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LOCAL
Gay man promotes
gun buy-back plan
in his East Dallas
neighborhood.
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NATIONAL
Missouri officials
lift restrictions on
gay and lesbian
foster parents.
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House votes down anti-gay-marriage amendment
27 Republicans join majority of Democrats in rejecting
measure defeated in the Senate 6 weeks ago
From Staff and Wire Reports
The U.S. House of Representatives
voted Tuesday on a proposed constitu-
tional amendment to ban gay mar-
riage, but it fell 47 votes short of the
two-thirds majority needed for
approval.
The vote was 236-to-187 in favor of
Marriage
equality loses
in 2 states
Courts rule on
constitutional amendments
in Nebraska, Tennessee
By Kevin O'Hanlon Associated Press
LINCOLN, Jfeb. — Courts handed
victories to gay-marriage opponents in
two states, reinstating Nebraska's all-
encompassing voter-approved ban on
same-sex marriage and throwing out
an attempt to keep a proposed ban off
the ballot in Tennessee.
In the Nebraska case, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on
July 14 overturned a judge's ruling last
year that the ban was too broad and
deprived gays and lesbians of partici-
pation in the political process, among
other things.
Seventy percent of voters had
approved the ban as a constitutional
amendment in 2000.
It went further than similar bans in
many states in that it also barred same-
sex couples from many legal protec-
tions afforded to opposite-sex married
couples. For example, the partners of
gays and lesbians who work for the
state are not entitled to share their
health insurance and other benefits.
New York-based Lambda Legal
See COURTS on PAGE 28
SPORTS
The Opening Ceremony
of Gay Games VII got
underway in Chicago, as
Team Dallas celebrated
among fireworks, Megan
Mullaly and Andy Bell.
PAGE 36.
the constitutional amendment. But
even if the measure, known as House
Joint Resolution 88, had passed the
House, it failed in the Senate six weeks
ago by a 49-to-48 vote.
Constitutional amendments must
pass both chambers of Congress by a
Barney Frank
Marilyn Musgrave
two-thirds vote before they can be sent
to state legislatures for approval.
Three-fourths of the state legislatures
must vote in favor of an amendment
before it is added to the Constitution.
Gay rights leaders praised the
House vote, which included 27
Republicans voting against the amend-
ment and 34 Democrats voting for it.
Joe Solmonese, president of the
Human Rights Campaign, said the
amendment's Republican sponsors
demanded the vote in an effort to influ-
ence the November elections.
''Republican House leaders have
now failed twice in their shameful
election-year ploys using gay and les-
bian families as punching bags,"
Solmonese said. "A bipartisan group
of representatives today rejected the
politics of discrimination and stood up
for the American value of fairness."
Jo Wyrick, executive director of
National Stonewall Democrats,
praised House Democrats for defeat-
ing the proposed amendment.
See AMENDMENT on PAGE 27
A LEGEND ON TAP
Broadway legend Chita Rivera
strikes a pose during a dress
rehearsal for her career-span-
ning Broadway show, "Chita
Rivera: A Dancer's Life." Rivera
will headline the Disciples of
Trinity's annual fundraising
gala in September at Dallas'
Adams Mark Hotel. STORY,
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Youth gangs worry Oak
Lawn community activist
Police supervisor pledges officers' support in helping
stakeholders, complex managers address crime issues
By David Webb Staff Writer
A Dallas Police Department super-
visor this week pledged his division's
support in helping members of the
Oak Lawn Apartment Managers and
Stakeholders Crime Watch group
clean up crime in the neighborhood.
Deputy Chief B. E. Harvey of the
Central Division made the pledge after
community activist Nancy Weinberger
outlined her concerns at a meeting
between the group's members and five
police officers.
Weinberger said the area bounded
by Cedar Springs,
Throckmorton,
Hall and Knight
streets is overrun
by drug dealers,
hustlers, panhan-
dlers and gangs of
youths hanging
out and drinking
in business park-
ing lots.
Weinberger said similar problems
See GANGS on PAGE 12
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Nancy Weinberger
Cadena inds friendship, respect in U.S.
Monterrey native moved north on a whim, but is now
well-established and happy in America
Interview by Colin Munoz Intern
DV SERIES
Out in America
Part 2 of an occasional series.
Accepting your gay or lesbian iden-
tity is difficult enough in America,
Imagine growing up in a nation
known for iconic machos like Pancho
Villa and Emiliano Zapata and silver
screen hombres Pedro Infante and
Jorge Negrete.
It's not easy to come out in the
MUSIC
Rusty Johnson was a
troubled gay kid, but a
foster mother who nur-
tured his interest in
music inspired his
career as a professional
saxophonist PAGE 40
Mexican culture.
For Carlos Cadena, a 27-year-old
from Monterrey, the decision to move
to the United States was determined
by whim more than pre-planning.
Carlos did well in Monterrey —
becoming a general manager for three
outlets of a photo lab — and the
TUBE
money was great for a young man in
his 20s. Unfortunately, advancement
was reserved for those who were bilin-
gual.
After a few stumbles with personal
relationships and the realization that
he had a dead-end job, he loaded his
truck and headed north.
See CADENA on PAGE 13
Carlos Cadena
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Reality television gets a
dose of queer sex appeal
— from a hot contest-
ant on HGTV's "Design
Star" to the gay trainers
on Bravo's "Work Out."
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INDEX
Local News
6
National News 16
Viewpoints
34
1 ife i Styles
36
Staivoice
55
Calendar
57
Classifieds
70
WEEKEND WEATHER
FRI Sunny
103°
^SAT Isolated Thunderstorms 77/95
OSUN Mostly Sunny
75/94
The heat wave breaks — at least a little — on Saturday when a
cool front moves through, bringing with it the possibility of rain
and highs only in the mid-90s.
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