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. 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 LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be limited to no morn than 2f>() words. legiM)'. signed and thi' ulentifii ation of the w riter must !>e verified when the letter is submitted I he Hnirrald reserves the right to edit nnv letter for length or style. THIS WEEK Q Frida ln »*» fJMI I i .V Uneu, L*oom wnr 12 • *~.*rr. ZTrru":: ^J"ZI 1! • Sace P 8 ,rr“-l> '■« (Mh«m lrr+Hmk 21 aQd Over . t n _ ID* **quired . '°r 'nfor-tlo? ,.jt.j..|..j..:..|..j..j..n.... l n call 346>41? i " L! Li'u I! Lilli.- *373 Available tprApKic jLifthti, @otUct'tvt 'yHetupr^ -Monday. November 8 through Saturday, November 20 Artists Virginia Sands and David Starr exhibit their uvrks in neon light and collage "media art" at the EMU Gallery from November 8 through November 20. 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