ordaining homosexual priests
and blessing gay marriages.

The members of the House
of Bishops discussed, but did
not take any official stand on,
the matters during the gather-
ing.

Frank Griswold III, presid-
ing bishop of the Episcopal
Church, said the 2.5-million-
member U.S. denomination
will maintain its tradition of
respecting dioceses’ rights to
make their own decisions.

Participants at the retreat
admitted there was tension
between conservative and lib-
eral clergy, but said frank
group discussions helped cre-
ate an atmosphere of respect.

Some dioceses have
ordained gay priests and
blessed gay marriages, even
though the church’s parent
group, the worldwide Anglican
Communion, called homosex-
uality “incompatible with
Scripture” two years ago.

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BALTIMORE -— Rudy
Galindo, the 1996 U.S. nation-
al figure skating champion, has
disclosed that he is HIV posi-
tive.
Galindo, who is openly gay,

 
    
    

  

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told USA Today he was diag-
nosed" with HIV on March 1
while being treated for pneu-
monia.

“People always think that it
can’t happen to them, but it
can,” Galindo, 30, told the
newspaper. “I didn’t want to
hide this illness. I didn’t want
to live a lie. I’ve always want-
ed to be truthful.”

Galindo is taking three med-
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and has resumed practicing.
He has joined the spring,
Champions on Ice tour, which
opens at Baltimore on
Thursday night.

Galindo lost his brother and ‘
two coaches to AIDS.

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TRENT ON, NJ. — The New
Jersey Supreme Court has rec-
ognized the parental rights of
same—sex couples.

The court ruled that a les-
bian who helped raise her then-
lover’s twins has rights akin to
a parent’s, and can have visita-
tion now that they have split
up.

The case involved a woman
who became pregnant by arti-

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ficial insemination and gave
birth to twins in 1994 that she
and her lesbian partner, identi-
fied only as V.C., raised
together for two years.

After their 1996 separation,
a trial court denied V.C. joint
custody and visitation. An
appellate court gave her visita-
tion rights but not joint cus-
tody.

In its unanimous ruling, the
high court also turned down
V.C.’s request for joint legal
custody, which would have
given her a say regarding deci-
sions on the children’s
upbringing, because she has
not been involved in their lives
for four years.

But Associate Justice
Virginia Long, writing for the
full court, said V.C. carries the

status of a “psychological par- . .

em” to the children and has a
right to share parenting duties,
despite the objections of the
birth mother, identified only as
M.J.B.

V.C. should have regular
visitation with the children, as
is typical for many divorced
parents, the court said. V

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