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LOCAL WOMAN ASKS FOR HELP IN BATTLING CRIPPLING DISEASE I REGIONAL EQUALITY TEXAS NAMES POLITICAL DIRECTOR I PLUS VIEWPOINTS i TUBE I MUSIC I SCENE
VOLUME 23 I ISSUE 32
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LOCAL
Gay City Council
member Ed
Oakley formally
announces mayoral
campaign. PAGE 6.
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Court orders law-
makers to initiate
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Jan. 1 PAGE 18.
ESTABLISHED 1SB4
Bush signs
new Ryan
White Act
Newest version of AIDS
funding bill shifts money to
rural areas, Southern states
By Deb Riechmann Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush
on Tuesday signed the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization
Act of 2006 — the newest version of
the Ryan White CARE Act that will
shift AIDS money to rural areas and
the South.
The House on Dec. 9 agreed by
voice vote to renew the $2.1 billion-
annual measure.
The Senate passed the bill earlier
after senators from New York and
New Jersey dropped their opposition,
accepting a compromise that settled
months of dispute just as Congress
adjourned for the year.
See RYAN WHITE on PAGE 29
dallasvoice.com-
DECEMBER I 22 I 2006
PRESUMED DEAD
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Brian Hall, a personal trainer from
Dallas, is one of two climbers missing on
Oregon's Ml. Hood for two weeks and now
presumed dead. The body of a third
climber, Kelly James of Dallas, was found
earlier this week. See STORY, PAGE 6.
WEEKEND WEATHER
O FRI
Sunny
61°
SAT
Mostly Cloudy
39/59
SUN
Mostly Cloudy
35/51
NEW GUY ON THE BLOCK
Deiadra Burns wel-
comes Randy Ray
as her new Black Tie
Dinner co-chair dur-
ing a reception held
Tuesday, Dec. 19, to
distribute proceeds
of $1.35 million
from the 2006 event
in November. Ray
replaces out-going
co-chair Tom
Phipps. Black Tie
Dinner co-chairs
serve alternating
two-year terms so
that each year's
event is headed up
by one person with
experience as a co-
chair.
See STORY, PAGE 6.
THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR LGBT DALLAS/FORT WORTH
Gay mayoral candidate
acknowledges 2002 arrest
Herrera says drinking contributed to his reckless behavior
with a gun, and that he has now been sober 8 months
By David Webb Staff Writer
Dallas lawyer Roger Herrera, a gay
candidate for Dallas mayor, was con-
victed three years ago on a charge of
illegally discharging a gun at his Oak
Cliff home in 2002, according to
police reports.
Herrera was arrested on Sept. 16,
2002, after 911 operators received
multiple complaints about gunfire,
according to a Dallas Police
Department report. The investigating
officer who arrested Herrera at his
home described him in the report as
being intoxicated.
The investi-
gating officer
said in the report
that several wit-
nesses com-
plained about a
lone suspect fir-
ing shots at or in
the direction of
their residences.
Herrera, who
was a member of the Cultural Affairs
Commission at the time, was observed
See HERRERA on PAGE 11
Roger Herrera
orzine signs New Jersey civil unions into law
Governor says new law gives gay couples equal protection under the law;
Lambda Legal announces launch of 'Civil Unions Watch' program
From Staff and
TRENTON, N.J. « New Jersey's gay couples are
gaining all the rights and responsibilities of marriage
as the state moves to become the fifth in the nation
to institute civil unions.
Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed the civil unions bill on
Thursday, Dec. 21. The law will take effect Feb. 19.
"Many gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey are
in committed relationships and deserve the same
benefits and rights as every other family in the state,"
Corzine, a Democrat, said in a statement released
Wire Reports
Thursday, prior to the bill-signing ceremony. "I
believe very fundamentally in equal protection
under the law and this legislation is about meeting
that basic responsibility."
Once joined in civil union, gay couples will have
adoption, inheritance, hospital visitation, medical
decision-making and alimony rights, and the right
not to testify against a partner in court.
Officials with Lambda Legal Defense and
See NEW JERSEY on PAGE 20
New Jersey Gov. Jon
Corzine signed the
measure granting
civil unions to
same-sex couples
on Thursday, Dec.
21. The law will go
into effect in just
less than two
months, on Feb. 19.
California Supreme Court will hear marriage case
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme
Court unanimously agreed Wednesday, Dec. 20, to
decide whether the state's ban on same-sex marriage
violates a constitutional ban on discrimination,
though an outcome is not likely until late next year.
The justices are reviewing an October decision by
the 1st District Court of Appeals, which ruled that
California marriage laws do not discriminate
because gay and lesbian couples can get most rights
the state confers to married couples.
Massachusetts is the only state that authorizes
same-sex marriage. California offers domestic part-
The sun will be out on Friday, but after that look for skies to be mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of rain through Christmas Day. Will we
have a white Christmas? Experts say don't count on it.
INDEX
BOOKS
Local News
6
Michael Musto, the gay
National News
18
gossip who persistently
Viewpoints
32
pestered Rosie 0'Donell
Life+Style
34
to come out of the clos-
Calendar
53
et, compiles his snarky
Starvoice
51
essays from his Village
Classifieds
66
Voice columns. PAGE 34.
No decision expected until late next
year; plaintiffs optimistic high court
will overturn appeals court ruling
Associated Press
nerships, similar to civil unions in Vermont and
Connecticut. New Jersey Gov. John Corzine on
Thursday, Dec. 21, signed legislation creating civil
unions that are supposed to give same-sex couples
all the rights and benefits of marriage.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed
SCREEN
Lower your expecta-
tions, and you might
enjoy 'Dreamgirls.'
Jennifer Hudson, Eddie
Murphy shine in the
movie-musical, but the
rest is flat. PAGE 39.
gay and lesbian couples to wed at City Hall in 2004.
But California 's justices halted the ensuing wedding
spree and voided 4,037 marriage licenses by ruling
the mayor did not have authority to make marriage
law.
About 20 same-sex couples and the city of San
Francisco sued the state, and the case has meandered
through trial and appellate courts. Had the Supreme
Court not taken the case, the lower court's decision
would have stood.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said
See CALIFORNIA on PAGE 20
STAGE
Outrageous comedies
— from the dark to the
campy to the farcical —
dominated North Texas
theater in 2006, as our
critic's top 10 list
reveals. PAGE 46.
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Nash, Tammye. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006, newspaper, December 22, 2006; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238940/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.