school classrooms; the New Hampshire diocese becomes the first in the U.S. to choose a non-celibate openly-gay man, Gene Robinson, to be its next bishop -- though his selection faces confirmation opposition at the denomination's U.S. national General Convention next month, and comes on the heels of the similarly-controversial appointment of openly-gay Anglican bishop-to-be Jeffrey John in Britain; one of the world's most famous Anglicans, retired South African Archbishop and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu, renews his vocal support for legal marriage for gay & lesbian couples, while Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II renews his virulent attacks, saying queer couples lead "lifestyles unworthy of humans"; Jorge Luis Armenta Penuelas & Ramon Armando Gutierrez Enriquez, a leading gay activist couple in the Mexican state of Sonora, are beaten to death with a hammer in their Nogales home, while in Israel, a Palestinian's suicide bombing in the heart of Jerusalem that killed 16 and wounded more than 100 forces the delay of that city's second annual Pride Parade; and three veteran members of the Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group -- Nick Toonen, Richard Hale, and Rodney Croome -- are Order of Australia-honored in Queen Elizabeth's Birthday List for their activism [with an excerpt from RODNEY CROOME's comments about it at Brisbane Pride] [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY, WILLIAM B. KELLY, JOHN FRAME, EVAN WOLFSON, PRADEEP SINGLA, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN and GREG GORDON] [10:50] + B.D. Wong interview/part 2 postponement announcement (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:05 SEGMENT #2 - Same-gender couples in CANADA have seemingly crossed the final frontier in the struggle for full legal recognition of their relationships. The province of ONTARIO's Court of Appeal ruled on June 10th that it was a violation of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms to deny marriage equality to queer partners, but unlike similar rulings by courts in British Columbia and Quebec, the Ontario judges ordered the government to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay & lesbian couples immediately. That prompted a virtual stampede to city clerks' offices across the province, and a multitude of sudden same-gender weddings. As things stand now this latest court decision is only enforceable in Ontario, leaving queer couples in other provinces in something of a legal limbo, and the next and probably final move -- if there is one -- is the federal government's. Because there's no residency requirement in the country's marriage laws, even non-Canadian couples are planning quick trips to what one wag has already called a potential "Las Vegas North", even though recognition of Canadian queer marriages by most other countries is uncertain at best. But as HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer FM"/CITR-Vancouver] reports, it's almost certainly the beginning of the end of Canada's ban on same-gender marriage. In 2 parts (6:50/7:20) separated by a :35 music bridge and voice-over "TWO" I.D. by openly gay Canadian Olympics swimming champ and MontrĂ©al Gay Games 2006 Board member MARK TEWKSBURY. Part 1 focuses on the details of the Ontario court ruling and reaction to it. Part 2 concentrates on analysis of the legal and political ramifications of this latest Canadian court ruling in support of same gender unions, including its impact on U.S. activists' efforts to gain queer marriage equality. Commenting are MICHAEL LESHNER, one of the litigants who, with Michael Stark, became the first queer couple in North America to be legally married by a judge; attorneys MARTHA McCARTHY and DOUGLAS ELLIOTT; and JOHN FISHER of Canada's national GLBT advocacy group EGALE (with intro and bridge music from "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by THE BEACH BOYS). . . . . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . 14:45 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45