2007 Boston Gay Parade Pride
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Gay pride week kicks off Sunday with a blessing
The Jersey City Lesbian and Gay Outreach, Inc. and Grace Church Van Vorst will kick off Jersey City Pride Week Sunday by hosting a ceremonial blessing ceremony for same-sex couples. The Rev. Gregory Perez will conduct the service, which will consist of hymns, songs of praise, scriptural and non-scriptural readings, prayer and a special blessing of relationships. Lesbian and Gay couples, their families and friends are all invited to the blessing. Jersey City Pride Week will culminate with the Jersey City Pride Festival on Aug. 26 from noon to 8 p.m. at Exchange Place. For more information, visit www.jclgo.org or www.gracevanvorst.org or call Grace Van Vorst Church at (201) 659-2211, ext. 4. PATRICK VILLANOVA .
War Eclipses Gay Pride
The Nation -- Jerusalem's World Pride conference, intended to counteract religious incitement against gays and lesbians by conservatives within the city's three main religions, proved one more victim of the war of Lebanon. With a far smaller turnout than the 20,000 expected by Jerusalem Open House, the chief organizer of the August 6-11 event, and almost no Muslim participants, World Pride's second effort at international action appears to have had little impact. .
Big days in the frame
It was set up by Kirklees Council's Museums and Galleries department to look at how gay and lesbian couples went about organising their civil partnership ceremonies after they became legal last December. The exhibition organisers wanted to see how couples chose what to wear and how to celebrate, as there were no traditions to guide them. Project co-ordinator, Katina Bill said: "Having their relationship legally recognised is very important to couples. They want a day to remember. .
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