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Billy Graham Apologizes For AIDS Remark: The rcv
Billy Graham said he does not believe that AIDS is God’s punishment for people’s sins,
and he regrets having made the comment
during a sermon in Columbus, Ohio, on
Sept. 26. “I remember saying it, and I im
mediately regretted it and almost went back
and clarified the statement,” Graham said
during a telephone interview he initiated
with the Cleveland Plain Dealer to clarify
his beliefs. “I don’t believe that, and I
don’t know why I said it,” he told the
newspaper. ‘To say God has judged people
with AIDS would be very wrong and very
cruel. I would like to say that I am very
sorry for what I said.”
Former Utah Episcopal Bishop Says
He'S Gay: An Episcopal bishop who led
the Utah diocese and recently retired as
dean of the Episcopal Divinity School has
disclosed that he is gay. Bishop E. Otis
Charles wrote a letter to other bishops just
before the annual meeting of the House of
Bishops in Panama in late September. “I
have promised myself that I will not re
main silent, invisible, unknown,” Charles
wrote. ‘The choice for me is not whether
or not I am a gay man, but whether or not I
am honest about who I am with myself
and others.” Charles said he expects to
continue his work as a priest.
KGAY Goes Oil The Air: The nation’s
only all gay radio station, KGAY in Den
ver, Colo., has gone off the air, reportedly due to lack of funds. Denver’s gay newspa
per, Out Front, was unable to contact station manager Elizabeth Dworak for comment,
but sources close to the operation told the paper that listenership had declined along
with advertising revenues. KGAY was available only to listeners with a satellite dish.
Federal Appeals Court Denies Stay On Military Ban Order: a federal
appeals court refused to overrule a judge’s order to allow gays in the military, rejecting
a request of an emergency stay by the'Clinton administration. The 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals on Oct. 9 denied the Defense Department’s request to either suspend
or overrule the Sept. 30 decision by U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter Jr., who ruled that
the ban is unconstitutional. The Defense Department has now suspended its ban on gays
serving in the military while it pursues the case. At press time, the Clinton administra
tion was deciding whether to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an emergency appeal.
Colorado Amendment Two Trial Begins Without Martina: The trial in the
case of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s Amendment 2 began
last week in front of a Denver District Court judge, but without three plaintiffs,
including tennis star Martina Navratilova, who withdrew from the lawsuit a week
before the trail was scheduled to begin. Navratilova withdrew because tennis commit
ments prevented her from filing required affidavits, an anonymous plaintiff withdrew
because her employer docs not know she is a lesbian, and a third plaintiff died earlier
this year.
Actor Kenneth Nelson Dead Of AIDS: Kenneth Nelson, an American actor who
came to London with the groundbreaking gay-themed play “The Boys in the Band” and
settled in Britain, has died of AIDS, his agent said. Nelson, 63, died Oct. 8. Nelson was
born in Rocky Mount, N.C. and educated in Texas. He made his Broadway debut in
1951 in “Seventeen,” and was in the original off-Broadway cast of “The Fantasticks” in
1960. Nelson is survived by his sister, Naomi Bums.
Washington Lawmakers May Push Bill to Stop Gay Adoptions: Washing
ton state lawmakers have joined the debate over a state policy that allows gay and
lesbian couples to adopt children. Two conservative lawmakers say they may introduce
legislation to allow adoptions only by married, heterosexual couples. The issue has been
at the forefront of Washington politics in recent weeks because of an Orcas Island
woman's attempts to prevent the state from placing her 3-year-old son, whom she gave
up for adoption, with a gay Seattle couple.
California Councilman Consured For Anti-Gay Remarks: a Long Beach city
councilman has been censured for saying that he wasn’t worried about gays gaining
political power because so many of them were dying of AIDS. The City Council voted
unanimously to censure Douglas Drummond for “highly inflammatory and prejudicial”
comments he made at a public forum in the Los Angeles suburb. Drummond reversed
his earlier defense of the remarks and voted for his own censure. He called his
comments “insensitive and intemperate’ 1 but rejected calls for him to resign. Drummond’s
remarks also included approval for Cuba’s policy of quarantining people with AIDS
and called it “pitiful” that gays are allowed to adopt children. The censure does not
carry any penalties.
Graham says he regrets saying AIDS is
God’s punishment.
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