THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #832, distributed 03/08/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Same gender weddings march into Multnomah County, Oregon; A pro-marriage mayor puts his head on the New York State chopping block; There are strides for queer couples in Brazil, Israel and Sweden but setbacks in India and Saudi Arabia, a U.S. Senate committee grinds the "judicial activism" axe, Sydney's Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras marshals "YMCA" wannabes, and other global GLBT news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3, EVERY TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica's KU band, is available online in mono and stereo MP3 files at www.radio4all.net, and is mailed on audiocassette to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers => Monday feeds are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through December 2004 <= -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------- ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": A panel of judges in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul orders that nation's first legal marriage equivalency for gays & lesbians, queer couples win a new spousal tax exemption in Israel, and three bills are now before Sweden's Parliament that would open legal marriage to lesbian & gay couples, but a same gender marriage ceremony in India incurs the wrath of the couple's relatives and Saudi Arabia Islamic police arrest 50 men in the city of Medina for simply attending a purported gay wedding; meanwhile, marriage mania continues in the U.S.: the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments, but takes no immediate action, on legal moves to stop San Francisco from issuing licenses to same gender couples, and California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who'd previously used inflammatory language to condemn the San Francisco actions, surprises many by telling a national TV audience that he'd personally have no problem with legislation establishing legal marriage for gay & lesbian couples; New Paltz, New York Mayor Jason West is indicted for what he has called "solemnizing" same gender marriages and a state judge issues an injunction barring him from continuing to do so, while the city of Ithaca, New York begins accepting applications for marriage licenses from gay & lesbian couples, openly gay Nyack, New York Mayor John Shields presses for marriage equality at a state Senate committee hearing, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls for changing state law to allow same gender marriages, as does State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who says nevertheless as the law now stands they cannot be performed there, and the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund files a lawsuit on behalf of a gay male couple seeking marriage equality in the state; Multnomah County, Oregon -- where the city of Portland is located -- begins issuing marriage licenses to lesbian & gay couples, as state officials scramble to decide how to react and Oregon conservatives announce legal actions to stop them; a U.S. Senate subcommittee holds a hearing whose title suggests a foregone conclusion: "Judicial Activism versus Democracy: What are the National Implications of the Massachusetts Goodridge Decision and the Judicial Invalidation of Traditional Marriage Laws", while the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund launches a campaign to counter the "activist judges" rhetoric that's become standard among anti-queer marriage conservatives; Utah's legislature becomes the first among several states now debating constitutional amendments against same gender marriage to approve such a measure for the November ballot; in non-marriage news, a federal judge in Texas rejects a student Gay-Straight Alliance group's bid to meet on a Lubbock high school campus; and in Australia, while it does rain on Sydney's world famous annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, spirits among the estimated 300,000 spectators are not dampened, and the festivities include an attempt to break the world record for mass dance performance to the Village People classic "YMCA" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by RICK WATTS & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 SEGMENT #2 - In the upstate NEW YORK college town of NEW PALTZ, upstart MAYOR JASON WEST caused a furor in late February when he began marrying same gender couples. Now he's been indicted on several misdemeanor charges of violating the state's domestic relations law, and a state judge has issued an injunction barring him from performing any more same gender marriages. He discusses his actions and their repercussions with AMY GOODMAN on the public radio news program "Democracy Now!". . . . . . 3:25 [www.democracynow.org] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by esteemed novelist DOROTHY ALLISON ("'Bastard Out of Carolina' and other trashy pieces") [:10] + Mayors and county officials in four U.S. states have sanctioned marriages by same gender couples in recent weeks -- and they've met with fierce opposition and calls for constitutional amendments banning them. Four MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON commissioners determined that the state constitution made it unlawful to deny marriage licenses to gay & lesbian couples, and on March 3rd ordered that they be issued. The events of that day and the rest of the week were ably covered by the reporters of Portland's venerable community radio station KBOO-FM [with thanks to Evening News & Public Affairs Director Robert Jefferson and reporters ANDY SEATON, MARY SAWYERS, D.D. MALLOY and OWEN AGNEW, and ADRIENNE WILSON of KLCC-FM in Salem, Oregon, this compilation includes comments by some happy couples, COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR DIANE LINN and COMMISSIONER SERENA CRUZ, County attorney AGNES SOWLE, GOVERNOR TED KULONGOSKI, queer marriage proponents including retired State Supreme Court Justice BETTY ROBERTS, Basic Rights Oregon Executive Director ROEY THORPE and ACLU of Oregon Executive Director DAVID FIDANQUE, and opponents including Defense of Marriage Coalition attorney KELLY CLARK and political consultant TIM NASHIF] [13:45]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13:55 Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," SAME GENDER WEDDINGS MARCH INTO MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, AND A PRO-MARRIAGE MAYOR PUTS HIS HEAD ON THE NEW YORK STATE CHOPPING BLOCK... IN OTHER NEWS, THERE ARE STRIDES FOR QUEER COUPLES IN BRAZIL, ISRAEL AND SWEDEN BUT SETBACKS IN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA, A U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE GRINDS THE "JUDICIAL ACTIVISM" AXE, AND SYDNEY'S GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS 'MARSHALS' "Y-M-C-A" WANNABES. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEEDS? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOU CAN GET A STEREO OR MONO MP3 FILE OF THE PROGRAM ONLINE AT www.radio4all.net. ******************************************************** Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM AFFILIATE STATIONS, a grant from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' La Sociedad De Guadalupe Foundation, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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