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Matt Foreman marries The former head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Matt Foreman, and longtime partner Francisco Adex De León got married August 31 in San Francisco, where Foreman now works as director of Gay and immigrant rights for the Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund. "It's true you can't imagine what it feels like until you actually say 'I do' and you hear the words 'by the power invested in me by the State of California,'" Foreman said in an interview. Lawyer Shannon Minter officiated. He was lead attorney for the Gay side in the California Supreme Court case that struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage. De León owns and runs a graphic-design firm in New York City, from which Foreman recently relocated to California. "We just got to Mykonos," Foreman said in a September 2 e-mail. "The dollar truly sucks but it's fabulous being here. Other than Frank attempting to cut off his thumb to avoid getting married [see photo] the whole wedding thing was wonderful. Our parents loved it too - quite a remarkable transformation over the years." Despite Republican anti-Gay Platform, Log Cabin endorses McCain The 2008 Republican Platform, adopted September 1 at the party's convention in St. Paul, Minn., is strongly anti-Gay. The document affirms "the incompatibility of homosexuality with military service." It calls "for a constitutional amendment that fully protects marriage as a union of a man and a woman, so that judges cannot make other arrangements equivalent to it." "In the absence of a national amendment, we support the right of the people of the various states to affirm traditional marriage through state initiatives," it says. "We also urge Congress to use its Article III, Section 2 power to prevent activist federal judges from imposing upon the rest of the nation the judicial activism in Massachusetts and California." The platform endorses the Boy Scouts' anti-Gay policies, saying, "We support the First Amendment right of freedom of association of the Boy Scouts of America and other service organizations whose values are under assault, and we call upon the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reverse its policy of blacklisting religious groups which decline to arrange adoptions by same-sex couples." Nonetheless, the GLBT group Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Republican nominee John McCain for president on September 2. The group's national board of directors voted 12 to 2 for the endorsement. "On the most important issue that LGBT Americans faced in the last decade - the federal marriage amendment - Sen. John McCain stood with us. Now we stand with him," said LCR President Patrick Sammon. "Sen. McCain is an inclusive Republican who is focusing the GOP on unifying core principles that appeal to independent voters." "Sen. McCain is a different kind of Republican," Sammon claimed. "He understands the GOP lost its majority in Congress in 2006 largely because the party focused on divisive social issues. Sen. McCain knows the politics of fear and division will damage our party and our nation." "We have honest disagreements with Sen. McCain on a number of Gay rights issues," Sammon acknowledged. "Log Cabin will continue our conversation with him. ... Sen. McCain has always shown a willingness to reach out and engage in dialogue with Log Cabin, while considering all sides of an issue. We know that will continue when he is president." Sammon predicted McCain "will receive strong support from Gay and Lesbian Americans." "LGBT people are not single-issue voters," he said, arguing that McCain will do a better job than Barack Obama in areas such as foreign policy, the economy, jobs, energy policy, health care reform and taxes. Editor of Pittsburgh Gay paper dies at 50 The longtime editor of the Pittsburgh Gay newspaper Out, Jeff Howells, was found dead at his home September 2. He had just turned 50. "He never showed for work Tuesday, so I went to his house," said Publisher Tony Molnar-Strejcek. "We climbed in through a window and found him on his main entrance steps. He appeared to have been dead for a few days. Police ruled it accidental, but there is a pending autopsy. He may have had a heart attack. "Jeff was a very good friend, perfect employee and part of our family. We will miss him greatly." Howells had been editor of the newspaper for 22 years. He enjoyed caring for his cats, music and collecting comic books. Services were held September 7 at a funeral home in Russellton, Pa. Memorial contributions may be made to the Animal Rescue League of East Liberty (Pa.). With assistance from Bill Kelley |
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