UO rules forbid group from siding on Measure 36
Although Measure 36 is a key issue for LGBTQA
members, the group can't hold an official position on it
BY JARED PABEN
NEWS EDITOR
Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi
sexual, Ttansgender, Queer Alliance
can wear ‘No on 36’ buttons in theii
EMU basement-level office, but they
can’t tape flyers to the wall.
The group can hand out materials
about the measure, but the materials
have to be strictly informational and
can’t take a position.
Members can persuade people to
vote against the measure banning
same-sex marriage, but not as
LGBTQA representatives and only on
their own time.
As the Nov. 2 election day nears,
groups across campus and the nation
have ratcheted up the intensity oi
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their efforts to define how Oregon’s
constitution, and those of other
states, are going to define marriage.
But LGBTQA, a University student
group whose members could have a
lot to lose by the passage of Measure
36, has to walk a tightrope. LGBTQA is
student-fee funded and, according to
state law, can’t use the money to advo
cate for specific measures. If it does, it
could lose its office and its funding.
For LGBTQA Co-director Crystal
Cathcart, this is frustrating. Measure
36 will drastically affect members of
her group, but their hands are tied,
she said.
“It’s stuff we’re passionate about,
and if politics are messing with our
lives ... and if it conflicts with our
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mission statement, then I think we
should have some degree or power to
be for or against something,” Cath
cart said. “1 came in the first day of
school thinking we could be against
it, and it was really disheartening.”
Cathcart said many members of
the LGBTQA have volunteered for the
No on 36 Campaign in their personal
time, allowing them to weigh in on
the contentious issue without endan
gering the group’s funding.
“A lot of people in here are volun
teering for the No on 36 Campaign,
every day (they are) talking to peo
ple, standing by the Yes on 36 table
talking to people” and clarifying
what ‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes actually
mean, she said.
LGBTQA Co-director John Correa
said the group met on Oct. 4 with
Outlaws, the lesbian and gay law stu
dent association, and representatives
of the Oregon Student Association
and the ASUO to clarify the guide
lines about what the group could do.
“It’s amazing how much we can
do,” Correa said.
OSA representative Courtney Hight,
who met with LGBTQA to discuss the
rules, said the group is able to provide
materials that clarify what ‘yes’ and
‘no’ votes mean, but can’t push people
either way. Members can also wear
buttons or stickers on their bodies, but
can’t post materials in the office
advocating a certain position.
Hight said LGBTQA has asked
lots of questions and has been care
ful not to violate rules and jeopard
ize the group.
The rules apply to all groups that
receive student incidental money,
which is considered state money. The
College Democrats and the College
Republicans do not receive student
fees, which allows them to lobby on
behalf of their candidates, Hight said.
ASUO Student Senator Toby Hill
Meyer, who is also a member of the
LGBT community, said the rules have
burdened a greater number of student
groups in past years, and the LGBTQA
is clearly the most affected this year.
The University administration has
also made the rules clear to faculty
and staff, who are bound by the laws
governing the use of state funds. In
an e-mail to University deans and di
rectors, General Counsel to the Uni
versity Melinda Grier specifies that
employees can’t spend work time ad
vocating for or against a measure or
candidate, use state resources to sup
port a campaign, post political flyers
in the workplace or require an em
ployee to take a position or partici
pate in political activities.
Grier wrote that employees can
use their personal time, including
lunch breaks, for political work and
discussing political positions and are
free to wear political buttons.
The rules surrounding the use of
student incidental fees in advocating
during elections were originally clari
fied by a June 1985 decision by then
Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer,
who is now president of the University.
Cathcart said the rules have been
especially difficult lately because
group members have received more
verbal harassment than usual as the
election approaches.
“We are having negative repercus
sions on campus. People are disre
specting queer people,” Cathcart
said, adding that the group has re
cently received a slew of hate mail on
the office computer. “When we start
feeling this on campus, we should be
able to do something.”
But, even Cathcart admits it’s not
that simple. She and Correa h^ve no
way of determining whether every
body in their community is actually
against Measure 36, she said. In fact,
there have been rumors of religious
differences in the office and differ
ences of opinion about the measure,
and the last thing her group wants to
do is alienate its members, she said.
“We don’t even know if people are
going to vote ‘no,’” she said. “(At) our
general meetings here, we’re not going
to ask people to raise their hands.”
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Coming Out Week celebrates
campus diversity, sexuality
Today's rally is the first of several LGBTQA events
this week in honor of National Coming out Day
BYCANELAWOOD
NEWS REPORTER
“Come Out Come Out, Wherever
You Are” is this year’s theme for Na
tional Coming Out Week sponsored
by the University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi
sexual, TVanssexual, Queer Alliance.
The week of events, beginning to
day, honors National Coming Out Day.
According to the Human Rights Cam
paign Foundation’s Web site, this
year’s theme is “Come Out. Speak Out.
Vote.” The organization encourages
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
Americans to talk to their families and
friends about their lives.
“This day is about coming together
in large numbers, recognizing our
strength and validating our own and
each other's life experience,”
LGBTQA Co-Directors Crystal M.
Cathcart and John Correa said in an
e-mail interview.
The week’s events begin today
with a coming out rally from 1 to 3
p.m. in the EMU Amphitheater. At
the rally, speakers from LGBTQA
will share their own coming out
stories. The rally will also host or
ganizations such as the HIV Al
liance, The Women’s Center, and
LGBTQA sub-groups: Bi and Be
yond, a group for those attracted to
more than one gender, and Fusion,
a group for gay people of color.
“National Coming Out Day is a
day of empowerment, a day to be
proud of every part of oneself,
specifically one's sexuality,” Cath
cart and Correa said in the e-mail.
“It is a day to celebrate diversity. It
is also about community.”
Today’s events will end with a
coming out dance from 8 to 11 p.m.
in the EMU Fishbowl. Cathcart and
Correa encourage community
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