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SY’s NEW YORK PIZZA 1211 Alder on Campus * 686-9598 Hostility increases in Springfield □ Anti-gay rights measure sparks harassment, goes unchallenged By Tim Neff and Hope Nealson fmerald Wnters ____ Joan Marchant knows all about discrimination In Springfield As n Springfield nisidonl who happens lo bo lesbian and who drivos a car speckled with gay pride stickers, sho has become the largo! for nu merous derogatory remarks and countless soaring starts*. Put Marchant said the unkind atmosphere has become more hostile since the May passage of Ballot Measure 20-08, which amended Spring field's < barter to prevent the city from "promot ing homosexuality." "I don't feel entirely safe here or entirely wel come,” Marchant said. ”1 just go about my busi ness here, but there are inc reasingly people who feel comfortable about acting out their homophobia." One day shortly after the charter amendment won voter approval. Marchant came face to face with Springfield's ugly side Marchant, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 10 years ago, was assembling her wheelchair in a supermarket parking lot when a man decided to vent his ha tred "He yelled. 'Fucking queers. We don't want you in Springfield.' and then he spit on mo," Merchant said. “There’s a climate here where people don't feel real safe." Other people and organizations who actively opposed Measure 20-08 have felt repercussions Marchant said the Church of the Brotheron, which opposed the measure, has received several bizarre messages on its answering machine Oth ers have had windows broken for their stance against the measure. But aside from harassment, thore have been few obvious indications of the measure’s Impact. Le gal action or challenges based on the charter amendment have not yet surfaced. "The issuo hasn't been dealt with because it's been passed, and we haven't had anything to challenge it yet." Marchant said. The measure’s impact has also been muted by the small number of gays and lesbians who live in Springfield Merchant said if the charter prevents gay anti lesbian groups from using city facilities, they wouldn't know it because they had never used the facilities in tho first place. Marchant said the Oregon Citizen's Alliance, Turn to MEASURE, Page 22D Coloradans to vote on gay rights j Colorado head football coach calls homosexuality an abomination By Pat Maiach Emerald Editor Oregon residents won't be the only voter# deciding the rights of gay citizens come November. Colorado for Kamlly Val ues, a right-wing religious or ganization, has succeeded in putting u measure on the Nov. 3 ballot that would amend the state constitution prohibiting Colorado from "enact(ing), adopt(ing) or onfort.(ing) any statute, regu lation, ordinance or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, con duct, practices, or relation ships shall constitute ... or entitle any person or class of persons to have or claim any minority status, quota prefer ences, protected status or claim of discrimination." Like Oregon, the controver sial measure has divided the state into clear (.amps, with one side calling the measure a form of legalized bigotry, while the other denounces civil-rights laws for gays as special rights. Colorado for Family Val uiss begun its anti-gay rights movement last year when it tried to rescind a Denver or dinance because It protected people on the basis of sexual orientation. 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