Nation Digest

NEVADA GOING TO POT?

CARSON CITY, Nev. - In Nevada, they love gambling and tolerate
prostitution. Now they are talking about legalizing pot.

A measure on the ballot Nov. 5 would make Nevada the first state to allow
adults to possess marijuana - up to 3 ounces, enough for maybe 100 joints.

People over 21 would be allowed to smoke it in their homes but not in cars
or public places. Pot would be sold in state-licensed smoke shops and taxed
like cigarettes.

LYNCHBURG, Va. - A gay couple is renting a home across the street from the
Rev. Jerry Falwell's church to correct what they see as misinformation
spread by the pastor and show that homosexuals can lead Christian lives.

"We just want Lynchburg to see us - an old gay couple - and realize that
we're as boring as they are," said the Rev. Mel White, 62, who moved into
the cottage Tuesday with Gary Nixon, 52.

White, a minister with Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles,
ghost-wrote Falwell's autobiography and has known Falwell for more than 15
years - before White announced his homosexuality.

White said he started planning a trip to Lynchburg after Falwell blamed the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in part on gays.

Falwell called the couple's move a publicity stunt but said they are
welcome at his Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, about 60 miles east
of Roanoke.

"I can't think of anyone who needs it more," Falwell said.