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...week, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge James F. McHugh overturned a Cambridge city ordinance granting healthcare benefits to the "domestic partners" of homosexual city employees. The suit in which McHugh ruled was filed by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a Virginia-based law firm founded by noted evangelist Pat Robertson, which claimed that the domestic partnerships recognized by the Cambridge ordinance were "a Trojan Horse for same-sex marriage." However, while McHugh rejected this claim, noting that the Cambridge statute intended only "to provide a better life for those who daily serve its citizens," an archaic 1955 Massachusetts...
Although it was edited to print as "Her Son/Daughter," she delivered the piece in its original form, including such details as her former work in phone sex and a less auspicious career as a "reluctant evangelist" for the Church of Scientology...
...says he is used to moving around. He has gone to school in Colorado, been an evangelist in Akron, Ohio, and--most recently--taught middle school in Sylacauga...
...business ideas. Clients are welcome to move into Incubasia's office and help themselves to logistical support (including Frisbees). The founders also provide expertise and up to $500,000 in financial assistance, plus one of the Internet's most treasured commodities--hype. "Our job is partly to be the evangelist for start-ups," says Kenny. "We have to get the message out." In return, Incubasia gets an equity stake in each company, usually between 33% and 50%. Armed with business and technological know-how, clients are expected to leave the nest and set up on their own within a year...
Wetherell, named last year an "Internet Evangelist" by Business Week, said the Internet is currently only in its beginning stages of development. With only 3 percent of the world's population currently using the Internet, he stressed that the Internet bubble "is only going to get a whole lot bigger...