Congress votes on anti-queer amendment in July?

Probable USA summer:
July-August-September (overview):

Bush needs average voters, especially those who depend (at their peril) on television for so-called "news" (info-tainment), to be distracted from Iraq-related issues until after the November election.
Likely distractions include these events:

*** In Congress, during June or July, the House Republican leadership will probably stage a vote on constitutional amendment(s) banning same-sex marriage, hoping to harm House Democrats. ***

Bill Clinton's memoir should appear at or before the Democratic party national convention (Boston, late July).

After the Dem-Con, TV viewers will turn to the Athens Olympics; and many will disengage from national life, for summer activities and travel, until after Labor Day.

In early September, seeking political profit from the 9-11 grieving process, Republicans will gather in New York City to coronate King George the Lesser; and to find out whether Cheney will run again as Veep candidate (a decision which. IMHO, is really up to Cheney, not Bush).

-- TBL

PS: Meanwhile, mainly in SF Gay Area, here's a


CALENDAR 4 FREEDOM-SEEKERS:
compiled by SaveFreedom, sfBarea, and SUN:
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JUNE 2004: San Francisco's Pride Month:

CAL: SF: thru 30 June 2004: photo exhibit, "Just Married":
San Francisco Exposure Gallery
( http://www.ExposureGallery.org ).
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CAL: SF, June 15: Tuesday, 6pm: "Radar" readings. Free.
Main Public Library, near Civic Center BART/Muni station.
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CAL, northern: SF: 19 June, Saturday: HEALTH WALK:
march across Golden Gate Bridge, demanding health care for all.
Please be at Crissy Field, in north SF near bridge, by 0630 AM.
Dress in layers; with windproof outer layer; plus backpack for extra clothes, water, trail food.
.......

SF: 19, Sat: San Francisco Prime Timers, a queer men's group, hold 5th annual porn sale at 3507 -- 23rd Street. between Valencia and Guerrero, SF. Adults only. Free.
For info, phone Arthur Hurwith, (415)-648-8678.

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CAL, SF: 20 June, Sunday afternoon:
dance & drum for peace at
regular Hippy Hill Drum Circle (most Saturday & Sunday afternoons),
circa 3pm, informal, free:in eastern Golden Gate Park.
Take public transit and/or walk to Haight & Stanyan,
where you enter the park; walk downhill (west) past pond & into tunnel;
when you emerge, listen for drums (usually the drums are slightly northwest, sometimes due west).
All orientations; mainly straight.
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CAL, northern: June 21: signature deadline for
Oakland Cannabis Initiative?
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USA: circa June 25: release of Michael Moore's documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11".
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CAL, northern: 34th annual SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE WEEKEND:

CAL:SF: 25 June, Friday: Chronicle publishes special queer section,
"Gay Pride: The Wedding Album",
with stories from SF's historic "Winter of Love";
plus plans for Pride Weekend, June 26-27.
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CAL, SF: 26-27 June:
28th Annual
San Francisco FREE FOLK FESTIVAL:
Saturday-Sunday, June 26-27, 2004,
noon to around 11pm,
Roosevelt Middle School, 460 Arguello (at Geary). [ Take 38 bus, or 33. ]
Entirely FREE and open to the public.
For more info, please visit
[ http://www.sffolkfest.org/2004/frameset.html ]
[ Comment by SUN: This festival is excellent. But the 2004 festival conflicts, in part, with SF's Dyke March (June 26 afternoon/evening) , Pink Saturday (June 26 evening/night), Pride Parade & Pride Festival (June 27). We hope these events won't conflict in future years. ]
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CAL: SF: June 26: Dyke March:
[followed by Pink Saturday outdoor party]:

Women spend top-optional afternoon in Dolores Park; march shortly before sunset; wind thru Mission District, eventually get to Castro & Market; dance thru the evening....

Women (past, present, future) can demonstrate here for equal marriage rights, peace, etc.

Men (except transmen, as "past women") should just watch and applaud the Dyke March.
........
But all genders can party afterwards, at CLOTHING-OPTIONAL Pink Saturday, outdoors on Castro Street.
Please donate generously when you enter the party zone, as net proceeds benefit worthy charities, after paying for the porta-potties and similar necessities of a street party.
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CAL: SF: June 27, Sunday:
Honor Del & Phyllis in the gigantic queer parade.
March in peace contingent;
or in marriage rights contingent?
Or with Radical Faeries?
........

CAL: SF: June 27, Sunday afternoon:
After the parade, Pride Festival in SF Civic Center probably will be
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL (as in June 2003).
Wear wedding regalia? Hoods?
Look for Faerie Freedom Village?
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USA: June 30: Iraq gets pseudo-sovereignty, while U.S. troops remain there.
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CAL, SF: 30 June, Wednesday evening, 5PM:
Anti-war protest at Union Square, in downtown San Francisco.
[ AYOR! Stay clothed and avoid arrest! ]
[Union Square, scene of rallies since Gold Rush days, is bounded by Powell, Geary, Stockton, Post;
near Powell BART/Muni station & many bus lines.
Nearby Maiden Lane is named, satirically, for the enslaved prostitutes who were rented there. ]
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JULY 2004:

CAL, northern: BurningMan Flambé Lounge events:
July 7-11, July 31, etc? : please visit:
[ http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/flambe_lounge/ ]
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OREGON: ___ July?: Deadline for fascists to get enough signatures
to put anti-queer constitutional amendment on November state ballot (unless state legislature does their evil work for them?).
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USA: July 4, Sunday: Wear wedding regalia? Hoods?
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CAL: July 4: San Francisco: Bodypaint for peace & equal rights,
at clothing-optional portion of Baker Beach. Free.
Welcoming adults (18 and up) of all orientations, including clothed adults.
Look for Leather Pride Flag on fence, around 3pm or so.
[ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
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CAL: July 4: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
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