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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="CaramelChocolate" data-source="post: 11476" data-attributes="member: 228"><p>Source: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-news/message/1012" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-news/message/1012</a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">From the Associated Press - June 30, 2005</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Spain Legalizes Same-Sex Marriages</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">By MAR ROMAN </span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ802_20050630054642.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ802_20050630054642.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">(AP) Supporters of gay marriage celebrate under the gay flag outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid,...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ802_20050630054642.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #3366cc">Full Image</span></span></span></a></span><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">MADRID, Spain (AP) - Parliament legalized gay marriage Thursday, defying conservatives and clergy who opposed making traditionally Roman Catholic Spain the third country to allow same-sex unions nationwide. Jubilant gay activists blew kisses to lawmakers after the vote. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The measure passed the 350-seat Congress of Deputies by a vote of 187 to 147. The bill, part of the ruling Socialists' aggressive agenda for social reform, also lets gay couples adopt children and inherit each others' property. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The bill is now law. The Senate, where conservatives hold the largest number of seats, rejected the bill last week. But it is an advisory body and final say on legislation rests with the Congress of Deputies. </span><span style="font-family: 'arial'">After the final tally was announced, gay and lesbian activists watching from the spectator section of the ornate chamber cried, cheered, hugged, waved to lawmakers and blew them kisses. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Several members of the conservative opposition Popular Party, which was vehemently opposed to the bill, shouted: "This is a disgrace." Those in favor stood and clapped. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The Netherlands and Belgium are the</span> only other two countries that allow gay marriage nationwide. Canada's House of Commons passed legislation Tuesday that would legalize gay marriage; its Senate is expected to pass the bill into law by the end of July. </p><p></p><p>Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero noted this in debate before the vote. </p><p></p><p>"We were not the first, but I am sure we will not be the last. After us will come many other countries, driven, ladies and gentlemen, by two unstoppable forces: freedom and equality," he told the chamber. </p><p></p><p>Zapatero said the reform of Spanish legal code simply adds one dry paragraph of legalese but means much more. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ806_20050630062707.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1" target="_blank"><img src="http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ806_20050630062707.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000000">(AP) Supporters of gay marriage cheer the vote and blow kisses to lawmakers, after Parliament legalized...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ806_20050630062707.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc">Full Image</span></a></span></span>[/font]He called it "a small change in wording that means an immense change in the lives of thousands of citizens. We are not legislating, ladies and gentlemen, for remote unknown people. We are expanding opportunities for the happiness of our neighbors, our work colleagues, our friends, our relatives." </p><p></p><p>Zapatero lacks a majority in the chamber but got help from small regional-based parties that tend to be his allies. </p><p></p><p>Spanish gay couples can get married as soon as the law is published in the official government registry. This could come as early as Friday, or within two weeks at the latest, parliament's press office said. </p><p></p><p>Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy said after the vote that Zapatero has deeply divided Spain and should have sought a consensus in parliament that recognized same-sex unions but didn't call them marriage. Rajor said that if the vast majority of countries in the world don't accept gay marriage, including some run by Socialists, there must be a reason. </p><p></p><p>"I think the prime minister has committed a grave act of irresponsibility," Rajor told reporters. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ805_20050630062118.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1" target="_blank"><img src="http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ805_20050630062118.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000000">(AP) Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ805_20050630062118.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc">Full Image</span></a></span></span>[/font]Beatriz Gimeno, a longtime leader of the gay rights movement in Spain, held back tears as she hugged her partner Boti after the vote. </p><p></p><p>"It is a historic day for the world's homosexuals. We have been fighting for many years," Gimeno said. "Now comes the hardest part, which is changing society's mentality." </p><p></p><p>The gay marriage bill was the boldest and most divisive initiative of the liberal social agenda Zapatero has embarked on since taking office in April 2004. Parliament overhauled Spain's 25-year-old divorce law on Wednesday, also irking the church, by letting couples end their marriage without a mandatory separation or having to state a reason for the split-up, as required under the old law. </p><p></p><p>He has also pushed through legislation allowing stem-cell research and wants to loosen Spain's restrictive abortion law. </p><p></p><p>The Roman Catholic Church, which held much sway over the government just a generation ago when Gen. Francisco Franco was in power, had adamantly opposed gay marriage. In its first display of anti-government activism in 20 years, it endorsed a June 18 rally in which hundreds of thousands marched through Madrid in opposition to the bill. Some 20 bishops took part in the June 18 rally. </p><p></p><p>On Wednesday, a Catholic lay group called the Spanish Family Forum presented lawmakers with a petition bearing 600,000 signatures as a last-minute protest. </p><p></p><p>Late last year, the spokesman for the Spanish Bishops Conference, Antonio Martinez Camino said that allowing gay marriage was like "imposing a virus on society - something false that will have negative consequences for social life." </p><p></p><p>Despite the street protests in Madrid and elsewhere and the petition drive, polls suggest Spaniards supported gay marriage. A survey released in May by pollster Instituto Opina said 62 percent of Spaniards support the government's action on this issue, and 30 percent oppose it. