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...wrong until we open up the issue and look at people's experiences," he said. "I don't see any contradiction between having an intimate relationship and a total commitment to Christ." This prominent priest said his superiors have been quietly aware of his long-running, but not live-in, relationship with a fellow gay. They expect him to be judicious, he says, not to change...
...after his sermon. The next scene features them in a sex act. On an NBC program titled UNSUB, April 7: Bishop Grace murders two teenage girls in his congregation. On NBC's Quantum Leap, April 7: a scene in which the series' hero is preparing for sex with his live-in lover has Amazing Grace playing in the background. On NBC, In the Heat of the Night, Jan. 31: Rev. Haskell, who dies, had been having an adulterous affair with one of his parishioners...
...possible to be a little bit pregnant, but citizens of San Francisco can now get a little bit married. Last week the city's board of supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a law that officially recognizes the unions of live-in lovers, whether homosexual or heterosexual. Mayor Art Agnos has pledged to sign the bill, which permits couples who have agreed to share basic living expenses to register their "domestic partnerships" at the county clerk's office in a manner similar to filing a marriage license...
Though it has no immediate benefits, supporters see the law as a possible first step toward fuller legal recognition of such relationships. The supervisors also urged the city to consider extending health benefits to the live-in lovers of its employees...
...light of all these lives is Cyril's live-in girlfriend Shirley (Ruth Sheen), buck-toothed and, in her self-effacing way, greathearted. Quietly, she has turned their dark, cramped flat into a haven for waifs and strays (including, finally, Mrs. Bender). Quietly too she tends her struggling rooftop garden and keeps trying to talk Cyril into having a child. What can you do these days but make a warm place to nurture people -- and some small hopes for a less harum-scarum future? Perhaps pause to admire a brave and subtle film that knowingly explores ideas, even ideologies...