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To: jim-thompson who wrote (59698)	12/1/2005 10:13:37 PM
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Sexual orientation refers to whether someone is heterosexual or homosexual.

To: jim-thompson who wrote (59698)	12/4/2005 2:19:48 PM
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George Michael to wed same-sex partner CBC(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ^ \| 11/30/05 Pop singer George Michael says he plans to wed his longtime partner Kenny Goss under a new British law making gay unions legal. They plan a small private ceremony after Dec. 21, when the law creating civil partnerships becomes effective in the U.K. George Michael plans civil union. He and Goss have been together about 10 years. The new British legislation permitting same-sex unions has brought forward a slew of couples ready to tie the knot. Elton John has announced he plans to marry his partner, Toronto's David Furnish, possibly before the end of the year. Michael, 42, says he thinks he and Goss will have a ceremony early next year. "I'm sure Kenny and I will be doing the old legal thing, but we won't be doing the whole veil and gown thing," he said in an interview with Associated Press. He says they want to marry because he could get hit by a bus and Goss could end up with nothing. Michael came out in 1998 after being arrested in Los Angeles for performing a lewd act(i.e looking for sex in a Beverly Hills public park men's restroom). Michael, former lead singer of Wham!, also had a successful solo career in the 1980s. He announced in 2004 that he would not release any more albums and that any new music he makes will be available online. Britain's Civil Partnerships Bill gives same-sex couples the right to form legally binding partnerships and entitles them to some of the same tax and pension rights as married couples.

To: jim-thompson who wrote (59698)	12/19/2005 1:44:04 PM
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BILL CLINTON MAKES VIDEO FOR ELTON JOHN NUPS... Elton looks forward to married life... 'Gay weddings' first for Belfast... This is LONDON 19/12/05 - Showbiz section Elton turns down $10m By Rob Singh, Evening Standard Sir Elton John has turned down Â£5.6 million for the exclusive rights to his wedding to David Furnish. The singer was offered $10 million by an American company to cover his wedding on Wednesday, the Evening Standard has learned. A friend said: "Elton was approached to do a huge thing with an American media organisation which wanted to cover everything including the build-up and the wedding day itself. They were offering $10 million, but Elton is just not interested. He wants it as private as possible." The offer dwarfs amounts paid to other couples. The rights for Victoria and David Beckhams' wedding were sold for a reported Â£1 million to OK! which is said to have paid Jordan and Peter Andre Â£1.75 million. Sir Elton's wedding, on the day civil partnerships become legal in Britain, will be held at Windsor's Guildhall. Seven hundred guests will attend a reception at Sir Elton's Berkshire home, Woodside. Prior to the wedding, Sir Elton's "hen night" tonight will be played a video message from Bill Clinton. The minute-long recording will be played at a cabaret party at the Too2Much nightclub in Soho. A source said: "We were running through rehearsals when the tape was played. We knew Elton had good connections, but to see the ex-US president was something else." Mr Clinton congratulates Sir Elton, 58, and David Furnish, 42, and says: "If there were more people like Elton, the world would be a better place."

To: jim-thompson who wrote (59698)	12/23/2005 11:44:39 AM
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Sir' Elton's gay partner is no 'Lady'! WebIndia123.com ^ \| 12/23/05 Sir Elton John and his longtime partner David Furnish may have finally united in a civil ceremony on Dec 21, but the latter will not be referred to as a Lady, even though his partner is a Knight, according to etiquette authority Debrett's. In Britain, it is customary for wives of knights of the realm to take the title of Lady in place of Mrs, but the rule will not extend to gay civil unions, which became legal in the UK this week. "Even though they are married, people should still address him as Mr David Furnish," a spokesman for Debrett's, publishers of Peerage And Baronetage was quoted by Contactmusic,as saying. Meanwhile Elton's close pal Liz Hurley was the cynosure of all eyes at the reception ceremony of the couple, in her flowing white dress with a matching fur stole complemented by drop arrings and a sparkling diamond necklace. (ANI)