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"Be an Angel"
auction kicks off at
Eddie Deen's
Ranch. PAGE 6.
NATIONAL
Gay man chosen to
replace McKeon on
Illinois ballot.
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Enraged man allegedly
murders ex-wife's lover
Police believe man's anger over his ex-wife's lesbian
relationship drove him to shoot her girlfriend 11 times
By David Webb Staff Writer
A lesbian was shot to death in her
North Dallas apartment last week by a
man who was angry about her roman-
tic relationship with his ex-wife,
according to police.
The two women lived together in an
apartment at the Canyon Creek
Apartments in the 10900 block of
Stone Canyon Road.
Marcella Luciano, 20, was shot
multiple times on Aug. 31 at about
4:30 p.m. She was pronounced dead at
Presbyterian Hospital shortly after the
shooting.
Police obtained a murder warrant
against Juan Miguel Mercado, 25,
after Luciano's death, but he remains
at large, according to police.
"He is still being sought," said Sr.
Cpl. Janice Crowther, a spokeswoman
for the Dallas Police Department.
Mercado is described by police as
armed and dangerous. He is 5-foot-10
tall and weighs about 180 pounds.
Mercado left the scene of Luciano's
shooting driving a maroon 2001 Ford
F250. The license plate number is
6XWW96.
Mercado allegedly called his ex-
wife, who was in the company of her
Gay Republican senator
fights challenger or seat
Politician who reluctantly came out last year during gay
marriage battle on Capitol Hill campaigns on record
By Patrick Condon Associated Press
BRAINERD, Minn. — To under-
stand the challenge facing Sen. Paul
Koering, a gay Republican battling to
keep his seat against a conservative
primary challenger, it helps to listen to
Joan Campbell, a retiree and a
Republican voter.
"I don't like what they do with their
lives," Campbell said of gay people.
"It's wrong, according to my Bible.";
Campbell, mind you, supports
Koering.
Many Republicans in this socially
conservative heart of central
Minnesota take an even harder line
against homosexuality, and Koering
knows he is testing the outer limits of
the GOP's big tent.
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"I think
there's going to
be a lot of peo-
ple watching to
see if the voters
can look at my
record and say,
'He's doing a
good job"' said
Koering, who
reluctantly
came out last
year amid a heated fight over gay
marriage at the Capitol. "Or, will they
look at my personal life and say, 'I
can't support him because of that.' If
that's how they're going to vote, I
See BATTLE on PAGE 18
Paul Koering
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8th Circuit Court won't
review Nebraska case
Lawyers weigh pros and cons of asking Supreme Court
to strike down state's harshly-worded gay marriage ban
ByAnnRostow Contributing Writer
Police officials warn that Juan Miguel
Mercado, who is wanted in connection with
the murder of his ex-wife's girlfriend, is
armed and dangerous.
5-year-old daughter and Luciano. She
reportedly denied that Luciano was in
the apartment, but her girlfriend
See KILLING on PAGE 14
Last week, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied
a request to reconsider a July ruling
that upheld Nebraska's harshly word-
ed ban on same-sex marriage and
other legal ties between gay couples.
The rejection leaves Lambda Legal
Defense and the American Civil
Liberties Union between a rock and a
hard place.
The gay advocates who brought the
federal challenge to Nebraska's law in
2003 can either give up the fight, or
appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
RIVERA GETS READY TO ROCK DALLAS
Acclaimed
singer, dancer
and actress
Chita Rivera
will headline
the Disciples of
Trinity's annual
fundraising
gala Saturday
night at Dallas'
Adams Mark
Hotel. Rivera
last performed
on Broadway in
a musical that
was a compos-
ite of her life
as an enter-
tainer. She has
won two Tony
Awards and
was a recipient
of the Kennedy
Center Honor
Award. See
STORY,
PAGE 36.
The High Court only accepts a tiny
fraction of petitions, so the second
option may lead nowhere. And if, on
the other hand, the justices took
review of the lawsuit, the community
risks the crushing blow of a negative
Supreme Court precedent that would
give the green light to draconian anti-
gay laws and amendments.
Yet there is an upside.
The arguments against the six-year-
old.Nebraska law are not based on the
right to marry. Instead, they rest
See NEBRASKA on PAGE 18
HIV clinic
reopens
7 weeks
after flood
By Tammye Nash Staff Writer
AIDS Arms reopened its Peabody
Health Center on Aug. 28, seven
weeks after vandals caused damage
that flooded the building.
The clinic, located at 1906 Peabody
Ave., near Fair Park, provides outpa-
tient care and medication assistance to
HIV-positive people with no other
access to care, according to Raeline
Nobles, executive director of AIDS
Anns.
Vandals broke in on July 10, steal-
ing copper tubing from the clinic's
plumbing system. The resulting flood
See PEABODY on PAGE 14
INDEX
SPIRITUALITY
Local News
6
In his new book,
National News
16
'Religion Gone Bad,'
Viewpoints
32
Rev. Mel White traces
Life+Style
34
history of anti-gay fun-
Starvoice
47
damentalism — which
Calendar
49
was conceived in down-
Classifieds
62
town Dallas. PAGE 34.
SPORTS
Need an excuse to wear
cleats and rip your
clothes? Dallas Diablos
holds a boot camp for
anyone interested in
getting dirty and playing
rugby. PAGE 41.
DINING
Asian fusion cuisine —
where Japanese,
Polynesian, even South
American influences
share the plate — make
Nobu and Roy's worth a
taste. PAGE 42.
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