Word: respectibility
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...helps that Europe's liberal laws - 18 European countries allow gay marriage or same-sex civil unions, and gay couples in nine countries can adopt children - have largely normalized perceptions of gays. Christophe Girard, the deputy mayor of Paris, believes the legal framework for gay partnerships has "forced respect." (Girard is in a civil partnership with his partner of 13 years and has two children). "Gays are no longer just seen as partiers, but also as parents," he says. Paris, of course, is not rural France. But even in Barsac, a village of 2,200 people in the country...
...sits at the head of that table. In a country where gay men and women have few battles left to fight, she's thought of first as a politician. That may explain the media's indifference to her sexuality. Some editors in Reykjavik say they ignored it to respect Sigurdardottir's privacy. Thorhallsson, of the University of Iceland, who is himself gay, believes that shows there is still work to be done. "It's a strange claim because she isn't in the closet," he says. "It shows that the media doesn't really know how to handle gay politicians...
Under that scenario, Florida's mess also becomes the country's in at least one respect. The state's GOP Senate primary contest between Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio is widely considered a focal point of this year's internecine war between moderates and conservatives for control of the Republican Party. Should the Rothstein scandal leak into that powder keg, it could exacerbate what already promises to be a particularly nasty campaign on both sides before the August primary. (See the 25 crimes of the century...
...ultimate for me," she explained on television. One of the other women defended Ratzon's little kingdom, saying, "People think we are in a place where we are imprisoned and forced to become some kind of poor Cinderella. They don't understand that there is humanity, respect. He has something special and good." Said one of her companions: "He's the Messiah that everyone talks about. The day he decides to reveal himself, this country will see it." (See the 25 crimes of the century...
...series of redesigns by architects hired by the Charlesview Board, and the final amendments to the plan were presented to the community just a week before the BRA first reviewed the plan for approval in December. The changes aimed to reduce the density of the apartment complex and respect the aesthetics of the neighborhood, and also included more retail space along Western...