======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" online go to www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20041018.rm [our current show is usually up by Tuesday nights US Pacific Time each week] or check thiswayout.org for a list of our 150+ local broadcast station affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #864, distributed 10/18/04 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Bush and Kerry debate matrimony, the Supreme Court -- and Mary; "Tying the Knot" documents the personal in marriage equality politics; A constitutional crisis emerges over E.U. Justice, an Italian genetic study uncovers a gay male/female fertility correlation, Australia's national elections results bode ill for queer equality, the Civil Partnerships Bill advances in Britain's House of Commons, and other global GLBT news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3, EVERY TUESDAY @ 15:00 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 constitutional crisis seems to be loomiing for the European Union over the nomination of Italy's anti-gay Roman Catholic philosophy professor Rocco Buttiglione as Justice Commissioner; a new Italian study suggests that the same genetic factor that could contribute to male homosexuality also contributes to female fertility; during the final U.S. presidential debate, Democratic nominee John Kerry's choice of GOP Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary as an example of how sexual orientation is not a choice sparks outrage from the Cheney family and conservative pundits; some lesbigay activists fear the worst following Australia's national elections that have apparently increased conservative P.M. John Howard's Liberal-National Coalition Government's dominance in the House and Senate, especially with the emergence of the new Assemblies of God-based Family First Party's potential impact on the balance of power; Britain's House of Commons overwhelmingly approves in principle the Labour Government's Civil Partnerships Bill; after years of queer and queer-supportive protests, Sandals Resorts, specializing in Caribbean vacation packages for couples, drops its "heterosexuals only" policy; and San Francisco-based Web site PlanetOut, Inc. (which carries "This Way Out") becomes the first queer-oriented U.S. corporation to make an initial public stock offering -- with a Nasdaq ticker symbol of LGBT (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, and GREG GORDON, and reported this week by RICK WATTS & CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:30] + "Tying the Knot" billboard [:10] . . . . . . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 ­ Two of the three nationally televised debates between REPUBLICAN U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH and his DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER SENATOR JOHN KERRY covered domestic policies, and both of them had the candidates tackle questions of interest to the lesbian, gay, bi, and trans communities. One of the exchanges set off a bombshell that continues to reverberate through the campaign. The other generated little vitriol, but the issue will have a far greater impact on the movement for LGBT equality in the long run. With the candidates' full responses to questions about sexual orientation and marriage equality, and about appointments the next president will almost certainly make to the U.S. Supreme Court, This Way Out's GREG GORDON reports . . . . . . . 9:50 SEGMENT #3 - When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of Florida police officer Lois Marrero, her wife of thirteen years Mickie is honored as her surviving spouse but denied Lois' pension benefits. When Oklahoma rancher Sam loses Earl, his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie's and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriage ceremonies mean absolutely nothing. The highly acclaimed new film "TYING THE KNOT" documents those trials, and digs deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil marriage in the U.S. today. In this first of a special 2-part feature produced by This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE (to conclude next week) "Tying the Knot" director JIM DE SÈVE discusses his documentary's genesis, and Mickie's and Sam's stories (with copious clips from the film) . . . 6:00 [www.1049films.com] Closing continuity/credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ==================================== * ================================ STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," BUSH AND KERRY DEBATE MATRIMONY, THE SUPREME COURT -- AND MARY, WHILE "TYING THE KNOT" DOCUMENTS THE POLITICAL -- AND THE PERSONAL -- IN THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY DEBATE... IN THE NEWS, A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS EMERGES OVER E.U. JUSTICE, AN ITALIAN GENETIC STUDY UNCOVERS A GAY MALE/FEMALE FERTILITY CORRELATION, AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS RESULTS BODE ILL FOR QUEER EQUALITY, BUT THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS BILL ADVANCES IN BRITAIN'S HOUSE OF COMMONS. 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