High school votes on gay issue
BRKMKRTON. Wash (AD
— Students at Bremerton
High School begun voting
Monday on an amendment to
the si bool's constitution that
would allow pupils to kii k
their openly gay classmates off the student coun
cil
The proposal, which supporters sa\ was mere
ly intended to prolong debate at the school's annu
al constitutional convention, has polarized the stu
dent body and attracted national attention since
the student congress approved it 4tM7 last week
"It started ns a reason to get out of class and
turned into an issue that people ( mild debate pas
sionately on." said Mike Mercer, a staunch pro
ponent of the amendment who spoke to reporters
with a Bible open on the table in front of him
He said the message of the proposal is simple
Homosexuality is wrong
"I am a Christian I believe in this book, the
Bible, and it says homosexuality is wrong," Mer
cer said.
Students voted Monday in their homerooms,
and votes will be tallied Tuesday II two thirds of
the homerooms reject the measure based on
majority votes within eni h homeroom an over
all majority vote of the full. 1.350 student body
will be taken Wednesday, said Principal Marilee
Hansen.
Meanwhile, mobs of reporters descended on
Bremerton High, a school with tall evergreens and
the snowcapped Olvmpii Mountains for a bet k
drop. Bremerton is 15 miles across Puget Sound
from Seattle
Cameras dotted the lunchroom and lawn as stu
dents lined up to be interviewed alto tit their views
on the controversial proposal
Walter Brown, 17. said lie found the amendment
"very childish and ignorant .“
"I ain't got nothing against guvs, as long as they
keep their hands to themselves," he said
Each year, the high s< hool takes the unusual
step of calling a one-day constitutional congress to
make amendments to si bool rules The congress
and the student council are one and the same
Until last Wednesday, the subjei t of homosexu
ality had nev er come up at the annual i (invention.
The congress usually votes on ruins governing
such things as iltsi iplinarv appeals and the mini
mum grade point average for athletes
The anti-gay measure would make it possible for
students discovered practicing "immoral beh.n -
tor" to lie impeai bed from elei ted office h\ their
peers on the count il "in order to preserve the
integrity and high moral standards that HUS is
built upon " Immoral behavior at cording to the
amendment, includes sexual harassment, indei ent
exposure, sodium and homosexuality
It's unlikely the rule would actuallv go into
effect. Hansen said She said administrators, who
have the power to override proposed constitution
al amendments, seem to lie against this one
Hansen said the measure was brought hv a polit
ically savvy group of right-wing Christian students
who dominate the student council
One of them, Mercer, said he's been taunted at
school sun u he spoke ill favor of the proposed
measure before the congressional vote last
Wednesday
“I've been < ailed Hitler reborn' and v u e presi
dent of the I asi ist Club, he said
Another supporter. Andrew l.edhetter. I said
the measure was not mount as an outright ban of
gas people from the council It was meant, rather,
to “empower the majority “ to remove sui h people
from office
"All I want to do is bring these people to heaven
with me." l.edhetter said of gavs He wore a I
short (tearing the image of former President Ronald
Reagan that read. "Rememlier When Ament a Had
a Real President'"
II Hewitt. 17, the student council’s vice pmsi
deal elect, said he was shocked when the emigres-,
passed the proposal
"In a puhln high si bool, to make a political
statement like this, it s pist disastrous he said
They’re using a high m bool as a platform for their
political platform."
Despite their vvllllllgliess to grant inters lews,
school counselor Dorothy Chylm said students
have expressed frustration at all the attention
“I've had quite a few of the students come up
to me and sav. Plus is chaos, this is riilu ulous.
she said “Most have expressed frustration w ith
the public ity
Unified House passes stalking bill
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face prison terms as long as five
years under a f >i 11 unanimously
passed today by the Oregon
I limse
The measure. MH2-412. goes to
the Senate where a similar lull is
Iwing considered
Several House members told of
personal knowledge ol stalkers
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Watt said.
Rep. Kevin Manniv. D-.Salem,
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"Many of these obsessive
‘Many of these obsessive individuals will
stop if someone in authority steps in.’
Rep. Kevin Manmx,
D Salem
individuals will slop it someone
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stalking laws. Mannix said
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meanor with a jail term of up to
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fine A repeat < onviction for
stalking or violating a stop stalk
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maximum penalties of five years
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