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To: steve harris who wrote (712015)	11/8/2005 11:11:20 PM
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Texas Voters Approve Ban on Gay Marriage AP ^ \| 11/08/05 \| David Crary Texas voters Tuesday overwhelming approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, making their state the 19th to take that step. In Maine, however, a proposal to repeal a new gay-rights law was trailing in early returns. The contest in Texas was decided quickly _ the ban was receiving more than 74 percent of the votes in early returns. Like every other state except Massachusetts, Texas didn't permit same-sex marriages previously, but the constitutional amendment was touted as an extra guard against future court rulings. The campaign had been enlivened over the past week because of a controversial tactic by the amendment's opponents, who argued in recorded phone calls to voters that the measure is so poorly worded that it could jeopardize traditional man-woman marriages. Amendment supporters denounced the effort as misleading. (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

To: steve harris who wrote (712015)	11/8/2005 11:16:57 PM
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Soros loses big in Ohio state-wide issues.

To: steve harris who wrote (712015)	11/9/2005 1:39:02 AM
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Woman in Clinton affair gets $90,000 The former official at West Chester Friends filed suit, charging bias over her firing in 2003. By Benjamin Y. Lowe Nov. 08, 2005 Phhiladelphia Inquirer Staff Writer The former West Chester Friends School official who said she was fired because she had an affair with former President Bill Clinton yesterday accepted a $90,000 settlement judgment from the school and will end her discrimination case. Myra Belle "Sally" Miller, 66, sued in federal court in Philadelphia last year, alleging she was harassed and discriminated against when school employees learned she was once mentioned along with Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers. Miller sued nearly a year after she was fired as the school's director of fund-raising and public relations. School officials said in court filings that they dismissed her because her productivity lagged. Miller said in court that her productivity lagged because she was harassed. Attorneys for the school offered the settlement judgment on Oct. 27. Negotiations had been conducted since August. Miller, also known by her former married name of Sally Perdue, said in a deposition that her 1983 affair with Clinton was "one of the main reasons" she was harassed, "but I do not hold to that being exclusively the reason... I was told over and over that I was unQuakerly. I was referred to as the older woman. My age came up many times." A spokesman for Clinton's office has declined to comment on Miller's statements. Miller, the 1958 Miss Arkansas, made her allegations in 1992. Miller's attorney, Timothy M. Kolman, said the school's offer of judgment constituted an "admission of liability" by the school. It did not include additional money to pay legal bills. "We are satisfied that it is a judgment, that the $90,000 is there for everyone to see," he said. "It represents a clear vindication in public that she was wronged." Miller worked at the 135-student school for 23 months and was paid between $40,000 and $50,000 a year. "After several previous attempts by the school to settle this suit, I am pleased it has come to an amicable resolution," Matthew Bradley, head of school, said in a statement. "This has been an unfortunate matter, from any perspective, and we are pleased to now be able to move forward." Miller now lives in Alexandria, Va., where she is a special-education teacher.