http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Emirates_Gay_Wedding.html
Saturday, November 26, 2005 · Last updated 9:56 a.m. PT
Gay newlyweds face penalties in Emirates
By JIM KRANE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- More than two dozen gay Arab men - arrested at what police called a mass homosexual wedding - could face government-ordered hormone treatments, five years in jail and a lashing, authorities said Saturday.
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Most cases of homosexual behavior are taboo and violate Emirati laws based on Islamic sharia. Azouri suggested that other countries with laws based on religion, including Christianity and Judaism, would also ban gay behavior and marriage.
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"It's not about freedom of opinion, it's about respecting religion which forbids this type of behavior," he said.
I'm in Columbus Ohio (mini vacation) and just heard a breaking news report that the town of Chauncey Ohio in Athens county about 60 miles SE of Columbus has been evacuated due to an unknown odor causing eye, nose and throat irritations to town residents. Local fire and police have not yet been able to determine the source.
11/26/05
Liberty Co. Courthouse Bombing
"Federal agents are trying to find out who set off a bomb outside the Liberty County Courthouse in Hinesville, on Saturday morning. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms says the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device around 6:14 a.m.
"The A.T.F. believes this is an isolated incident and not a terroristic act."
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4168654
[This took place just outside a Ga. military base.]