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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1984)
Vol. 1 No. 24 Septem ber 28-O ctober 26 STEPPIN’ OUT For information about advertising call 223-9652 Staff Ju st O ut is published the fourth Friday of each m onth. Copyright 1984. No part of Just O ut may be reproduced without the written permission of the publishers. C o-P ublishers Jay Brow n Renee LaChance Written and graphic materials are welcomed for submission. All written material should be typed and double-spaced. All graphic material should be black ink on white paper. Deadline for submissions is 14 days prior to publication date. O ut A bout Town is a courtesy to our readers. Items m ust be received 14 days prior to publica tion date. Display advertising will be accepted up to five days before publication date, if camera ready, if not then seven days prior. Classified ads must be received at the office of Just O ut seven days prior to publication date, along with paym ent Editorial policies allow the rejection or the edit ing o f an article or advertisement that is offensive, dem eaning or may result in legal action. Just O ut consults the Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual on editorial decisions. Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns, and features may not necessarily be those of the editorial staff of Just Out. Subscriptions to Just O ut are available for $7.50 for 12 issues.. A free copy of Just O ut and or advertising rates are available upon request The mailing address and telephone number for Just O ut are P.O. Box 15117 Portland. OR 97215 (5 0 3 ) 2 2 3 -9 6 5 2 . E dito r Jay Brow n P roduction D ire ctor Bev La Belle G raphic A rts D ire cto r Rupert K innard A dvertising A ssociates D. J. C ustard Eve S icular Mary M cC onnell C o n trib u to rs Chris Perry B illy Russo D ouglas B loch J im H unger Rye A rt C o n trib u to rs E. Ann Hinds J u s t O u t is published m onthly by O ut M edia, Inc. e d i t o Conscience or profits? by Jay Brow n The Am erican voter is facing an extrem ely d ifficu lt challenge in the elections o f 1984. Does one cast a ballot in favor o f conscience o r greed? If you believe you are better o ff than you were fou r years ago — that is, if you have a larger disposable incom e now than before, you w ill probably be inclined to vote fo r Reagan in the hope that you may have even m ore. However, if you are a m em ber o f a m inority, if you are Black, gay o r lesbian, oriental or anything other than WASP, you are in fo r trouble. You will not be protected if you do not toe the Cawthorne: the clear choice by D u ff Bishop Thirteen candidates have filed so far fo r the C ity C ouncil seat to be vacated by Charles Jordan. A lthough several able candidates are in the race, one candidate em erges above the rest as the clear choice fo r the position. Herb Cawthorne, S chool B oard m em ber, c o m m unity activist and educator, is the m ost progressive candidate in the race. He supports issues dear to o u r hearts. He fully supports the rights o f gays and lesbians to have protection against d iscrim in a tio n in housing, em ploym ent and public a cco m m o - Just Out. September 28-October 26 A dations. Herb has a long record o f co m m u n ity service including five years on the S chool Board. He is an historian and perform er w ho has developed one-m an shows portraying figures from Black history. F or tw o years he delivered social com m entaries on KEX radio which were thought-provoking and in fo rm a tive. Cawthorne is currently the D irector o f the O ffice o f Special Services at Portland State. Let m e share som e o f his th in kin g on to p ics o f concern to us: “ Historically, racism and sexism have served as the tw o sides o f a vicious vise w hic h has been designed to lock otherw ise capable individuals out of power, position and pres tige in Am erican society. B oth are deeply in grained, and both m ust be elim inated if o u r nation is to build on its m any strengths." “ G overnm ent has no right to legislate what r i a l party line. The party line is obsessed with funneling your hard-earned incom es in to the w ar m achine and is using you, the nonconform ist, as a scapegoat to that end. If Reagan w ins in N ovem ber, you w ill be stripped o f the rig h t to personal choice because he w ill say th a t the "m a n d a te ” given him by the “ m ajority” w ill allow his party to deny m inority rights. The Suprem e Court, w hich Reagan w ill pack w ith conservatives, w ill no longer pro te ct m inority views on questions o f morality. Your personal conscience w ill fall victim to the tyranny o f the moralists. The use o f m orality to nefarious ends is, o f course, nothing new. Anyone over the age o f forty m ust surely rem em ber what happened in Nazi Germany. Do we want that to happen here? Reagan says that m orality and politics are inseparable. He is using m o rality fo r m aterial p rofit and we will all pay the price. A vote for Reagan is an act o f treason. individuals do in the privacy o f th e ir own homes. And, it follow s that governm ent should protect the rig h t o f people to m ake their own choices about those w ith w hom they would like to be intim ate." “Attitudes do not change w ith o u t struggle. It takes courage to speak fo rth rig h tly on is sues, to take stands that m ig h t disturb the com fort o f those who benefit fro m the lack o f com petition which results fro m autom atically elim inating large groups o f people fro m the process o f achievem ent in o u r society." Cawthom e's vision and courage speaks fo r itself. The addition o f Herb C aw thorne to our City C ouncil w ould be another step to wards m aking Portland a great city fo r a ll its citizens. * « Cawthrone w ould be an accessible, atten tive and energetic m em ber o f the C ity C ouncil. His ideas on co m m u n ity eco nom ic developm ent w ould lead to m ore affordable housing, thriving sm all businesses and m ore energetic neighborhood associations fo r a healthy m ixture o f diverse people and incom e levels. If you have not m et Herb C aw thorne through one o f his m any speaking engage m ents throug ho ut the city these past few years, do take this chance to get to know this rem arkable man. Call his cam paign office at 284-1715 to contribute m oney, o ffe r to host a gathering in your hom e, o r to volunteer your tim e. This cam paign offers you the chance to tru ly bring the concept o f unity in diversity into action. D o all you can to support Herb Cawthorne.
