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...beneath the somber mood of social consciousness, there was still a little room left for the Golden Globes gleam. After a further promise from Cameron to TIME to do his part for Haiti when the appropriate avenue presented itself, the director turned to his wife with the wide grin of a man with two big awards. "Let's go party," he said...
...energy sources and cut down on carbon emissions. We'll have to do it anyway - fossil fuels are running out. You gain nothing by not doing anything, but gain a lot in innovative industries and jobs by supporting the change to renewable energy. If the U.S. wants to be part of the new world order and not get overrun by those who have changed tack, they should listen to their President. Hans Ramlov, COPENHAGEN...
Demographic shifts may also play a part. For a growing number of people in a continent grappling with how to assimilate migrants, the gay community can seem less threatening than recent arrivals from the Muslim world. "It's creepy," says Rayside of the University of Toronto, "but sexual minorities are seen as a safer and more respectable minority because they know what 'Britishness' or 'Dutchness' is." A 2008 poll, for example, found that while only 27% of Dutch voters would approve of a Muslim Prime Minister, 78% would approve of a homosexual in the same role. (See pictures of Muslims...
...Road Ahead For its part, Britain's Conservative Party has come a long way since Section 28, which the Labour government repealed in 2003. David Cameron, the Tory leader, apologized for the law at a gay-pride event last June. In October, the Conservatives even organized an official "gay night" at their annual party conference. Among gay activists, debate still rages over whether leaders who have not gone public with their sexuality should do so. Girard, the deputy mayor of Paris, knows several elected officials who keep their sexuality private. "By not accepting their homosexuality publicly, closeted politicians are holding...
...help buyers but admit they're frustrated they can't do more. "We want to help families own homes," says Tom Freeman, spokesman for Riverside County's economic-development agency. "We do not want to see outside investors coming in and turning them into rental units." For their part, investors say they are buying up houses in such disrepair that first-time buyers would not be able to secure loans for them - and helping neighborhoods by making these units livable again. "I don't think anybody should have a problem with that," says Bruce Norris, a Riverside real estate investor...