City in Wyoming: Anti-gay message will stay
(Casper, Wyo.) Casper officials say an anti-gay sign painted on a homeowner’s fence near a high school will be allowed to remain because there’s nothing the city can or should do about it.
Chris Trumbull painted the words “Leviticus 20:13, To be gay equals death” on his fence. Trumbull says the message is the Bible’s, not his.
Trumbull’s property sits along a route between Roosevelt High School and the Boys & Girls Club where dozens of high school students pass every day. City Code Enforcement Supervisor Shelley LeClere says the city asked Trumbull to remove the message, but he declined.
Councilman Keith Goodenough says he didn’t think it was the city’s place to “draw the line.”
Withers: Navratilova diagnosed with breast cancer
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Sorry for taking so long to get this. Tennis great Martina Navratilova [2] announced this week she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I cried. It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it’s completely out of my hands.”
In February, the 53 year old had a routine mammogram and it was discovered she had ductal carcinoma in situ—also called DCIS. The cancer is non-invasive and confined to her milk ducts—it had not spread to any breast tissue. In February Navratilova had a lumpectomy and next month begins six weeks of radiation therapy. From all accounts, as with most women who find out they have DCIS, Navratilova’s future looks bright.
“The prognosis of someone with DCIS is excellent,” Dr. Shelley Hwang told People magazine [3]. “There’s only a one-percent chance of anyone with this diagnosis would die of breast cancer.”
Navratilova admitted it had been four years since her last mammogram. Reminds me of many women in my family. Well that’s not fair. At least Navratilova sees a doctor. My women folk? They are convinced all you need to fight illness is Tylenol, plus an enema. That theory is popular with the women relatives with health insurance.
If it has been awhile since your last mammogram, maybe it’s time to get one.
[1] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/Martina-Navratilova-top.jpg
[2] http://www.afterellen.com/blog/trishbendix/morning-brew-wednesday-april-7-2010
[3] http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20358261,00.html
Iowa couples start getting married
(Des Moines, Iowa) The first same-sex couples tied the knot in Iowa on Monday as the issue of gay marriage moved to the nation’s heartland.
Melisa Keeton and Shelley Wolfe were declared “legally married” by pastor Peg Esperanaza during a ceremony in front of the Polk County administrative offices in Des …
