CALLED OUT INFORMATION SERVICE
December 6, 2000

The Raleigh (NC) News & Observer reports this morning that Duke University
administrators announced yesterday that they will allow same-gender union
ceremonies to be celebrated in Duke Chapel, "a building known not just as a
place of worship but as a symbol of the Methodist-affiliated school itself".

A Duke alumnus is quoted in the article as pointing out, "It's a statement
about fairness and about not being second class. [Not allowing] same-sex
unions ... essentially asserts that spiritual people, who believe their
relationship is already blessed by God, are not allowed to do that at Duke
Chapel."

The full story, "Duke OKs its chapel for same-sex unions", is available
online at
http://www.newsobserver.com/wednesday/front/News/Story/254774p-240401c.html


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