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. But surveys show Spaniards about evenly split over whether gay couples should be allowed to adopt children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaramelChocolate, post: 11476, member: 228"] Source: [url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-news/message/1012"]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-news/message/1012[/url] [font=arial]From the Associated Press - June 30, 2005 [b]Spain Legalizes Same-Sex Marriages [/b][/font][font=arial] By MAR ROMAN [/font] [url="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ802_20050630054642.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1"][font=arial][size=2][img]http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ802_20050630054642.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/url][color=#000000][font=arial][size=2](AP) Supporters of gay marriage celebrate under the gay flag outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid,... [/size][/font][url="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ802_20050630054642.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1"][font=arial][size=2][color=#3366cc]Full Image[/color][/size][/font][/url][/color][color=black] [font=arial]MADRID, Spain (AP) - Parliament legalized gay marriage Thursday, defying conservatives and clergy who opposed making traditionally Roman Catholic Spain the third country to allow same-sex unions nationwide. Jubilant gay activists blew kisses to lawmakers after the vote. [/font] [font=arial]The measure passed the 350-seat Congress of Deputies by a vote of 187 to 147. The bill, part of the ruling Socialists' aggressive agenda for social reform, also lets gay couples adopt children and inherit each others' property. [/font] [font=arial]The bill is now law. The Senate, where conservatives hold the largest number of seats, rejected the bill last week. But it is an advisory body and final say on legislation rests with the Congress of Deputies. [/font][font=arial]After the final tally was announced, gay and lesbian activists watching from the spectator section of the ornate chamber cried, cheered, hugged, waved to lawmakers and blew them kisses. [/font] [/color] [font=arial]Several members of the conservative opposition Popular Party, which was vehemently opposed to the bill, shouted: "This is a disgrace." Those in favor stood and clapped. [/font] [font=arial]The Netherlands and Belgium are the[/font] only other two countries that allow gay marriage nationwide. Canada's House of Commons passed legislation Tuesday that would legalize gay marriage; its Senate is expected to pass the bill into law by the end of July. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero noted this in debate before the vote. "We were not the first, but I am sure we will not be the last. After us will come many other countries, driven, ladies and gentlemen, by two unstoppable forces: freedom and equality," he told the chamber. Zapatero said the reform of Spanish legal code simply adds one dry paragraph of legalese but means much more. [url="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ806_20050630062707.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1"][img]http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ806_20050630062707.jpg[/img][/url][font=Verdana,Sans-serif][size=1][color=#000000](AP) Supporters of gay marriage cheer the vote and blow kisses to lawmakers, after Parliament legalized... [url="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ806_20050630062707.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1"][color=#3366cc]Full Image[/color][/url][/color][/size][/font]He called it "a small change in wording that means an immense change in the lives of thousands of citizens. We are not legislating, ladies and gentlemen, for remote unknown people. We are expanding opportunities for the happiness of our neighbors, our work colleagues, our friends, our relatives." Zapatero lacks a majority in the chamber but got help from small regional-based parties that tend to be his allies. Spanish gay couples can get married as soon as the law is published in the official government registry. This could come as early as Friday, or within two weeks at the latest, parliament's press office said. Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy said after the vote that Zapatero has deeply divided Spain and should have sought a consensus in parliament that recognized same-sex unions but didn't call them marriage. Rajor said that if the vast majority of countries in the world don't accept gay marriage, including some run by Socialists, there must be a reason. "I think the prime minister has committed a grave act of irresponsibility," Rajor told reporters. [url="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ805_20050630062118.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1"][img]http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ805_20050630062118.jpg[/img][/url][font=Verdana,Sans-serif][size=1][color=#000000](AP) Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa... [url="http://apnews.excite.com/image/20050630/SPAIN_GAY_MARRIAGE.sff_JJ805_20050630062118.html?date=20050630&docid=D8B1SNFG1"][color=#3366cc]Full Image[/color][/url][/color][/size][/font]Beatriz Gimeno, a longtime leader of the gay rights movement in Spain, held back tears as she hugged her partner Boti after the vote. "It is a historic day for the world's homosexuals. We have been fighting for many years," Gimeno said. "Now comes the hardest part, which is changing society's mentality." The gay marriage bill was the boldest and most divisive initiative of the liberal social agenda Zapatero has embarked on since taking office in April 2004. Parliament overhauled Spain's 25-year-old divorce law on Wednesday, also irking the church, by letting couples end their marriage without a mandatory separation or having to state a reason for the split-up, as required under the old law. He has also pushed through legislation allowing stem-cell research and wants to loosen Spain's restrictive abortion law. The Roman Catholic Church, which held much sway over the government just a generation ago when Gen. Francisco Franco was in power, had adamantly opposed gay marriage. In its first display of anti-government activism in 20 years, it endorsed a June 18 rally in which hundreds of thousands marched through Madrid in opposition to the bill. Some 20 bishops took part in the June 18 rally. On Wednesday, a Catholic lay group called the Spanish Family Forum presented lawmakers with a petition bearing 600,000 signatures as a last-minute protest. Late last year, the spokesman for the Spanish Bishops Conference, Antonio Martinez Camino said that allowing gay marriage was like "imposing a virus on society - something false that will have negative consequences for social life." Despite the street protests in Madrid and elsewhere and the petition drive, polls suggest Spaniards supported gay marriage. A survey released in May by pollster Instituto Opina said 62 percent of Spaniards support the government's action on this issue, and 30 percent oppose it. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. But surveys show Spaniards about evenly split over whether gay couples should be allowed to adopt children. [/QUOTE]
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