LETTERS
Gay-bashing
Gav-bnshing is unconstitu
tionol. unlawful, illegal iiis< rim
inntion against homosexual or
bisexual people, despite tin' fni t
that existing laws forbid dis
crimination against any minori
ty.
The oldest laws forbidding
such discrimination especially
forbid discrimination against gays
in matters of housing, employ
ment and public at < ommoda
lions (as specified in the 14th
Amendment to the U.S. Consti
tution).
Surprisingly, although gay
bashing is several years old.
judges, espei ially on the
Supreme Court, have failed to
declare gay-bashing unconstitu
tional, although gay-bashing leg
islation directly contradicts the
rights of everyone under the 14th
Amendment, including gays.
Gay-bashing “legislation" for
bids government to "facilitate"
homosexuality, such as permit
ting gays to march in parades like
those of the Kugene Celebration
or St. Patrick's Day that take place
on public streets. The 14th
Amendment doesn't permit for
bidding government to facilitate
heterosexuality, so it can’t forbid
government from forbidding
"minority sex" practiced by
homosexuals, either.
Everyone i' some kind of a
minority at one time or another
and can't be discriminated
against In ijmi'nimenl. business,
labor. eti under the 14th Amend
ment. which protects general
public ai < omrnodations for all
citizens.
Government can't forbid gats
to use public streets, buildings,
or parks or to marc h in public
Government must facilitate
ac < ess to public: fac ilities, equal
rights and public institutions for
everyone majorities and minori
ties alike
The above-mentioned public
policies have been analyzed at
length The major goal to be
achieved is to have courts, espe
cially the Supreme Court, declare
gnv bashing illegal, and/or com
pletely unconstitutional, whit h
would call for government to
fat ilitate acc ess to all public:
accommodations for all parties
majorities and social, cultural and
religious-type minorities, such as
gays.
J.J. Atbi
Eugene
Castigated
"Students show bridge solu
tions" was the headline the edi
tors chose for the Emerald arti
cle (Oc t. <!H) concerning the Oct.
27 public: forum conducted by
thi> art hiteoturv department. All
i'xi apt one of the student pro
let ts. as I ret all, expanded the
present Kerry Street bridge to six
or morn lanes this is what
Kugene t itv planners. ,i few of
whom were in the audience
advot ate
However, a more accurate
lead to the ortit le would have
been "Public castigates stu
dents bridge expansion propos
als ” The hulk of the forum was
taken up by speaker after speak
er from the audieni e t ondemn
mg these plans to dump more
cars into Kugene and design our
transportation system to look
more like l.A's or Houston's
When the students weren't oil
the defensive, it was i ity traffic
engineer Dave Reinhard who
had to directly field the audi
ence’s polite hostility
To he fair to the students, they
were required under the ground
rules to build something Why
didn’t someone design an alter
native-modes bridge udjacent to
and just west of the Ferry Street
bridge, as had been suggested
many times in the post? Why
has Kugene refused to seriously
i onsider this obvious and logo
< al possibility, as it is required
to do under federal and state
land-use layv'
Kugene’s downtown is pock
marked with parking lnts and
choked with (firs 1 lie blight
spread-, m all directions and
will only be made worse by
adding car lanes to the Ferry
Street Bridge We love Fugene
Keep the Ferry Street bridge tit
four car lanes'
Junior Roborlson
Eugene
Multiculturalism
What issues should he consul
ered regarding a multicultural
requirement ?
The Assembly Committee
on Multicultural Curriculum,
at i ording to its charge to i on
suit widely, asks for your help
in framing the issues the com
mitteo will explore
The i ommittee wishes to
define the issues by December
and thereafter narrow the dis
cussion to possible approAi hes
Written comments are encour
aged between now and Nov 1*1
Please speak to either (A) the
issues surrounding the I hmersi
ly's current race, gender and
it o n K u r o p t> a n A merit: .111
requirement; or (B) the issues
surrounding possible changes to
the current requirement
if possible, categorize vour
1 oinments ,u i ording to spe< ifit
areas of tite committee s charge
1 Substantive issues motivat
ing considerations
2 Fiscal issues
t (auricular issues
The committee mav ask for
elaboration on issues brought to
its attention
In later stages, the committee
yy ill solii it 1 oinments and infor
mation on implementation
strategies out e the t ommittee
prix eeds to that point
Written comment* may be
sent to myself, at the Depart
ment of Chemistry. College of
Arts and Sclent es. Kugene. OK
9740.1-1li.Vl. or may lx- mailed to
the University Faculty Secre
tary. 10 I Johnson Hall
Paul Engeiklng
Chairman
Assembly Committee on
Multicultural Curriculum
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