Court Orders Jerusalem to Fund Homosexual Activist Organization
By Gudrun Schultz
JERUSALEM, May 30, 2006

(LifeSiteNews.com) - A Jerusalem District Court has ordered the Jerusalem Municipality to pay over CAD$80,000 to a city organization promoting homosexuality, the Gay and Lesbian Center. The payout covers "cultural and social activities" held by the Center since 2003, when the city stopped funding the organization, reported the Jerusalem Post Monday.

Judge Yehudit Tzur accepted the organization's argument that the city was discriminating against them, saying in her ruling, "[The municipality] must treat this community with equality, out of recognition of the supreme value of equality, and out of respect for the values of tolerance and pluralism, which exist at the heart of democratic society." the rest


Costa Rican Supreme Court says No to Homosexual "Marriage"
By Hilary White
SAN JOSÉ,
May 30, 2006

(LifeSiteNews.com) - The Spanish language news agency, Notivida reports that the Supreme Court of Costa Rica has ruled the whole concept of "gay marriage" unconstitutional. The suit was brought in 2003 by lawyer Yashin Castrillo Fernandez who argued that the state must comply with international agreements on human rights. The argument was rejected by the court 5-2.

The Court ruled, "the concept of marriage embraced by the political constitution stems historically from a context where it is understood to be between a man and a woman."

Chief Justice Luis Fernando Solano said the problem could be solved by legislation allowing homosexuals to form "civil unions." the rest