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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1996)
NEWS BRIEFING A IQOK AT THIS MORNING S HIADUNiS Abortion-rights groups criticize state Supreme Court Justice OLYMPIA (API —« Abor IIOI) group* crrikijtod • now trial* Sunrwnti Court iu»tx f Monday tor appearing at «n anti-abortion rally, It might impair hi* v**w from the bench Bui critic* stopped short of tailing for fustice Richard Sander* to withdraw from cam* involving abortion, at least for now. because the situation fall* into a furry araa tart ween judi - cial rule* and the First Amend mtmt right to free speech. Sander* defended hi* appear ante last Friday before a cheat ing crowd of several thousand who marched to the Capitol and demanded limits to Wash ington's volar approved abor tion-rtghts law Only a few hour* after he was sworn in. Sander* told the crowd he was joining them in a celebration of human tile" and that nothing should be more fundamental to the legal system than protecting "innocent human life." Sanders, who spoke openly of his opposition to abortion during his judicial campaign, also thanked the crowd for helping elect him Although he did not speak specifically of abortion or any laws, Sanders carried a red rose, the symbol of the anti abortion movement On Monday, groups that sup port abortion rights Questioned whether Senders could have an unbiased view from ihe bench on such a sensitive legal issue "Ha said things that would indicate a fairly strong anti choice position." said Lisa Stone, director of the Northwest Women's Law Center in Seattle "I'm troubled by it "I wouldn't want to restrict hi* free speech righls (But) I'm accustomed to a somewhat more traditional view of judges ** r San Francisco passes measure recognizing symbolic marriages NATIONAL SAN FRAN CISCO (API — TH* cMy** Kiktol of Suporvlwti uninlinuuily approved a mm sure Monday that gives gay couple* the right to a *> mbotu wedding ceremony beginning in April San Francisco is ant e again illustrating that this is a humane, compassionate and equal opportunity city for all people who live here," said Supervisor Carole Mtgden. sponsor of the proposal. The measure must have another reading Monday, then becomes law March 21. The civil ceremonies would recognise domestic partner ships, but would not he legal marriages They would only solemnize the rights the city has granted gay couples since Its domestic partnership law took effect on Valentine's Day in mu The measure would not enti tie partners to traditional bene fits given to married people The 1901 ordinance gives domestic partners visitation rights in hospitals, shared | health plan* for city employees ; and bereavement leave for city employees when a domestic partner dies Private employers are not required to grant the same benefits. Only couples registered a* demesne partner* in Sam Fran cisco would be eligible for the • ceremony At least 3.000 i unmarried couple*, most of i them gey. already have filed for that designation, at a cud of $.15 a couple Migden expects about i 1000 gay weddings In the first j year Wedding* would lie per formed by the county clerk, or anyone else deputized by the clerk, and could be held any where horn City Hall to church ; es where clergy members agree to perform the ceremony r I Farrakhan visits Durban, preaches ‘Million Man’ message wom.0 U l KRAS South Afttca (API — Nttion of UUm Lout* Farrakhan Mid Mundtv that ho was louring Aim a to spread the message of the Million Man March h» organised last year in the United State* More • nitty and pray*? meel tag. Farrakhan * march was a call for black man la lake responsi btUty lor their own Uvea and bun tliea. and to dedicate themselves to fighting the scourge* of drugs violence and unemployment "We want to take the day of atonement amt miaa.it tat ion ami make it a worldwide day," the controversial black Muslim leader told reporters in Durban on the second day of hi# three day vi#il to South Africa. Durban is the main city in kwaZulu-Natal Province, an area of eastern South Africa that ha# warn thousand* die in recent year* in a power struggle between the African National Congre** and it* main black rival, ihe Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party Soon after arriving in South Africa on Sunday. Farrakhan held talk* with President Nelson Mandela (>n Monday, the South African |ewuh Board of Deputies < ritii ired Mandela for meeting with Farrakhan. who ha* often been accused of mak ing antagonism remarks about ’ |ew*. white* and women Still, the board acknowledged that Mamie la lectured Far rekhan on tolerance, saving South Africa rejec t* racism and sexism and mine* all religion* After the meeting. Farrakhan (old reporter* he agreed with Mandela In a statement, the $ewi*h group said 'The board I* com Uirted that President Mandela took the opportunity to point out to Farrakhan that it u imper alive for alt of us to promote reli gious tolerance and to refect any form of discrimination on the bast* of race, color, %«* or reli gious belief." CORRECTION O'* Mo*Xtoy. 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