======================================== To listen to "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, use the OIA link at www.thiswayout.org, or click on AFFILIATE STATIONS for our 175+ local broadcast outlets ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,054, distributed 06/09/08 via the PRSS Content Depot, Pacifica's Audioport, and free online downloads at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Will history repeat in California's upcoming equality vote? A Greek mayor finds a legal loophole for same-gender marriages, Aussie Liberals roadblock Labor's partnership reforms, conservatives buck New York recognition of legal lesbigay couples, Moscow activists play Pride and seek with police, hate-inciting homophobes in Louisiana and Alberta pay the price, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening tease/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . :54 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": On a small Greek island, Mayor Tasos Aliferis of the tiny tourist town of Tilos faces five years behind bars for breach of duty for officiating at the country's first same-gender civil marriages, while a gay couple who've been together for 25 years becomes the first to register their partnership in the Australian Capital Territory, but the Opposition Liberal Party stifles legislation to reform Australian federal laws that financially discriminate against same-gender partners; the California Supreme Court rejects a rightwing appeal to stay their landmark marriage equality ruling, but an initiative to nullify it and constitutionally ban same-gender marriage qualifies for the November ballot, and state officials say gay and lesbian couples can begin marrying any time after 5:00 p.m. on June 16th, the exact time the high court decision takes effect; a self-identified Christian legal group files a lawsuit to block the directive issued by Governor David Paterson that New York state recognize legal same-gender marriages performed elsewhere, while the state Assembly passes a bill to ban bias based on gender identity or expression, but it'll likely be stalled in the GOP-controlled Senate; Moscow activists bamboozle police and successfully stage two unauthorized Pride actions, while thousands celebrate Pride at Tel Aviv's 10th annual parade; Malta's Court of Magistrates rules that identifying someone as gay is not defamatory, the Wisconsin Supreme Court awards $87,000 in legal fees to a state LGBT rights group that was "frivolously" sued by a homophobic Louisiana preacher for defamation, and the Alberta Human Rights Commission fines a rightwing Christian group $5,000 for inciting hatred against lesbians and gay men and orders it to issue a written apology (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY; reported this week by PAM MARSHALL and CHRIS WILSON). . 10:52 SEGMENT #2 - As expected, an initiative to constitutionally ban same-gender marriage qualified this week for the November 2008 CALIFORNIA ballot. And perhaps as fate would have it, this November will mark the 30th anniversary of another infamous vote in the Golden State to deny equality to gays and lesbians. On the heels of 1977's successful Anita Bryant-led "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a lesbigay anti-discrimination ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, voters in 1978 followed suit in ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, WICHITA, KANSAS, and EUGENE, OREGON. But the tide turned with a referendum in California, led by rightwing Republican gubernatorial hopeful John Briggs, to ban lesbians and gay men from teaching in the state's public schools. We review the political landscape 30 years ago, looking for possible parallels to the continuing struggle for equality today (with music by ANITA BRYANT, BLACKBERRI, PETER YARROW, HOLLY NEAR with MARY WATKINS and MEG CHRISTIAN, HARRY CHAPIN, JOAN BAEZ, and ROY ZIMMERMAN) . . 15:20 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:31 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:37 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," WILL HISTORY REPEAT IN CALIFORNIA'S UPCOMING EQUALITY VOTE? FLASHBACK 30 YEARS TO EARLIER BALLOT BATTLES... IN THE NEWS, A GREEK MAYOR FINDS A LEGAL LOOPHOLE FOR SAME-GENDER MARRIAGES, AUSSIE LIBERALS ROADBLOCK LABOR'S PARTNERSHIP REFORMS, CONSERVATIVES BUCK NEW YORK RECOGNITION OF LEGAL LESBIGAY COUPLES, MOSCOW ACTIVISTS PLAY PRIDE AND SEEK WITH POLICE, AND HATE-INCITING HOMOPHOBES IN LOUISIANA AND ALBERTA PAY THE PRICE. 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