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Am‘/-gayp/otelers KISSIMMEE, Fla. —— The Walt Disney Co. is being beseiged by anti-gay protesters again. They caused traffic jams in January at Disney World and they're promising a "presence" at the park to protest the company's gay-friendly policies. One of the leaders of the lat- est protest was the Rev. Flip Benham, an activist with the anti- abortion group Operation Rescue. The group listed many of the same. reasons cited by Baptists when they announced a boycott of Disney: the company's granting of health benefits to same-sex part- ners of employees, allowing ”Gay Days” at its theme parks and hav- ing Ellen DeGeneres, the star of the I ABC show ”Ellen,” to come out as a homosexual. ABC is owned by Disney. Disney doesn't appear to be to concerned. In his annual letter to shareholders, Walt Disney Chairman Michael Eisner said he ”always will defend the right" of the company to make entertain-A ment that some might find offen- sive. He also pledged to fight at- tempts by outsiders to control or change the content of Disney prod- ucts. Queer Scouts LOS ANGELES — Boy Sc outs might have to give up their homophobic views, at least__in California. A case is pending before the California Supreme Court in which the American Civil Liber- ties Union is challenging the Boy Scouts’ policies prohibiting gays from being scoutleaders. Scout lawyer George Davidson claims the group is merely upholding its belief in con- servative sexual morality and duty to God when it expelled a man because he is gay and twin boys because they do not believe in God. Attorneys for the twin boys and the man sought to’ portray the Boy Scouts as a business rather than a private club. ACLU attor- ney Jon Davidson said Boy Scouts sells camping supplies through its trading posts, engages in public relations, pay a full-time staff and charges fees to its 5 million mem- bers across the country. If the justices buy that argu- ment, the Boy Scouts would be subject to California laws that pro- hibit businesses from discriminat- ing because of sexual orientation, religion and other factors. A/7!/-gay Cayma/is MIAMI — The Cayman Islands are one vacation spot to cross off your list. The islands’ government refused to allow a cruise ship chartered for gay men to make a one-day stop in port. The government said research and experience has shown that such passengers wouldn't up- hold standards of ”appropriate behavior." Atlantis Events Inc. of West Hollywood, Calif, chartered the 910-passenger ship Leeward from Norwegian Cruise Lines for the one-week cruise leaving Jan. 30 from Miami. _ But Thomas Jefferson, Cayman's minister of tourism, commerce and transport, wrote Norwegian’s port captain Dec. 8 to say the government's joint min- istries voted to reject the ship's visit. "Careful research and prior experience has led us to conclude that we cannot count on this group to uphold the standards of appro- priate behavior expected of visi- tors to the Cayman Islands, so we regrettably cannot offer our hos- pitality," the letter said. So the Leeward decided on a port call in Belize, instead. The ship also planned stops in the Mexican ports of Cancun and Cozumel. Cr/‘mes against gays WASHINGTON — U.S. Justice Department statistics show that crimes against gays are still a huge problem. The FBI says there were 8,759 hate crimes recorded in the United States in 1926. Of those, 1,016 were based on sexual orien- tation. Race was the most com- mon reason for a hate crime, fol- lowed by religion, sexual orienta- tion and ethnic background. "These statistics show what we long believed is true: Hate crimes have long gone underreported," Reno said as she called on Congress to expand the scope of hate crimes. ”Violent crime has dropped for five years in a row. But we are just beginning to grasp the prob- lem of hate crimes, and how best to fight back. And we are not go- ing to let up," she said. Lesb/‘an lawyer WASHINGTON — The U.S. Su- preme Court has refused to step into a case in which the infamous attorney general of Georgia re- fused to hire a lesbian. The court let stand a ruling that said Robin Joy Shahar’s rights were not violated when former Attorney General Michael Bowers withdrew the job offer because of her impending ”marriage" to an- other woman. He was the state's attorney general when, in 1991, he with- drew Shahar's job offer to become a staff attorney in the Georgia De- partment of Law. Bowers said her impending marriage would affect public perception of his office's dedication to enforcing the state's anti-sodomy law. She contends he violated her rights of association and equal protection by the action he took in 1991. Bowers is well known for winning a 1986 Supreme Court case in which the court upheld Georgia's anti-sodomy law. But Shahar’s case indirectly has hurt his chances at the Republican nomination for governor of Geor- gia. He has had to admit he was involved in an extramarital affair that lasted more than a decade. Adultery, like sodomy, is a crime in Georgia. Reliable sources have informed us that Bill Desautels, who is widely knows as lb; Condo Guy, has been secretly selling single family homes. Steven Kopstein a homeowner in Hanksville said, “Working with Bill was a wonderful experience. He helped me find my single family dream home quickly and saw the process through to closing. I would recommend him highly to friends, in fact, I already have!” Roy Hedrick exclaimed, “By constantly helping me define what my needs were, Bill quickly learned exactly what I like in a home and delivered. 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