Men And Women

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If Maryland becomes a same-sex marriage state, there is no doubt that some openly gay men and women will come to church demanding acceptance. Under the false pretense that they are married, in their minds they should not be denied church membership. But what the world must understand is that as Christians, we're not homophobic and bigoted as many would depict us. We do not hate men and women caught up in the homosexual lifestyle. We simply believe that marriage is ordained of God and the family is sacred.

Pop culture says that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. But when it comes our finances, are we really worlds apart? Many financial experts say the two sexes are different enough that women can use advice tailored to fit their style and needs. And two new ventures under way in Maryland are trying to capitalize on that.  An Owings Mills accounting and investment advisory firm recently launched a practice catering to women-owned businesses. Peg Downey, a nationally known financial planner from Chevy Chase, and two colleagues are starting to train financial advisers on how to better communicate with and serve women clients.

Over the years, World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon has been compared to everyone from P.T. Barnum to Walt Disney, not to mention "a guy with horns and a pointy tail," he says. These days, the pro wrestling ringmaster is being mentioned in the same breath as Bob Hope. Following the legendary comedian's lead, McMahon and his band of men and women in spandex have made a commitment to entertaining the men and women in uniform overseas. Earlier this month, WWE traveled to the Middle East for the seventh consecutive year, visiting forward operating bases in Iraq over three days and putting on a wrestling show.

He dragged his camouflage duffel down the long, sterile corridor, thinking only of getting a shower, a chance to stretch his legs, the moment he'd see his family again. Cmdr. Eddie Ha had been in Baghdad for nine months as part of the Iraq war effort, and the flight from Ramstein Air Base in Germany - the third leg in a two-day journey - had taken eight hours. His shoulders slumped. Then he heard the roars. As Ha, 39, of San Diego, stepped through double doors into International Baggage Claim at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, he found himself amidst 150 cheering, clapping strangers.

"It hurts me so bad, these young men killing each other," Gail Gainer, concerned and vigilant citizen of northwest Baltimore, said in this space a couple of weeks ago, after her son narrowly escaped a late-night street shooting. "What in the world is wrong with these guys? Why do they want to keep killing each other?" Those were expressions of frustration, to be sure, because Ms. Gainer knows the answers to Baltimore's toughest and most enduring questions. She knows why it keeps happening because she's lived within earshot of the violence for years, and she's seen many young men come and go, caught in the cycle of drugs and trouble.

So the porn industry is now in the business of educating our youth. A spokesman for Digital Playground expressed disappointment with the cancellation of a public screening of one of the company's porn movies at the University of Maryland, College Park, claiming that showing such a movie "opens up a discussion, a discourse on sexuality and gender roles." Actually, it does no such thing. Showing porn movies on campus creates a hostile and dangerous environment for its female students, it distorts how students think about sex and it debases both men and women.

Tywain McKee had 17 points and Rigoberto Sargeant had eight points and seven rebounds for Coppin State, but the Eagles lost to No. 23 Kansas, 85-53, last night. Cole Aldrich had a career-high 23 points and also grabbed 11 rebounds in the Jayhawks' 27th straight home victory. Brady Morningstar scored a career-best 21 points and Sherron Collins had 11 points and a career-high eight assists for Kansas (4-1). Morningstar hit his first four three-point attempts as the Jayhawks went on a 34-3 tear in the first half and led by 31 points until Sargeant hit a 10-footer for the Eagles' third basket with 6:15 to go. Coppin State (1-2)

William S. Lindsey Sr., a former Anne Arundel County police chief who was also an accomplished bluegrass musician, died of heart failure Friday at Marley Neck Health and Rehabilitation Center in Glen Burnie. He was 75. Mr. Lindsey was born in Baltimore and raised in Arbutus. After graduating from Catonsville High School in 1950, he served in the Air Force during the Korean War. Mr. Lindsey's police career inadvertently began when, as an out-of-work Glenn L. Martin Co. jet engine mechanic with a brand-new house and mortgage, he was pulled over for speeding and given a ticket by a Maryland state trooper.

John S. Chudzik, a retired labor attorney and advocate for medical and pension benefits for construction workers, died of acute kidney failure Thursday at the Presbyterian Home of Maryland. He was 93 and a Parkville resident. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., he joined the Civil Conservation Corps in the 1930s and worked in forest reclamation. He later enlisted in the Navy and worked in intelligence during World War II in Washington and Hawaii. After the war, he settled in Washington and earned a Bachelor of Arts, a law degree and a doctorate in law from George Washington University.