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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Gay" Subculture Left Woman Scarred from Childhood in Homosexual Home<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">by <SPAN class=correction id="">Hilary</SPAN> White<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=correction id="">BOSTON</SPAN>, The Massachusetts government heard testimony last week from a young Canadian woman, Dawn C. <SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN> who had been raised from infancy by her homosexual father and his various "partners" in a "gay" household. She told the Massachusetts Judiciary Committee that her life submerged in the homosexual subculture had left her scarred psychologically and morally.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN> made her statement during hearings, held April 11 by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State> government to consider establishing an amendment to the state constitution that would define marriage as being between one man and one woman. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Describing her father's homosexual lifestyle as a culture without "boundaries and principles of morality and monogamy," <SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN> said her upbringing was characterized by confusion and lack of affection, domestic violence and sexual abuse.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In her father's world which he made hers, she said, "<SPAN class=correction id="">transsexualism</SPAN>, and transient and anonymous multiple partners were common.By age ten, for example, I was exposed to a gay nude beach, a sex shop, and a gay cruising park."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In April, 2005, Ms. <SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN> read a statement at a Marriage Rally on Parliament Hill in <st1:place><st1:City>Ottawa</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. In that statement, <SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN> said because of the sexual <SPAN class=correction id="">molestation</SPAN> she endured at an early age, she was at a high risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. Her father and several of his former partners died of the disease. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In her <st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State> testimony, <SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN> also delineated the legal and societal risks of adopting homosexual marriage and hate crimes laws. She warned US legislators that since the institution of such laws in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>, essential political freedoms have been severely undermined or even curtailed. The homosexual lobby has used the courts and extra-judicial Human Rights Tribunals to silence opposition to their program of social change.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">She said, "Freedom of speech and democracy are eroded by hate crime and same-sex marriage legislation, and by judicial activism. Human Rights Tribunals in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> police speech, and penalize upstanding citizens for their expressed opposition to <SPAN class=correction id="">homosexuality</SPAN>."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">"May what is happening in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> serve as a warning to <st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State>. Where can the children find safety if legislation is in place legitimizing homosexual marriage?" she said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Protection of Marriage Amendment now awaits a vote by the <st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State> legislature during the state Constitution Convention scheduled for <st1:date Month="5" Day="10" Year="2006">May 10, 2006</st1:date>. If approved by 50 legislators this year and next year, the Protection of Marriage Amendment will appear on the November 2008 ballot for a statewide vote.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Read <SPAN class=correction id="">Stefanowicz</SPAN>'s testimony:<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/%3ca%20href=http:/voteonmarriage.org/leghearing.shtml#dawn>http://voteonmarriage.org/leghearing.shtml#dawn</a>"></A><A href="http://voteonmarriage.org/leghearing.shtml#dawn"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://voteonmarriage.org/leghearing.<SPAN class=correction id="">shtml</SPAN>#dawn</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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