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1 July 2007Bishop claims floods are punishment for gay rights 6 The Rt Rev Graham Dow, the Bishop of Carlisle, has shocked the liberal wing of the Church of England by suggesting that the floods that have caused chaos and death across the UK were caused by God after he was provoked by the introduction of gay equality."This is a strong and definite judgment because the world has been arrogant in going its own way," he said. -
1 July 2007Iowa court rules that same-sex couples can marry + A district court in US state of Iowa has ruled in favour of same-sex marriage.In response to a lawsuit brought by six same-sex couples seeking to wed, Judge Robert Hanson wrote in the ruling:"Couples, such as plaintiffs, who are otherwise qualified to marry one another may not be denied licenses to marry or certificates of marriage or in any other way prevented from entering into a civil marriage pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 595 by reason of the fact that both persons compromising such a couple are of the same sex." -
1 July 2007Chicago Anglican church branch nominates lesbian for bishop 26 A branch of the Anglican church in Chicago has nominated an openly lesbian priest, Rev, Tracey Lind, as a candidate to replace current Chicago Bishop William Persell.The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago has included Rev. -
1 July 2007US bishops join Kenyan church in gay protest 2 A pair of American bishops have joined Kenya's conservative Anglican Church after the U.S. -
1 July 2007Irish president warns of link between anti-gay bullying and suicide 2 Irish President Mary McAleese today called for a national change in attitudes to end the bullying of gay people in Ireland.Addressing world experts at the International Association of Suicide Prevention Conference in Killarney, the President said the link between sexual identity and suicide had to be addressed.She also warned gay people encounter a hurtful undercurrent of bias and hostility. -
1 July 2007Evening Standard refuses to put critique of Boris Johnson dossier online 4 Compass have today issued a statement regarding the Evening Standard's coverage of their report about London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson.The organisation, which campaigns for a "democratic left", published a dossier earlier this month based on his past statements as an MP and journalist, which concluded that Mr Johnson is the most rightwing candidate ever presented by a major party to stand as mayor of London. -
1 July 2007Senator Craig may resign over toilet scandal, say party officials 4 Senior Republican Senator, Larry Craig, is considering resigning, party officials said Friday, the Associated Press has reported.The rumours of Craig's resignation came after days of public and private pressure stemming from his arrest in June in a police undercover operation at an airport men's room. -
1 July 2007Financial Controller – Adaptive Affinity + We are an early stage marketing company, part of a large US group.We are based in Edgware and are seeking a financial controller who can look after the day to day running of the accounts department. -
1 July 2007Account Manager – Google (London) + The Sales Department does more than simply make money for our company. -
1 July 2007Larry Craig to resign from Senate over toilet scandal 7 The Republican US Senator who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a men's toile has announced that he will resign from the Senate.Idaho Senator Larry Craig, 62, told a news conference:"I apologise for what I have caused... -
1 July 2007Brian Paddick finally admits he will be candidate for London Mayor 4 As PinkNews.co.uk has speculated since May 2006, Brian Paddick, who was until his retirement, Britain's most senior openly gay police officer, will this week finally announce that he wishes to be the Liberal Democrats candidate for the Mayor of London."Ken [Livingstone] will choke on his breakfast when he sees my ideas. -
1 July 2007New York gay bar closed by police- sources 5 A gay blog has reported that a popular New York bar has been closed by police in a drugs raid.Sources told GaySocialites.com that a number of staff who were working at Mr. -
1 July 200732 charged at New York gay bar after police drugs raid 5 A popular New York gay bar has been temporarily closed down following a drugs raid, police have confirmed.Mr.
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1 July 2007Knocked Up + A film that stars a bunch of people you've probably never heard of and that's quite explicitly a romantic comedy is not one that would normally be cause for much excitement.Romantic comedies - in fact, comedies full stop - rarely seem to get the critics too excited. -
1 July 20071408 + It's doubtless a little harsh to put John Cusack in the same league as the likes of Ben Affleck in terms of career dives. -
1 July 2007No Reservations + This latest film outing is the first in a glut of new movies for the former Darling Buds of May star, who has managed to become one of the most successful female British stars in Hollywood over the last ten years or so. -
1 July 2007Run, Fat Boy, Run 1 Americans seem to have had a long, special kind of reverence for the British sense of humour. -
1 July 2007Atonement + For the last three decades, Ian McEwan has been at the forefront of the British literary scene - a multiple prize-winner and author of innumerable critically-lauded books that have seen him inducted into the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and even given a knighthood.His very first collection of short stories won the Somerset Maugham Prize back in 1976, and considering Maugham's long association with Hollywood it is perhaps only fitting that McEwan's Booker Prize-shortlisted 2001 novel Atonement should now receive the movie treatment. -
1 July 20073:10 to Yuma + Back in the 1950s, it was practically impossible to go to the cinema without being confronted with posters for movies about men in wide-brimmed hats with six-shooters at their waists.Where today it's science fiction and superheroes dominating the box office, with every other film seeming to have some kind of fantastical computer-generated special effect or other, in the fifties it was the Western that was king. -
1 July 2007A Mighty Heart + Six years after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Hollywood has begun to gear up to critical approaches to the War on Terror.
Articles from 01 July 2007
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MPs reject amendment to introduce straight civil partnerships+
MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships+
Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review4
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’29
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs16
Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships4
Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron2
Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill+
Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’4
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121- Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 29
- Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'4
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment42- Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs16
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments6
Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to 'rescue' same-sex marriage bill17- MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'21
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59-
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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