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Measure 9
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its first statewide victory.
A recent survey sponsored by
The Oregonian and Portland’s
KATU-TV found that 47 percent of
Oregonians support Measure 9, 48
percent oppose it and 5 percent are
undecided.
OCA founder and director Lon
Mabon said he was “very excited”
about the poll results.
“We’ve never showed that high
on any of our measures this early
in the campaign,” he said. “A lot of
liberal parents who are comfort
able with nondiscrimination in
their jobs don’t want it taught to
their kids in school.”
If Measure 9 passes, all state
schools from kindergarten through
community college would be pro
hibited from encouraging homo
sexuality, and those schools that
do encourage it could lose state
funding. Counseling programs,
school-sanctioned groups for non
heterosexual students, health edu
cation and school tolerance poli
cies would be changed, though
supporters and opponents of the
measure disagree about how they
will change.
Though Mabon said the OCA
could convince the legislature to
include state universities in the
ban if the measure passes, Oregon
University System spokesman Bob
Bruce said state universities would
remain unchanged.
The measure’s passage, however,
would significantly affect the Uni
versity’s neighbor, Lane Communi
ty College.
“It would affect LCC just as it
would affect K-12 schools,” Robert
Ackerman, chairman of the LCC
board, said, adding that the LCC
school board unanimously voted
Sept. 13 to oppose the measure.
“We view this as a denial of free
speech, a violation of academic
freedom and the marginalization
of a group of students.”
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Susan Matthews, LCC multicul
tural advisor, said the measure
would change the atmosphere of
the community college.
“It would completely change the
climate here to one that is com
pletely intolerant of LGBT stu
dents and staff,” she said. “I think
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that just having the measure on the
ballot is devastating. It legitimizes
homophobia.”
Debate over the measure has re
newed the “nature versus nurture”
debate over the origins of homo
sexuality — supporters of the
measure say homosexuality is a
choice, while most opponents say
it’s genetic predisposition.
“We don’t believe who a person
has sex with and how they have
sex is equal to race or religion,”
Mabon said. “It’s a fundamental
mistake people are making to
equate homosexual behavior to mi
nority status.”
Like most who speak against
Measure 9, University Program Co
ordinator Phil McCullum said at a
Planned Parenthood-sponsored
press conference on Sept. 18 that
It would completely
change the climate here to
one that is completely in
tolerant of LGBT students
and staff. I think that just
having the measure on the
ballot is devastating. It le
gitimizes homophobia.
Susan Matthews
multicultural advisor
LCC »
the measure would single out non
heterosexual students and subject
them to harassment.
“When we talk about equal
rights for all, we mean equal and
all,” he said.
Mabon, however, said that the
measure would allow criticism of
homosexuality but not harassment
of gay and lesbian students.
“We are opposed to harassment
at any level,” he said. “But a lot of
these programs are just disguising
acceptance.”
Though the measure’s oppo
nents say its passage would elimi
nate counseling for non-heterosex
ual students, Mabon disagrees,
saying school counselors would be
barred only from telling students
it’s acceptable to be gay. They
could still counsel for depression
and encourage students seek sup
port from independent counselors.
Another concern opponents ex
press is the possible restriction of
health education.
“Measure 9 would place a stran
glehold on the ability of schools to
provide good HIV education,” said
May Gossart, a Planned Parent
hood education director.
Solano, the Portland high school
teacher who supports Measure 9,
said health education would not
be restricted, but rather expanded
to include what he called the dan
gers of homosexual sex.
“This is affecting our schools,
and this is affecting our health
care,” said state Rep. Kitty Piercy,
D-Eugene. “Things are at stake for
everybody.”
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